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To better; to mend. See Beete.
To renew or enkindle (a fire).
To mend; to repair.
Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
An East India muslin, formerly used for cravats, veils, etc.
To give ; to bestow; to grant; to accord; to consent.
To allow; to permit; to suffer.
A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many-nerved leaves.
The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion.
A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
A chapel for dissenters.
A house of worship for seamen.
To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought.
To think; to recollect; to consider.
of Bethink
In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the eucharist is made.
A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.
Alt. of Bethlemite