Bedouin, Beduin, Bedaween, Bedwin

& a. [In Fr. Bedouin. Prop. pl. of Arab. bedawi = living in the desert; badw = desert; bad a = to live in the desert, to lead a wandering life.] A. As subst.: A wandering Arab, an Arab of the nomad type living in a tent in the desert, as distinguished from one living in a town. "Bedawnees or Bedouins , the designation given to the dwellers in the wilderne . " -Kitto : Cycl . , 3rd ed., 1. 185. B. As adj.: Pertaining to the wandering Arabs, nomad. "The Bedwin women..."- Keith Johnston: Gazet teer (ed. 1864), p. 54. *bě-doy'f, pa. par. [A.S. bedofen = drowned.] Besmeared, fouled. "His face he schew besmottrit for ane bourde, And all his membris in mude and dung bedoyf ." Doug.: Virgil, 189, 81. (Jamie son.) běd'-post. [BED-POST.] běd'-quilt. [BED-QUILT.]