Beech'ey, Frederick

WILLIAM, an Arctic explorer and author, B. in London, 1796. He entered the navy early in life, and in 1818-19 took part in the great Arctic expeditions under Sir John Franklin and Sir Edward Parry. In 1821 he surveyed the N. coast of Africa. In 1825 he commanded in another Polar expedition, and the results of this voyage, which lasted three years, were published under the title of Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits, to Coöperate with the Polar Expedition in 1825-8; and largely contributed to the progre of geographical enterprise and physical science. In 1856, he was elected President of the Royal Geographical Society. D. 1856. Beech Fork, in Kentucky, a P. O. of Washington co. Beech'gall, n. An excrescence on the leaf of a beech, which contains the maggot of a fly. Beech Grove, in Indiana, a post-office of Rush co., about 35 m. E. by S. of Indianapolis. Beech Grove, in Tenne ee , a vill. of Coffee co. Beech Hill, in West Virginia , a P. O. of Mason co. Beech Land, in Kentucky , a P. O. of Washington co. Beech Land, in Ohio , a post-office of Licking co. Beech'-mast, n. The fruit or nuts of the beech-tree. Beech'-oil, n. The expre ed oil of the mast of the beech. Beech Spring, in Virginia, a post-office of Lee co. Beech'-tree, n. The beech. Beech'wood, in Wisconsin , a P. O. of She boyg an co. Beech Woods, in Arkansas , a P. O. of Newton co. Beech'y, a . Made of beech. Beechy Mire, in Indiana , a post-village of Union co. Bee Creek, in Illinois , a post-office of Pike co. Bee Creek, in Mi ouri , a village of Platt co., 35 m. N.W. of Independence. Bee'der, a large prov. of Hindostan, in the Deccan; chiefly between Lat. 17° and 20° N., having on the N. Aurungabad and Berar; E. Hyderabad and Gundwana; S. Hyderabad, and W. Beejapoor and Aurungabad; it is included in the Nizam's dominions, and divided into 7 districts. It is hilly but not mountainous, and watered by many rivers, of which the Manjera and God a very are the chief, and is generally fertile. It is but thinly peopled, the Hindoos being to the Mohammedans as three to one; before the conquest by the latter it was comparatively populous. Three languages, the Telinga, Mahratta, and Canarese, are spoken. The Bhamenee dynasty reigned here after the Mohammedan conquest, and fixed on the city of Beeder as the capital. The Moguls conquered it at the end of the 17th, and the Nizam early in the 18th century, whose succe ors now hold it. BEEDER, a fortified city, and cap. of the above prov., 13 m. N.W. of Hyderabad, and 325 E.S.E. of Bombay. It po e es some fine architectural remains, and was formerly famous for its tutenague ware. Bee'-eater, n . ( Zool .) The Merops a piaster , a bird that feeds upon bees. See MEROPIDE. Beef, n. [Fr. bœuf ; Lat. bos , bovis ; Gr. bous , probably from bosko , to feed.] The flesh of an ox, bull, or cow. The plural, BEEVES, is applied to oxen, bulls, and cows, when fit for food. i. e., of the ox, bull, or cow.