beltsaw (belts a)

Same as band - saw. They build their palaces and belvederes With musical water-works. Webster, Devil's Law-Case, i. 1. forming a band or belt for conveying or transmitting power. It is sometimes covered with piping, or overlaid with strips of various materials to form a round belt. - Cro eå be it, belvedere. Gardened and belvedered villas. G. W. Cable, The Grandi imes, p. 14. F IMG:content-1917.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1918.png:[graphic] IMG:content-1919.png:[blocks in formation] of the uniformity of their somber colors and the simi- larity of their structural characters. The only species of Belvoisia in the United States is exceptional by the beauty of its coloration, the third and fourth abdominal joints being bright golden yellow, with only the hind bor- Bembecidæ (bem-bes'i-dē), n . pl . [NL., prop. Bembicida , Bembex , prop. Bembix ( Bembic- ) + -ida .] A family of solitary, aculeate or sting- bearing hymenopterous insects, resembling wasps or bees, and, along with the Sphegidæ and other kindred families, known as sand- wasps. The female excavates cells in the sand, in which she deposits, together with her eggs, various larvæ or per- fect insects stung into insensibility, as support for her progeny when hatched. They are very active, fond of the nectar of flowers, inhabitants of warm countries, and de- light in sunshine. Some species emit an odor like that of roses. Bembex is the typical genus. See cut under IMG:content-1920.png:[blocks in formation] Bema.-Typical plan of Byzantine Church, St. Theodore, Athens. A D , bema; B E and BF ' , parabemata ( B E , prothesis; B ' F ' , diaconicon); C , altar; D , apse; E , F , secondary apses; FF , icono- stasis; G , dome and choir; H , nave; II , anti parabemata; FF F narthex; K , chief entrance; L , south porch; M , holy doors, or dwarf folding doors, with amphithyra. The patriarch herein did bewitch and bemad Godfrey. Fuller, Holy War, ii. 5. be mangle (bē-mang'gl), v . t . [ be -1 + mangle1 :] To mangle; tear asunder. Beaumont . [Rare.] be martyr (bē-märter), v . t . [ be -1 + martyr .] To put to death as a martyr. Fuller . bematist (bē'ma-tist), n. [ βηματίζειν , mea- sure by paces, βῆμα (τ-), a step, pace.] An official road-measurer under Alexander the Great and the Ptolemies. See bema , 3. be matter (bē-mat'er), v. t. [ matter .] To smear or cover with matter. Swift . bemaul (bē-mal), v. t. [ be -1 + maul .] To maul or beat severely. Sterne . bemaze (bē-māz'), v . t . [ME. bemasen ; maze . bex ( Bembec- ) +-ina.] A subfamily of digger- wasps, of the family Sphegida , typified by the genus Bembex , in which the body is large and long, the head large, the labrum long, triangu- -able .] Capable or worthy of being lamented. lar, and exserted, and the legs are short. Sherwood. Bembex (bem'beks), n. [NL., prop. Bembix , Digger-wasp ( Bembex fasci- ata ), natural size. 2. To cause to appear mock or unreal; excel or surpa , as the genuine surpa es the counterfeit. Her beams bemocked the sultry main Like April hoar-frost spread. A laugh which in the woodland rang, Bemocking April's gladdest bird. Bembidiidæ (bem-bi-di'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Bembidium + -ida.] A family of adephagous beetles, typified by beetles, typined usually merged in Carabid a . Bembidium (bem-bidi-um), n. [NL., Bem- bex + dim. -idium .] A genus of minute preda- tory caraboid beetles, sometimes forming ning the type of a family Bembidiida , sometimes placed in Carabid a . The species are characterized by an ovate body and large eyes. Also Bem- bidion. Bembix (bem'biks), n. [NL.] 1. Same as Bembex .-2. A genus of gastropods. Watson , 1876. Bembridge beds. See bed1 . bemet, bemet, n. [ME., bēme , by me , a trumpet; supposed to be ult. imitative. Cf. boom1 , bum- ble , bomb1 , Bembex , etc.] A trumpet. bemet, v. [ by me , a trumpet: see be me , n.] I. in trans. To sound a trumpet. II. trans. To summon with a trumpet. bemean1t, v. t . [Early mod. E. bemene , bemene, bemenen ( (= OHG. bimeinan , MHG. ber bemeinen ), mean; be -1 + mean1.] To mean; signify; inform. The croune of thorne that garte me blede, Itt be - menes my dignite. IMG:content-1921.png:[graphic] bemean2 (be-men'), v. t. [ be -1 + mean2.] To make mean; debase; lower: as, to bemean one's self by low a ociations; to bemean hu- man nature. [ Demean is commonly but inc or- rectly used in this sense. See demean2 .] It is a pity that men should bemean themselves by defending themselves against charges of which the grand- jury of their own heart finds them innocent. bemercyt (bē-mer'si), v. t. [ be -1 + mercy.] To To treat with mercy. bemetet (bē-mēt'), v. t . [ME. wanting; bemetan , measure, compare, consider; be -1 + mete.] To measure. Shak. [Rare.] bemingle (bē-ming'gl), v. t . [ Mir . for Mags . [Rare.] bemire (bē-mir'), v. t. [ be -1 + mire .] 1. To soil or befoul with mire, as in pa ing through muddy or miry places. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 149. 2. [Chiefly in the pa ive.] To sink or stick in the mire; be or become bogged. Bemired and benighted in the bog. bemire ment (bē-mir'ment), n. [ bemire + -ment.) The state of being defiled with mud. [Rare.] bemist (bē-mist'), v. t. [ IMG:content-1922.png:[blocks in formation] bemonster (bē-mon's ter), v. t. [ be -1 + mon- ster.] To make monstrous. [Rare.] Thou changed and self-cover'd thing, for shame, Be -monster not thy feature. Shak ., Lear, iv. 2. be moralize (bē-mor'al-iz), v. t. [ be -1 + moralize .] To apply to a moral purpose. Eclectic Rev. [Rare.] bemourn (bē-morn'), v. t. [ bemurnan (= OS. be morn i an ), be- + murnan , mourn: see be -1 and mourn .] To weep or mourn over: as, "women that be mourned him," Wyclif , Luke xxiii. 27. ben1 (ben), prep . and adv. [ ben , bene , var. of bin , binne, Wi' kindly welcome Jenny brings him ben . Burns , Cottar's Sat. Night. Ben the house, into the inner apartment, or into the apartment or dwelling on the opposite side of the hall or pa age. That she might run ben the house. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary ben Sometimes from the ben another apartment, called the far- ben, is reached. The terms but and ben are now frequently applied to kitchen and parlor (or bedroom) of a two-roomed dwelling, ev even when they are on opposite sides of a little hall or pa age. Hence, to live but and ben with any one is to occupy an apartment or series of apartments on the opposite side of the hall or pa age from that occupied by him.