Bedash
(Be*dash") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedashing.] To wet by dashing
or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.
Bedaub
(Be*daub") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedaubed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedaubing.] To daub over; to
besmear or soil with anything thick and dirty.
Bedaub foul designs with a fair varnish.
Barrow.
Bedazzle
(Be*daz"zle) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedazzled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedazzling ] To dazzle or
make dim by a strong light. "Bedazzled with the sun." Shak.
Bedbug
(Bed"bug`) n. (Zoöl.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect sometimes infesting houses
and especially beds. See Illustration in Appendix.
Bedchair
(Bed"chair`) n. A chair with adjustable back, for the sick, to support them while sitting up in
bed.
Bedchamber
(Bed"cham`ber) n. A chamber for a bed; an apartment form sleeping in. Shak.
Lords of the bedchamber,
eight officers of the royal household, all of noble families, who wait in turn
a week each. [Eng.] — Ladies of the bedchamber, eight ladies, all titled, holding a similar official
position in the royal household, during the reign of a queen. [Eng.]
Bedclothes
(Bed"clothes`) n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
Bedcord
(Bed"cord`) n. A cord or rope interwoven in a bedstead so as to support the bed.
Bedded
(Bed"ded) a. Provided with a bed; as, double-bedded room; placed or arranged in a bed or beds.
Bedding
(Bed"ding) n. [AS. bedding, beding. See Bed.]
1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter.
2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers.
Bede
(Bede) v. t. [See Bid, v. t.] To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.
Bede
(Bede), n. (Mining) A kind of pickax.
Bedeck
(Be*deck") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedecked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedecking.] To deck, ornament,
or adorn; to grace.
Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands.
Pennant.
Bedeguar
(||Bed"e*guar, Bed"e*gar) n. [F., fr. Per. bad-award, or bad-awardag, prop., a kind of white
thorn or thistle.] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture
from the ovipositor of a gallfly It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.
Bedehouse
(Bede"house`) n. Same as Beadhouse.
Bedel
(Be"del, Be"dell) n. Same as Beadle.
Bedelry
(Be"del*ry) n. Beadleship. [Obs.] Blount.
Beden
(||Bed"en) n. (Zoöl.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.
Bedesman
(Bedes"man) n. Same as Beadsman. [Obs.]