Bechamel
(||Bech"a*mel) n. [F. béchamel, named from its inventor, Louis de Béchamel.] (Cookery) A
rich, white sauce, prepared with butter and cream.
Bechance
(Be*chance") adv. [Pref. be- for by + chance.] By chance; by accident. [Obs.] Grafton.
Bechance
(Be*chance"), v. t. & i. To befall; to chance; to happen to.
God knows what hath bechanced them.
Shak.
Becharm
(Be*charm") v. t. To charm; to captivate.
Bêche de mer
(||Bêche` de mer") [F., lit., a sea spade.] (Zoöl.) The trepang.
Bechic
(Be"chic) a. [L. bechicus, adj., for a cough, Gr. , fr. cough: cf. F. béchique.] (Med.) Pertaining
to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas. — n. A medicine for relieving coughs. Quincy.
Beck
(Beck) n. See Beak. [Obs.] Spenser.
Beck
(Beck), n. [OE. bek, AS. becc; akin to Icel. bekkr brook, OHG. pah, G. bach.] A small brook.
The brooks, the becks, the rills.
Drayton.
Beck
(Beck), n. A vat. See Back.
Beck
(Beck), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Becked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Becking.] [Contr. of beckon.] To nod, or
make a sign with the head or hand. [Archaic] Drayton.
Beck
(Beck), v. t. To notify or call by a nod, or a motion of the head or hand; to intimate a command to.
[Archaic]
When gold and silver becks me to come on.
Shak.
Beck
(Beck), n. A significant nod, or motion of the head or hand, esp. as a call or command.
They have troops of soldiers at their beck.
Shak.
Becker
(Beck"er) n. (Zoöl.) A European fish (Pagellus centrodontus); the sea bream or braise.
Becket
(Beck"et) n. [Cf. D. bek beak, and E. beak.]
1. (Naut.) A small grommet, or a ring or loop of rope or metal for holding things in position, as spars,
ropes, etc.; also a bracket, a pocket, or a handle made of rope.
2. A spade for digging turf. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
Beckon
(Beck"on), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beckoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Beckoning.] To make a significant
sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
His distant friends, he beckons near.
Dryden.
It beckons you to go away with it.
Shak.
Beckon
(Beck"on), n. A sign made without words; a beck. "At the first beckon." Bolingbroke.
Beclap
(Be*clap) v. t. [OE. biclappen.] To catch; to grasp; to insnare. [Obs.] Chaucer.
