English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bedstraw
(n.)
A genus of slender herbs, usually with square stems,
whorled leaves, and small white flowers.
Bedstraw
(n.)
Straw put into a bed.
Bedswerver
(n.)
One who swerves from and is unfaithful to the marriage
vow.
Bedtick
(n.)
A tick or bag made of cloth, used for inclosing the
materials of a bed.
Bedtime
(n.)
The time to go to bed.
Beduck
(v. t.)
To duck; to put the head under water; to immerse.
Beducked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Beduck
Beduin
(n.)
See Bedouin.
Bedung
(v. t.)
To cover with dung, as for manuring; to bedaub or
defile, literally or figuratively.
Bedunged
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bedung
Bedust
(v. t.)
To sprinkle, soil, or cover with dust.
Bedward
(adv.)
Towards bed.
Bedwarf
(v. t.)
To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of;
to dwarf.
Bedwarfed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bedwarf
Bedye
(v. t.)
To dye or stain.
Bedyed
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bedye
Bedyeing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Bedye
p. p. of Be; -- used for been.
Bee
(n.)
A neighborly gathering of people who engage in united labor
for the benefit of an individual or family; as, a quilting bee; a
husking bee; a raising bee.
Bee
(n.)
An insect of the order Hymenoptera, and family Apidae (the
honeybees), or family Andrenidae (the solitary bees.) See Honeybee.