Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 33
Benight (v. t.) 使陷入黑暗；使無知；使視線模糊 To involve in darkness; to shroud with the shades of night; to obscure.
The clouds benight the sky. -- Garth.
Benight (v. t.) To overtake with night or darkness, especially before the end of a day's journey or task.
Some virgin, sure, . . . benighted in these woods. -- Milton.
Benight (v. t.) To involve in moral darkness, or ignorance; to debar from intellectual light.
Shall we to men benighted The lamp of life deny ? -- Heber.
Benight (v.) Overtake with darkness or night.
Benight (v.) Envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness; "The benighted peoples of this area".
Benight (v.) Make darker and difficult to perceive by sight [syn: benight, bedim].
Benighted (a.) 陷入黑暗的；愚昧的 Overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home" [syn: benighted, nighted].
Benighted (a.) Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education" [syn: benighted, dark].
Benighted (a.) In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.
‘They saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples.’
Benighted (a.) Overtaken by darkness.
‘A storm developed and we were forced to wait benighted near the summit.’
Benightment (n.) [U] The state or condition of being benighted.
Benightment (n.) [In British] The state of being in physical, moral, or intellectual darkness.
Benign (a.) 仁慈的；親切的；良性的；有益健康的；有利的；吉利的 Of a kind or gentle disposition; gracious; generous; favorable; benignant.
Creator bounteous and benign. -- Milton.
Benign (a.) Exhibiting or manifesting kindness, gentleness, favor, etc.; mild; kindly; salutary; wholesome.
Kind influences and benign aspects. -- South.
Benign (a.) Of a mild type or character; as, a benign disease.
Syn: Kind; propitious; bland; genial; salubrious; favorable salutary; gracious; liberal.
Benign (a.) Not dangerous to health; not recurrent or progressive (especially of a tumor) [ant: malignant].
Benign (a.) Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign].
Benign (a.) Kindness of disposition or manner; "the benign ruler of millions"; "benign intentions".
Benignancy (n.) 親切，仁慈；溫和；有益；【醫】良性 Benignant quality; kindliness.
Benignancy (n.) The quality of being kind and gentle [syn: benignity, benignancy, graciousness] [ant: malignance, malignancy, malignity].
Benignant (a.) 仁慈的；有益的；【醫】良性的 Kind; gracious; favorable. -- Be*nig"nant*ly, adv.
Benignant (a.) Pleasant and beneficial in nature or influence; "a benign smile"; "the benign sky"; "the benign influence of pure air" [syn: benign, benignant] [ant: malign].
Benignant (a.) Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects; "our benignant king" [syn: benignant, gracious].
Benignity (n.) 溫和；仁慈；善舉，善行 The quality of being benign; goodness; kindness; graciousness. "Benignity of aspect." -- Sir W. Scott.
Benignity (n.) Mildness; gentleness.
The benignity or inclemency of the season. -- Spectator.
Benignity (n.) Salubrity; wholesome quality. -- Wiseman.
Benignity (n.) The quality of being kind and gentle [syn: benignity, benignancy, graciousness] [ant: malignance, malignancy, malignity].
Benignity (n.) A kind act [syn: kindness, benignity].
Benignly (adv.) 仁慈地 In a benign manner.
Benignly (adv.) In a benign manner; "this drug is benignly soporific" [syn: benignly, benignantly].
Benim (v. t.) To take away; take away from; to rob; deprive; bereave; spoil; ravish. [Obs.]
Ire . . . benimeth the man fro God. -- Chaucer.
Benison (n.) 【古】祝福；祝禱 Blessing; beatitude; benediction. -- Shak.
More precious than the benison of friends. -- Talfourd.
Benison (n.) A spoken blessing.
Benitier (n.) （教堂中的）洗禮盆，聖水盆 A holy-water stoup. -- Shipley.
Compare: Stoup
Stoup (n.) 酒杯；滿滿一杯的量；【宗教】聖水缽 A basin for holy water, especially on the wall near the door of a Roman Catholic church for worshippers to dip their fingers in before crossing themselves.
Stoup (n.) [Archaic] A flagon or beaker for drink.
‘The jailer returned and left a stoup of water.’
