befur (befer)

t.; pret. and pp. be furred, ppr. be furring. [ beg1 (beg), v.; pret. and pp. begged, ppr. beg ging. [Early mod. E. also begg, begge, Ps. cxix. 67, century (in the "Ancren Riwle"); origin un beg certain. Various explanations have been offered: (1) 506 Marathi bighā.] A Hindu land-measure, locally varying in extent, but usually regarded as equal to from one third to two thirds of an English acre. The beg a of Calcutta is 1,600 square yards, or about a third of an acre. begad (bē-gad'), interj. [A minced oath, a corruption of by God! Cf. egad, bedad.] A sort of exclamatory oath, employed to give weight to a statement. Begad , madam,... 'tis the very same I met. Fielding , Joseph Andrews. bag'; the sense of 'put into a bag' is modern, begall (bē-gal'), v. t . [ be -1+ gall2 .] To gall; and that of 'carry a bag' does not exist; bag- fret; chafe; rub sore. Bp . Hall. ger , moreover, the supposed antecedent of beg- began (be-gan'). Preterit of begin . gar, is only modern. (2) be dec i an , beg begat (be-gat'). Old preterit of beget , still (connected with Goth. bidagwa , a beggar, ap par. = 5 sometimes used poetically. AS. biddan , E. bid , ask; cf. D. begaudt (bê-gâd), v. t . [Also written be- bedelen = OHG. betalōn , MHG. betelen, G. bet- teln, beg, freq. of D. bidden = G. bitten = AS. biddan, E. bid , ask); but the AS. be dec i an oc- curs but once, in the 9th century, and there begaum, n. See begum2 . are no intermediate forms to connect it with gawd ; be -1 + gaud : see gaud1 .] To bedeck with gaudy things. North . ME. beggen. (3) mon radical of begard, begart, be guard, begar (ML. begardus, beggardus, beghard us, etc.), and begeckt (bē-gek'), v. t. [Sc., also begeek (D. begekken ); fool; gull; jilt. N. E. D.