English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bespoke (imp.)

of Bespeak

Bespoke (p. p.)

of Bespeak

Bespoken

of Bespeak

Bespot (v. t.)

To mark with spots, or as with spots.

Bespotted (imp. & p. p.)

of Bespot

Bespotting (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bespot

Bespread (imp. & p. p.)

of Bespread

Bespread (v. t.)

To spread or cover over.

Bespreading (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bespread

Besprent (p. p.)

Sprinkled over; strewed.

Besprinkle (v. t.)

To sprinkle over; to scatter over.

Besprinkled (imp. & p. p.)

of Besprinkle

Besprinkler (n.)

One who, or that which, besprinkles.

Besprinkling (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Besprinkle

Besprinkling (n.)

The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.

Bespurt (v. t.)

To spurt on or over; to asperse.

Bessemer steel

Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.

Best (superl.)

Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself.

Best (a.)

Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.

Best (v. t.)

To get the better of.