Beech

[A. S. bece, boc; Ger. buche; Lat. fag us; Gr. phēyos, from phago, to eat.] ( Bot.) A forest-tree, genus FAGUS, q. v. Beech, in Mi ouri, a post-office of Dunklin co. Beech Creek, in Pennsylvania, a post-township of Clinton co. Beechen, ( betch'n,) a. Pertaining to the beech; consisting of the wood or bark of the beech.