beyl (ba)

[= F. Sp. bey, We therefore rode out of Beyrout as a pair of Syrian Beys . B. Taylor , Lands of the Saracen, p. 33. 3. The title usually given by foreigners to the former Mohammedan rulers of Tunis. Frequently written beg. bey't, v. A Middle English form of buy. beyetet, v. t. A Middle English form of beget. beylerbey (bā'ler-bā'), n. [ of the Turkish empire, ranking next to the grand vizir, and so called because he has under him the beys at the head of the several sanjaks or districts composing his province. Also written beglerbeg. beylerbeylik (bā'ler-bā'lik), n. [Turk., IMG:content-2017.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] Burton, Anat. of Mel., To the Reader, p. 59. 2. Further on than; more distant than: as, a mile beyond the river; a hundred miles be- yond Omaha; he never could get beyond simple equations. So far your knowledge all their power transcends, As what should be beyond what is extends. Dryden, Prol. to Univ. of Oxford, 1. 39. It is not nece ary to look beyond Nature or beyond ex- perience in order to find that unique Object of which the- ology speaks. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 52. 3. Past in time; later than: as, a day beyond the proper time.-4. At a place or time not yet reached by; before; ahead or in advance of. What's fame? A fancied life in others' breath; A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope , E ay on Man, iv. 238. 5. Out of reach of; outside of the capacity, limits, or sphere of; past: as, beyond our power; beyond comprehension; that is beyond me. We bring a welcome to the highest le ons of religion and of poetry out of all proportion beyond our skill to teach. Emerson, Succe . That the Antarctic continent has a flat and even surKnolles, Hist. Turks, p. 7. ( N. E. D. ) face, the character of the icebergs shows beyond dispute. J. Croll, Climate and Cosmology, p. 74. 6. Above; superior to; in or to a degree which rivals, exceeds, or surpa es, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. Beyond any of the great men of my country. Like slaves you sold your souls for golden dro , Bewraying her to death. Mas singer , Virgin-Martyr, ii. 3. Hide the outcast, bewray not him that wandereth, is the simplest le on of common humanity. W. Phillips , Speeches, p. 97. 4. To reveal or disclose unintentionally or incidentally; show the presence or true character of; show or make visible. The ointment of his right hand which bewrayeth itself. Prov. xxvii. 16. Mat. xxvi. 73. Thy speech bewrayeth thee. IMG:content-2018.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2019.png:[blocks in formation] There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South, Works, II. ix. bewitchful (bē-wich'ful), a. [ Ill, more bewitchful to entice away. Milton , Letters. bewitching (be-wich'ing), a . [Ppr. of bewitch .] Having power to bewitch or fascinate; fascinating; charming: as, " bewitching tenderne ," Add is on, Spectator, No. 223. IMG:content-2020.png:[blocks in formation] Yet was I, or I parted thence, bewreckt . Mir. for Mags. be wrought (bē-rôt'). Obsolete past participle of be work . Sir P. Sidney. Dangle. Egad, we were just speaking of your tragedy.Admirable, Sir Fretful, admirable! Sneer. You never did anything beyond it, Sir Fretful never in your life. Sheridan, The Critic, i. 1. She is beautiful beyond the race of women. Steele , Spectator, No. 118. 7. More than; in exce of; over and above. O, I've been vexed And tortured with him beyond forty fevers. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. He [Pitt] refused to accept one farthing beyond the salary which the law had annexed to his office. Macaulay , William Pitt. Beyond all. See all. - Beyond seas, out of the country; abroad. To go beyond, to exceed in operation, ability, attainment, or the like; hence, in a bad sense, to deceive or circumvent. