be an king (benking)

[So called because the honor fell to him who, when the Twelfth night cake was distributed, got the bean buried in it.] The person who presided as king over the Twelfth-night festivities. bean-meal (bēn'mel), n. IMG:content-1792.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary bean-trefoil (bēn'trē foil), n. 1. The labur- num, Cytisus Laburnum, a leguminous shrub with trifoliate leaves. See laburnum . -2. The Anagyris fœtid a , a similar shrub of southern Europe, whose violet-colored seeds are said to be poisonous like those of the laburnum.-3. The buckbean, Menyanthes trifoliata . [Rare.] bean-weevil (bēn'wē"vil), n. An American species of the genus Bruchus , which attacks beans. It has been described as Bruchus fabæ (Ri- ley), but is held by Horn to be identical with the B. obsoletus (Say). The species aver- ages 3 millimeters in length, with the general color dark and piceous, the whole body being covered with rath- 7. To suffer without resentment_or effort to prevent; endure patiently. It was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it. Ps. lv. 12. With your long-practis'd patience bear afflictions. Fletcher , Spanish Curate, i. 2. 8. To sustain, as expense; supply the means Somewhat that will bear your charges. 9. To have, or have a right to; be entitled to; have the rightful use of, as a name, a title, a coat of arms, and the like. We are no enemies to what are commonly called con- ceits, but authors bear them, as heralds say, with a differ- Lowell , Study Windows, p. 336. Who in the Lord God's likene bears the keys To bind or loose. Swinburne , Laus Veneris. 10. To carry, as in show; exhibit; show. Bear welcome in your eye. Which, like a waxen image 'gainst a fire, Bears no impre ion of the thing it was. R. H. Dana , Jr., Before the Mast, p. 69. Shak., Macbeth, i. 5. To bear arms. See arm2. - To bear away the bell. See bell1.To bear (a person) company. See company . -To bear date, to have the mark of time when written or executed: as, the letter bears date Sept. 30, 1887. A public letter which bears date just a month after the admi ion of Francis Bacon [to Trinity College]. Macaulay , Lord Bacon. IMG:content-1794.png:[graphic] Thou shalt not bear false witne against thy neighbour. 12. To carry in the mind; entertain or cherish, as love, hatred, envy, respect, etc. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him. Shak ., M. of V., i. 3. The reverent care I bear unto my lord Made me collect these dangers in the duke. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 1. The great and guilty love he bare the queen. Tennyson, Lance lot and Elaine. 13. To po e , as a property, attribute, or characteristic; have in or on; contain: as, to bear signs or traces; to bear an inscription; the contents which the letter bears . What, think you much to pay two you sand crowns, And bear the name and port of gentleman? 14. To po e and use, as power; exercise; be charged with; administer: as, to bear sway. le ly wander about Here's another letter to her: she bears the purse too; she is a region in Guiana, all gold and bounty. With reference to the effects of intercro ing and of competition, it should be borne in mind that most animals and plants keep to their proper homes, and do not need- Darwin , Origin of Species, p. 94. To bear off. ( at ) To sustain; endure. Do you suppose the state of this realm to be now so feeble that it cannot bear off a greater blow than this? Sir J. Hayward . Brougham . (b) Naut ., to remove to a distance; keep clear from rub- bing against anything: as, to bear off a boat. (c) To gain and carry off: as, he bore off the prize. To bear one hardt, to cherish a grudge toward a person. Though he bear me hard, bera D. baren = OHG. beran = Icel. bera = Sw . bära = Dan. bære = Goth. bairan , bear (also in comp. OS. giber an = AS. geberan = OHG. geberen , MHG. gebern , G. gebären = Goth. gabairan , bear, in MHG. and G. bring forth), = L. ferre = Gr. φέρειν = Skt. ✓ bhar , bear, carry. A very prolific root in all the languages, both 15t. To carry on; deal with. in form and senses. From the AS. come bar- row2, bier , barm1 , barn2 , bairn , birth1 , burthen1 , burden1, etc.; from the L. fertile , confer , defer , differ, infer , etc., Lucifer , conifer , etc., aurifer- ous, vociferous, etc., and other words in -fer, -ferous; from the Gr. semaphore, hydrophore, phosphorous , electrophorus , etc., and other words in-phore, -phorous , etc.] I. trans. 1. To sup- port; hold up; sustain: as, a pillar or a girder bears the superincumbent weight. This can be no trick: The conference was sadly borne . Shak ., Much Ado, ii. 3. Beware Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies. 2. To support in movement; carry; convey. Whither do these bear the ephah? Zech. v. 10. From the unshaken rock the torrent hoarse Bears off its broken waves, and seeks a devious course. Scott , Vision of Don Roderick, Conclusion, st. 3. And down a rocky pathway from the place There came a fair-hair'd youth, that in his hand Of entrance to a quarrel; but, being in, Bear 't, that the opposed may beware of thee. Shak., Hamlet, i. 3. I yet must do him right. B. Jonson. To bear out. (a) To give support or countenance to. Company only can bear a man out in an ill thing. South . Shak., As you Like it, v. 4. Hence, with a reflexive pronoun, to behave; act in any character: as, he bore himself nobly. -17. To sustain by vital connection; put forth as an outgrowth or product; produce by natu- ral growth: as, plants bear leaves, flowers, and fruit; the heroes borne by ancient Greece. Can the fig-tree bear olive-berries? Jas. iii. 12. Here dwelt the man divine whom Samos bore . IMG:content-1795.png:[blocks in formation] Dryden. Tennyson, In Memoriam, xl. 18. To bring forth in parturition; give birth to, as young; figuratively, give rise or origin in this sense. See remarks below.] And she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have got- ten a man from the Lord. Gen. iv. 1. Shak ., T. N., i. 5. 19. To conduct; guide; take: as, he bore him off to his quarters. 20. To pre ; thrust; push; drive; urge: with some word to denote the direction in which the object is driven: as, to bear down a scale; to bear back the crowd. The residue were so disordered as they could not con- veniently fight or fly, and not only justled and bore down one another, but, in their confused tumbling back, brake a part of the avant-guard. Sir J. Hayward . Confidence then bore thee on; secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. Milton , P. L., ix. 1175. How the rushing waves Bear all before them. That such oscillations [of climate) occurred during the Tertiary period seems to be borne out by the facts of ge- ology and palæontology. J. Croll , Climate and Cosmology, p. 160. (dt) With a more or le indefinite it for the object: (1) To last through; endure. Love alters not with his [Time's] brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. Shak ., Sonnets, cxvi. If that the Turkish fleet Be not enshelter'd and embay'd, they are drown'd; It is impo ible to bear it out . Shak ., Othello, ii. 1. (2) To enable to endure; render supportable. Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage; and for turning away, let summer bear it out. Shak ., T. N., i. 5. To bear the bag. See bag1 . - To bear the bell. See bell1 . - To bear the gree. See gree2. To bear throught. (a) To run through with a sword or rapier. (b) To conduct or manage. My hope is, So to bear through , and out, the consulship, As spight shall ne'er wound you, though it may me. B. Jonson, Cat i line, iii. 1. To bear up. (a) To support; keep from sinking. A religious hope does not only bear up the mind under her sufferings, but makes her rejoice in them. Add is on . (bt) To arrange; contrive; devise. IMG:content-1796.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1797.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To tend; be directed in a certain way, whether with or without violence: as, to bear away; to bear back; to bear in; to bear out to sea; to bear upon; to bear down upon; the fleet bore down upon the enemy.