berzelite

[Also named after Berzelius.] A mineral, called also Mendipite (q.v.). bě-saint', v.t. [Eng. prefix be, and saint.] Το make a saint of. and besaint Old Jezebel for showing how to paint." John Hall: Poems , p. 3. * be-şaunt (0. Eng.), * beş-and, * beişand (0. Scotch ), s. [BEZANT.] * běş-ayl'e, s . [From Norm. Fr. besayle (O. Fr. beseel; Mod. Fr. bis aïeul) = a great grandfather; Fr. & Lat. bis twice, and Fr. aïeul grandfather; Lat. avolus , dim in. of avus = a grandfather.] 0. Law: A writ i ued when one claims redre of an abatement, which he alleges took place on the death of his great-grandfather or great-grandmother. It is called also a writ de avo , Lat. concerning one's grandfather. It differs from an a ize of mort de ancestor, and from writs of ayle , of tresayle , and of cosinage (see these terms).