Compare: Jailer
Jailer (n.) (British Gaoler) 監獄看守，獄卒 [C] A person in charge of a jail or of the prisoners in it.
Compare: Gaoler
Gaoler (n.) 【英】獄卒 A British spelling of jailer.
Benitier (n.) A basin to hold holy water.
Compare: Holy water font
Holy water font (n.) A holy water font or stoup is a vessel containing holy water which is generally placed near the entrance of a church. In the Roman Catholic Church it is also called a bénitier. It is often placed at the base of a cruxifix or religious representation. It is used in the Catholic Church, Anglican Churches, and some Lutheran churches to make the Sign of the Cross using the holy water upon entrance of the church. [1] Holy water is blessed by a priest or a deacon, and many Christians believe it to be a reminder of the baptismal promises. [2]
Spicewood (n.) (Bot.) An American shrub ({Lindera Benzoin), the bark of which has a spicy taste and odor; -- called also Benjamin, wild allspice, and fever bush.
Allspice (n.) The berry of the pimento ({Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic Carolina + allspice + ({Calycanthus + floridus" > shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice ({Calycanthus floridus); wild + allspice + ({Lindera+benzoin" > wild allspice ({Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush.
Benjamin (n.) See Benzoin.
Benjamin (n.) A kind of upper coat for men. [Colloq. Eng.]
Benzoin (n.) Incense form Sumatra (named Java in Arabic), the first syllable being lost. Cf. Benjamin.]
Note: [Called also benjamin.]
Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
Benzoin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.
Benzoin (n.) (Bot.) The spicebush ({Lindera benzoin).
Flowers of benzoin, Benzoic acid. See under Benzoic.
Benjamin (n.) Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation [syn: benzoin, gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis].
Benjamin (n.) (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of
Israel
Benjamin (n.) Son of my right hand. (1.) The younger son of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 35:18). His birth took place at Ephrath, on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, at a short distance from the latter place. His mother died in giving him birth, and with her last breath named him Ben-oni, son of my pain, a name which was changed by his father into Benjamin. His posterity are called Benjamites (Gen. 49:27; Deut. 33:12; Josh. 18:21).
The tribe of Benjamin at the Exodus was the smallest but one (Num. 1:36, 37; Ps. 68:27). During the march its place was along with Manasseh and Ephraim on the west of the tabernacle. At the entrance into Canaan it counted 45,600 warriors. It has been inferred by some from the words of Jacob (Gen. 49:27) that the figure of a wolf was on the tribal standard. This tribe is mentioned in Rom. 11:1; Phil. 3:5.
The inheritance of this tribe lay immediately to the south of that of Ephraim, and was about 26 miles in length and 12 in breadth. Its eastern boundary was the Jordan. Dan intervened between it and the Philistines. Its chief towns are named in Josh. 18:21-28.
The history of the tribe contains a sad record of a desolating civil war in which they were engaged with the other eleven tribes. By it they were almost exterminated (Judg. 20:20, 21; 21:10). (See GIBEAH.)
The first king of the Jews was Saul, a Benjamite. A close alliance was formed between this tribe and that of Judah in the time of David (2 Sam. 19:16, 17), which continued after his death (1 Kings 11:13; 12:20). After the Exile these two tribes formed the great body of the Jewish nation (Ezra 1:5; 10:9).
The tribe of Benjamin was famous for its archers (1 Sam. 20:20, 36; 2 Sam. 1:22; 1 Chr. 8:40; 12:2) and slingers (Judge. 20:6).
The gate of Benjamin, on the north side of Jerusalem (Jer. 37:13; 38:7; Zech. 14:10), was so called because it led in the direction of the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. It is called by Jeremiah (20:2) "the high gate of Benjamin;" also "the gate of the children of the people" (17:19). (Comp. 2 Kings 14:13.)
