bebeerine, bebirine, bibirine

[From bebeeru (q.v.).] 1. Chem. An uncrystallisable basic substance, C19H21NO3, extracted from the bark of the Greenheart Tree of Guiana, Nectandra Rodiœi. [BEBEERU.] 2. Pharm. The sulphate of bibirine is a very valuable medicine, being used like quinine as a tonic and febrifuge. It can be given with advantage to patients who are unable to take sulphate of quinine. Unfortunately, owing to the supplies of the bark being very uncertain, this drug is at times scarce and difficult to obtain. bě-bë'er-û, bě-bëar-û, 8. [A Guiana word.] A tree, the Nectandra Rodiœi or N. leucantha , var. Rodiœi , a species belonging to the Lauraceæ (Laurels). It is called also the Greenheart Tree. It grows to about seventy feet high, and has strong, durable timber, much prized for shipbuilding. The bark is a tonic and a febrifuge. [BEBEERINE, 2.] * bě-blē'ed (pa. par. * bebled , * bebledde), v.t. [Eng. pref. be , and bleed. In Dut. bebloeden = to ensanguine, to stain with blood; beblood = bloody; Ger. bebluten.] To make bloody, to stain with blood, to "beblood." "The open war, with wounds all bebledde." Chaucer: C. Т. , 2,004. "The feast All was to urned into bloud: The dis he forthwith, the cuppe and all, Bebled they weren over all." Gower: Conf. Am., bk. ii.