Bema

[Gr. bēma, a step.] (Greek Antiq.) A stone platform or hustings, 10 or 11 feet high, with an ascent of steps, on the place Puyx, at Athens, on which speakers stood when addre ing public a emblies of the people. Bemad', v. a., [ be and mad.] To make mad; to turn Beman'gle, v. a. [ be and mangle.] To mangle; to rend to pieces. the brain.