beccot

[It., a goat.] A cuckold. Duke, thou art a becco, a cornuto. Marston and Webster , The Malcontent, i. 3. bec-de-corbint (bek'dė - kôr -ban'), n. [F., lit. crow's beak: see beak1 , de2 , and corbie .] 1. A name given in the middle ages to the pointed end of the martel-de-fer, or war hammer. Hence-2. The whole weapon having such point or beak. - 3. A name given in the eighteenth century to the head of a walking-cane having somewhat the form of a bird's beak. bechamel (besh'a-mel), KF. bé chamel: see definition.] In n. IMG:content-1827.png:[blocks in formation] Becs-de-corbin, 15th century. A, with handle of wrought-iron; B, with wooden handle sheathed with metal. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. du Mobilier français.") cookery, a white sauce of elaborate composition, named from its inventor, Louis de Béchamel or Béchameil, marquis of No intel, steward to Louis XIV.