Benjamin (n.), Son of the right hand
Benjamin (), TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 264
Housing Units (2000): 119
Land area (2000): 1.037269 sq. miles (2.686513 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.037269 sq. miles (2.686513 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07636
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 33.583419 N, 99.793394 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Benjamin, TX
Benjamin
Benjamin (), UT -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Utah
Population (2000): 1029
Housing Units (2000): 310
Land area (2000): 12.348884 sq. miles (31.983462 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 12.348884 sq. miles (31.983462 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04720
Located within: Utah (UT), FIPS 49
Location: 40.091710 N, 111.722749 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Benjamin, UT
Benjamin
Benjamite (n.) A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. --Judg. iii. 15.
Benne (n.) The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is expressed, called benne oil, used mostly for making soap. In the southern United States the seeds are used in candy. [Also spelled benni.]
Benne (n.) East Indian annual erect herb; source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil [syn: sesame, benne, benni, benny, Sesamum indicum].
Bennet (a.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
Bennet (n.) Avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers [syn: bennet, white avens, Geum virginianum]
Bennet (n.) North American white-flowered avens [syn: bennet, white avens, Geum canadense].
Bennet (), NE -- U.S. village in Nebraska
Population (2000): 570
Housing Units (2000): 231
Land area (2000): 0.425459 sq. miles (1.101934 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.425459 sq. miles (1.101934 sq. km)
FIPS code: 04300
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 40.680349 N, 96.506355 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 68317
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bennet, NE
Bennet
Benshee (n.) See Banshee.
Benshengren (n.) 本省人 In Taiwan, the term Benshengren is generally used to describe people who came to Taiwan from China hundreds of years ago and their descendants, whereas the term Waishengren (Mainlander) is used to describe people who came from China with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) after the Chinese civil war, and their offspring.
Bend (v. t.) 使彎曲，折彎；使低垂；使致力（於）[（+on/ to）] To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend the knee.
Bend (v. t.) To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline. "Bend thine ear to supplication." -- Milton.
Towards Coventry bend we our course. -- Shak.
Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. -- Sir W. Scott.
Bend (v. t.) To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
To bend his mind to any public business. -- Temple.
But when to mischief mortals bend their will. -- Pope.
Bend (v. t.) To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue. "Except she bend her humor." -- Shak.
Bend (v. t.) (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor. -- Totten.
To bend the brow, To knit the brow, as in deep thought or in anger; to scowl; to frown. -- Camden.
Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
Bend (v.) (bent) [With object] Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.
‘The wire has to be bent back tightly.’
Bend (v.) [No object] (Of something straight) 彎曲；轉彎；俯 [（+down/ over）] Be shaped or forced into a curve or angle.
‘Poppies bending in the wind.’
Bend (v.) [No object, usually with adverbial of direction] (Of a road, river, or path) Deviate from a straight line in a specified direction.
‘The road bent left and then right.’
Bend (v.) [No object ] (Of a person) Incline the body downwards from the vertical.
‘She bent down and yanked out the flex.’
‘I bent over my plate.’
Bend (v.) [With object ] Move (a jointed part of the body) to an angled position.
‘Extend your left leg and bend your right.’
Bend (v.) Force or be forced to submit.
[With object ]‘They want to bend me to their will.’
[No object ]‘A refusal to bend to mob rule.’
Bend (v.) [With object ] Interpret or modify (a rule) to suit someone.
‘We cannot bend the rules, even for Darren.’
Bend (v.) [With object ] Direct (one's attention or energies) to a task.
‘Eric bent all his efforts to persuading them to donate some blankets’
[No object ]‘She bent once more to the task of diverting her guests’
Bend (v.) [Nautical] [With object ] Attach (a sail or cable) by means of a knot.
‘Sailors were bending sails to the spars.’
Bend (n.) [C] 彎，曲；俯；（道路等的）轉彎處 A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.
‘The van screeched round a bend.’
‘A bend in the river.’
Bend (n.) A Curved or angled part of something.
‘Make a bend in the wire.’
Bend (n.) A kind of knot used to join two ropes together, or to tie a rope to another object, e.g. a carrick bend.
Bend (n.) (The bends) Decompression sickness, especially in divers.
Phrases
Bend someone's ear [Informal] Talk to someone, especially at length or to ask a favour.
‘She regularly bent his ear with her problems.’
Round the bend [Informal] Mad.
‘It's time for some changes before we all go round the bend.’
‘You're driving me round the bend.’
