Beaverteen
(Bea"ver*teen) n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds.
Bebeerine
(Be*bee"rine, or Be*bi"rine) n. (Chem.) An alkaloid got from the bark of the bebeeru, or
green heart of Guiana It is a tonic, antiperiodic, and febrifuge, and is used in medicine as a substitute
for quinine. [Written also bibirine.]
Bebleed
(Be*bleed") v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Beblood
(Be*blood" Be*blood"y) v. t. To make bloody; to stain with blood. [Obs.] Sheldon.
Beblot
(Be*blot") v. t. To blot; to stain. Chaucer.
Beblubber
(Be*blub"ber) v. t. To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or
cheeks were beblubbered.
Becalm
(Be*calm") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Becalmed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Becalming.]
1. To render calm or quiet; to calm; to still; to appease.
Soft whispering airs . . . becalm the mind.
Philips.
2. To keep from motion, or stop the progress of, by the stilling of the wind; as, the fleet was becalmed.
Became
(Be*came") imp. of Become.
Becard
(||Bec"ard) n. (Zoöl.) A South American bird of the flycatcher family. (Tityra inquisetor).
Because
(Be*cause") conj. [OE. bycause; by + cause.]
1. By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that. Milton.
2. In order that; that. [Obs.]
And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace.
Matt. xx. 31.
Because of,
by reason of, on account of. [Prep. phrase.]
Because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Eph. v. 6.
Syn. — Because, For, Since, As, Inasmuch As. These particles are used, in certain connections, to
assign the reason of a thing, or that "on account of" which it is or takes place. Because (by cause) is
the strongest and most emphatic; as, I hid myself because I was afraid. For is not quite so strong; as,
in Shakespeare, "I hate him, for he is a Christian." Since is less formal and more incidental than because; as,
I will do it since you request me. It more commonly begins a sentence; as, Since your decision is made,
I will say no more. As is still more incidental than since, and points to some existing fact by way of
assigning a reason. Thus we say, as I knew him to be out of town, I did not call. Inasmuch as seems
to carry with it a kind of qualification which does not belong to the rest. Thus, if we say, I am ready to
accept your proposal, inasmuch as I believe it is the best you can offer, we mean, it is only with this
understanding that we can accept it.
Beccabunga
(||Bec`ca*bun"ga) n. [NL. (cf. It. beccabunga, G. bachbunge), fr. G. bach brook + bunge,
OHG. bungo, bulb. See Beck a brook.] See Brooklime.
Beccafico
(||Bec`ca*fi"co) n.; pl. Beccaficos [It., fr. beccare to peck + fico fig.] (Zoöl.) A small bird.
(Silvia hortensis), which is highly prized by the Italians for the delicacy of its flesh in the autumn, when it
has fed on figs, grapes, etc.