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thes. iv. 6. The king has gone beyond me; all my glories In that one woman I have lost for ever. Shak., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. To go beyond one's self, to be much excited by anything; be beside one's self. Nares . II. adv . At a distance; yonder. Beyond he lyeth, languishing. Spenser , F. Q., III. i. 38. beyond (bē-yond'), n. That place or state which lies on the other side; an experience or IMG:content-2021.png:[blocks in formation] sea; foreign; outlandish: as, beyond - sea words. Nay, my beyond - sea sir, we will proclaim you: You would be king! Beau , and Fl . , Phil aster, V. 4. The beyship (bā'ship), n. [ -ship .] office of a bey; incumbency of such office. IMG:content-2022.png:[blocks in formation] a precious stone which incloses it and by which it is held in place. (b) A flat surface of gold engraved with any device to serve as a seal, when a stone is not used. See chaton . [Rare.] -4. In watch - making , the grooved flange or rim in which the crystal of a watch is set. bezel (bez'el), v . t.; pret. and pp. bezeled or bezelled , ppr. bezeling or bezelling . [Also basil ; bezes teen (bez'es-tēn), n. [Also written bezes- tein, bezestan, bazistān , orig. Pers., a clothes-market.] An exchange, bazaar, or mar- ket-place in the East. N. E. D. bezetta (bē-zet'ä), n. [A corruption of It. pezzetta , red paint, prop. a piece of cloth dyed red used for rouging, lit. a little piece, dim. of bezzlet (bez'l), n. [ bezzle , v .] A debauchee; pezza , a piece, esp. of cloth: see piece .] Coarse linen rags or sacking soaked in certain pigbezzlert (bez'ler), n. Same as bezzle , n. ments, which are prepared thus for export a- tion; the pigment itself. Red bezetta is colored with cochineal, and the pigment is used as a cosmetic. Blue bezetta is prepared from the juice of some euphor- biaceous plants, treated with dung and urine, and is used to color the rind of Dutch cheese. Béziers (bā-ziā'), n. A sweet wine, named from the town of Béziers in the department of Hérault, France. bezique (be-zēk'), n. [Also bazique ; be- sigue , bezigue , bésy ; of obscure origin. Some compare Pers. bāzīchi , sport, a game, bāzi , play, sport; but the resemblance is appar. ac- cidental.] 1. A game of cards played by two, three, or four persons, with two packs from which the cards having from two to six spots have been removed. The object of the game is to win the aces and tens, and to secure various combinations of cards, which when shown or "declared" entitle the player to score a certain number of points. 2. The queen of spades and knave of diamonds, one of the counting combinations in the game of bezique. Double bezique, the two queens of spades and two knaves of diamonds, the highest counting combination in bezique. bezoar (bēʼzōr), n. [Also bezoard , early mod. E. bez or , beazor , beazer , bezar , bezer = F. bézoard , formerly bezar , bezahar , Sp. bezoar , bezaar , bezar , = Pg . bezoar = NL. bezoar , bezaar, be- zahar , bāzahr , bādizahr , Pers. bādzahr , padzahr , the bezoar-stone, pad , expelling, + zahr , poison: so called because it was consid- ered an antidote to poison.] A name for certain IMG:content-2023.png:[blocks in formation] intestines of some animals (especially rum i- nants), formerly supposed to be efficacious in preventing the fatal effects of poison, and still held in estimation in some eastern countries. They are used in China both as a pigment and as a drug. Such calculi are generally formed around some foreign substance, as a bit of wood, straw, hair, etc. Many var i- eties have been mentioned, but most value was put on the bezoar from the East Indies and that from Peru.-Be- zoar mineral, an oxid of antimony, or antimonic acid, especially that prepared from butter of antimony by the action of nitric acid.