Bedelry

The limit or extent of a bedel's functions. Bedes'man, n. A prayer-man; a man who prays for Bedevil, (be-dev'l,) v. a. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits. -To spoil or corrupt. Bedev'illed, a. Thrown into utter disorder or confusion. Bedevilled... worse than St. Bartholomew." - Sterne. Bedew, ( be -du',) v. a. To moisten, as if with dew; to moisten gently. " Bedew her pasture's gra with English blood." Shaks . receives from Christine of Pisa her volume of poems. The queen is seated on a couch covered with a stuff in red and gold, and there is a bed in the room furnished IMG:content-0574.png:[blocks in formation] hung with tapestry or painted with historical subjects. In the East, the bed was anciently, and is still, a divan , or broad low step around the sides of a room, like a low sofa, which answered the purpose of a sofa by day for reclining, and of a bed by night for sleeping, ( Ezod . viii. 3; 2 Sam. iv. 5-7.) Sometimes it was raised several steps above the floor, (2 Kings 1.4; Psalms cxxxii. 3.) It was covered very differently, and with more or le ornament, according to the rank of the owner of the house. The poor had but a simple mattre or sheep's-skin; or a cloak or blanket, which also answered to wrap themselves in by day, ( Exod . xxii. 27; Deut . xxiv. 13.) Hence it was easy for the persons whom Jesus healed, to take up their bed and walk, ( Mark ii. 9-11) Bedsteads, however, were not unknown, though unlike those of modern times. (See Deut . iii. 11; 1 Sam. xix. 15; Amos , vi. 4.) moisture. Bed'agat, n. A name applied to the sacred books of the Buddhists in Burmah. them sweep the ground in walking. Bédarienx, ( bed'ah - roo ,) a town of France, dep. Hé- rault, on the Orb, 20 m. N. of Beziers. It is neat and well-built, and is one of the most industrious towns of its size in France. Manf . Cloth, stuffs, hosiery, hats, paper, soap, . Pop . 9,995. Bedark'en, v. a. To obscure; to darken. Bedash', v . a . To bespatter; to bemire by throwing dirt upon; to wet with water thrown upon. "That all the standers-by had wet their cheeks, Like trees bedash'd with rain."-Shaks.