English English Dictionary

A kind of pickax.

To pray; also, to offer; to proffer.

To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace.

of Bedeck

of Bedeck

A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

Alt. of Bedegar

An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.

Same as Beadhouse.

Alt. of Bedell

Same as Beadle.

Beadleship.

The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

Same as Beadsman.

A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.

Fem. of Beadsman.

To spoil; to corrupt.

To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

of Bedevil

of Bedevil