-Fo il bezoar, a formation like animal bezoar, consisting of several layers around some extraneous body which serves as a nucleus. - Vegetable bezoar. Same as calapitte . bezoardic (bez-ō-är'dik), a . and n. [F. bézo- ardique (NL. bezoardic us , bezoar tic us ), bézo- ard, bezoar.] I. a. Of the nature of or per- taining to bezoar; compounded of or po e - ing the supposed antidotal properties of bezoar; bez-antler (bez-ant'- lér), n. [Also bes -ant- Bezantée. - Tower of Church of La serving as an antidote. - Bezoardic acid. Same as IMG:content-2024.png:[ocr errors] Charité-sur-Loire, France. (From Viollet-le-Duc's "Dict. de l'Architecture.") L. bis , twice), + E. antler .] The branch of a deer's horn next above the brow-antler; the bay-antler. See antler . liant. Bezel is also sometimes used to denote the space between the table and the girdle, that is, the "crown," with the exception of the table. bezoar-goat (bē'zōr-gōt), n. A name given to the wild goat, Capra ægagrus , from the fact that it produces the bezoar. See ægagrus . bezoartict, bezoar tic alt (bez-ō-är'tik, -ti-kal), a. [NL. bezoar tic us : see bezoardic .] Same as bezoardic . bezonian (bē-zō'ni-an), n. [Also besonian , bi- sonian, besonio , besognio , bisogno , etc., a beg- gar: see bisogno .] An indigent wretch; a beggar or scoundrel. bezzlingt (bez'ling), n. [ bezzle , v.] Di ipa- tion; exce ive drinking. From haughty Spayne, what brought'st thou els beside But lofty lookes and their Lucifrian pride? From Belgia, what but their deep bezeling , Their boote-carouse, and their beere-buttering? bhang, bang3 (bang), n. [Also bhung , and formerly bangue , also (after Ar.) benj ; bhāng , bhung (= Pers. bang , > Ar. banj , benj ), bhang, bhang a , hemp.] The dried leaves of the hemp-plant, Cannabis Indica , which as grown in India contain a powerfully narcotic resin and a volatile oil. In India bhang is used for smoking, either with or without tobacco, and is also made up with flour, sugar, etc., into a kind of sweet- meat called majun (majūn). An intoxicating drink is prepared by infusing the pounded leaves in cold water. prepared by the Arabs, it is known as hashish . (See hemp1 .) It is also employed in medicine for its ano- dyne, hypnotic, and antispasmodic qualities. bharadar (bar'a-där), n. [Hind. bharadār .] One of the Gorkha chiefs who invaded Nepal in 1768, and parceled out the land among them- selves. The bharadars form a kind of feudal aristoc- racy, and in times of emergency act as a council of state. bharsiah (bär'sē-ä), n. [E. Ind.] The native name of an East Indian badger-like quadruped, Ursitaxus inauritus of Hodgson. bhat (bät), n. [Hind. bhāt , also bhārata.] In India, a man of a tribe of mixed descent, the members of which are profe ed genealogists and poets; a bard. These men in Rajputana and Guzerat had also extraordinary privileges as the guar an. tors of travelers, whom they accompanied, against attack or robbery. Yule and Burnell , Glo . Bheel, n. See Bhil . bheesty, bheestie (bēs'ti), n. [Anglo-Ind., also written beesty , beestie , beasty , beastie , bhisti , bihisti , Pers. bihisti , a water-carrier, lit. heavenly, bihist (> Hind. bihist ), paradise, heaven.] An Indian water-carrier, who sup- plies domestic establishments with water from the nearest river or reservoir, carrying it in a sheepskin bucket or bag. Bhil (bel), n. [Also spelled Bheel , repr. Hind. Bhil .] 1. A member of the aboriginal tribes of India which occupy the valleys of the Ner- budda and Tapti, and the slopes of the Vind- hya and Satpura mountains. Under which king, Bezonian ? Speak or die. The language of the Bhils in the Bombay province, Shak., 2 Hen, IV., v. 3. Rajpootana, and Central India, is understood to be a dia- lect of Hindi. R. N. Cust , Mod. Langs. E. Ind., p. 49. Bezoutian (be-zö'ti-an), a . Belonging to the French mathematician Étienne Bezout (1730- 2. The language of the Bhils. IMG:content-2025.png:[graphic] IMG:content-2026.png:[blocks in formation] ceive a mi ion at all. Bhutanese In reality the Bhutanese authorities did not want to reJ. T. Wheeler, Short Hist. India, p. 674. II. n. 1. sing. or pl . A native or the natives of Bhutan, a mountainous state in the Him a lay as, having Tibet on the north, Bengal and A am on the south, and Sikhim on the west. The Bhutanese have flat faces, high cheek-bones, brown complexion, almond eyes, and black hair. They profe a corrupt form of Buddhism, and are subjects of a dual government under a pontiff and a prince. 2. The language of Bhutan. Also written Bhotanese and Bootanese (Bhotan, Bootan).