English English Dictionary

A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

An Australian tree (Casuarina), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees Stenocarpus salignus of New South Wales, and Banksia compar of Queensland.

Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

A hive for a swarm of bees. Also used figuratively.

A house for bees; an apiary.

Same as Beild.

The title of a heathen deity to whom the Jews ascribed the sovereignty of the evil spirits; hence, the Devil or a devil. See Baal.

A trumpet.

One who keeps bees.

of Be

The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee.

A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.

A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.

Sour beer.

A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.

Beery condition.

Of or resembling beer; affected by beer; maudlin.

Same as Biestings.

The first milk given by a cow after calving.

The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.