Bend one's elbow [North American] Drink alcohol.
‘It didn't take long before we were all bending our elbows at the bar.’
Bend (n.) [Heraldry] An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.
Compare: Heraldry
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] 紋章學；（總稱）紋章；盛典 The system by which coats of arms and other armorial bearings are devised, described, and regulated.
‘The use of the rose in heraldry.’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Armorial bearings or other heraldic symbols.
‘The monument shows the heraldry of William Paget.’
Heraldry (n.) [Mass noun] Colourful ceremony.
‘All the pomp and heraldry provided a splendid pageant.’
Bent (imp. & p. p.) of Bend.
Bent (a. & p. p.) 彎曲的；決心的，決意的 [（+on/ upon）]；【俚】不老實的 Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Bent (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Bent (n.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] -- Wilkins.
Bent (n.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] -- Dryden.
Bent (n.) 愛好，傾向，天分 [C]；耐力 [C]；bend 的動詞過去式、過去分詞 A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. -- Shak.
With a native bent did good pursue. -- Dryden.
Bent (n.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bents and turns of the matter. -- Locke.
Bent (n.) (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Bent (n.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic]
The full bent and stress of the soul. -- Norris.
Syn: Predilection; turn.
Usage: Bent, Bias, Inclination, Prepossession. These words agree in describing a permanent influence upon the mind which tends to decide its actions. Bent denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given direction. It is the widest of these terms, and applies to the will, the intellect, and the affections, taken conjointly; as, the whole bent of his character was toward evil practices. Bias is literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in bowling, and causing it to swerve from a straight course. Used figuratively, bias applies particularly to the judgment, and denotes something which acts with a permanent force on the character through that faculty; as, the bias of early education, early habits, etc. Inclination is an excited state of desire or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of the law. Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling and opinion in respect to some person or subject, which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous to inquiry. The word is commonly used in a good sense, an unfavorable impression of this kind being denominated a prejudice. "Strong minds will be strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias; but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be without its prepossessions." -- Crabb.
Bent (n.) A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. -- Drayton.
Bent (n.) (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. [Obs.] -- Wright.
Bowmen bickered upon the bent. -- Chevy Chase.
Bent (a.) Fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)].
Bent (a.) Used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended, bent].
Bent (a.) Of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" [syn: bent, crumpled, dented].
Bent (n.) A relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: bent, set].
Bent (n.) Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass].
Bent (n.) An area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges.
Bent (n.) A special way of doing something; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" [syn: bent, knack, hang].
Bent (n.) -- U.S. County in Colorado
Population (2000): 5998
Housing Units (2000): 2366
Land area (2000): 1513.902869 sq. miles (3920.990264 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 27.217750 sq. miles (70.493645 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1541.120619 sq. miles (3991.483909 sq. km)
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.070366 N, 103.062997 W
Headwords:
Bent
Bent, CO
Bent County
Bent County, CO
Bent grass (n.) (Bot.) Same as Bent, a kind of grass.
Bent grass (n.) Grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens [syn: bent, bent grass, bent-grass].
Benthal (a.) Relating to the deepest zone or region of the ocean.
Benthal (a.) Of or relating to or happening on the bottom under a body of water [syn: benthic, benthal, benthonic].
Benthamic (a.) Of or pertaining to Bentham or Benthamism.
Benthamism (n.) That phase of the doctrine of utilitarianism taught by Jeremy Bentham; the doctrine that the morality of actions is estimated and determined by their utility; also, the theory that the sensibility to pleasure and the recoil from pain are the only motives which influence human desires and actions, and that these are the sufficient explanation of ethical and jural conceptions.
Benthamite (n.) One who believes in Benthamism.
Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe.
Bare benting times . . . may come. -- Dryden.
Benty (a.) A bounding in bents, or the stalks of coarse, stiff, withered grass; as, benty fields.
Benty (a.) Resembling bent. -- Holland.
Benumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Benumb.
Benumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Benumb.
Benumb (v. t.) [H] 使僵冷；使麻木，使無感覺；使呆滯，使遲鈍 To make torpid; to deprive of sensation or sensibility; to stupefy; as, a hand or foot benumbed by cold.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first. -- Dryden.
Benumb (v.) Make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" [syn: {numb}, {benumb}, {blunt}, {dull}].
Benumbed (a.) Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened; as, a benumbed body and mind. -- {Be*numbed"ness}, n.
Benumbed (a.) Lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: {asleep(p)}, {benumbed}, {numb}].
Benumbed (a.) Having lost or been caused to lose interest because of overexposure; "the mind of the audience is becoming dulled"; "the benumbed intellectual faculties can no longer respond" [syn: {dulled}, {benumbed}].
Benumbed (a.) (F ormal) 麻木的，僵硬的Unable feel because of cold, shock, etc.
Examples:
A face benumbed with cold.
Benumbment (n.) 麻木； 麻痺； 遲鈍 Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. -- Kirby.
Benzal (n.) (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH, of the aromatic series, related to benzyl and benzoyl; -- used adjectively or in combination.
Benzamide (n.) A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.
Benzene (n.) A volatile, very inflammable liquid, C6H6, contained in the naphtha produced by the destructive distillation of coal, from which it is separated by fractional distillation. The name is sometimes applied also to the impure commercial product or benzole, and also, but rarely, to a similar mixed product of petroleum.
Benzene nucleus, Benzene ring (Chem.), A closed chain or ring, consisting of six carbon atoms, each with one hydrogen atom attached, regarded as the type from which the aromatic compounds are derived. This ring formula is provisionally accepted as representing the probable constitution of the benzene molecule, C6H6, and as the type on which its derivatives are formed.
Benzene (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene, benzine, benzol].
Benzile (n.) (Chem.) A yellowish crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.CO.C6H5, formed from benzoin by the action of oxidizing agents, and consisting of a doubled benzoyl radical.
Benzine (n.) (Chem.) A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.
Benzine (n.) (Chem.) Same as Benzene. [R.]
Note: The hydrocarbons of benzine proper are essentially of the marsh gas (paraffin) series, while benzene proper is the typical hydrocarbon of the aromatic series.
Benzine (n.) A colorless liquid hydrocarbon; highly inflammable; carcinogenic; the simplest of the aromatic compounds [syn: benzene, benzine, benzol].
Benzoate (n.) (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of benzoic acid with any salifiable base.
Benzoate (n.) Any salt or ester of benzoic acid.
Benzoic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, benzoin.
Benzoic acid, or flowers of benzoin, A peculiar vegetable acid, C6H5.CO2H, obtained from benzoin, and some other balsams, by sublimation or decoction. It is also found in the urine of infants and herbivorous animals. It crystallizes in the form of white, satiny flakes; its odor is aromatic; its taste is pungent, and somewhat acidulous.
Benzoic aldehyde, Oil of bitter almonds; the aldehyde, C6H5.CHO, intermediate in composition between benzoic or benzyl alcohol, and benzoic acid. It is a thin colorless liquid.
Benzoic (a.) Containing or derived from benzoic acid or benzoin
Benzoin (n.) Incense form Sumatra (named Java in Arabic), the first syllable being lost. Cf. Benjamin.]
Note: [Called also benjamin.]
Benzoin (n.) A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from the Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
Benzoin (n.) A white crystalline substance, C14H12O2, obtained from benzoic aldehyde and some other sources.
Benzoin (n.) (Bot.) The spicebush ({Lindera benzoin).
Flowers of benzoin, Benzoic acid. See under Benzoic.
Benzoin (n.) Gum resin used especially in treating skin irritation [syn: benzoin, gum benzoin, benjamin, gum benjamin, asa dulcis].
Benzoin (n.) Used in some classifications for the American spicebush and certain other plants often included in the genus Lindera [syn: Benzoin, genus Benzoin].
Benzoinated (a.) (Med.) Containing or impregnated with benzoin; as, benzoinated lard.
Benzole (n.) Alt. of Benzol
Benzol (n.) (Chem.) An impure benzene, used in the arts as a solvent, and for various other purposes. See Benzene.
Note: It has great solvent powers, and is used by manufacturers of India rubber and gutta percha; also for cleaning soiled kid gloves, and for other purposes.
Benzoline (n.) (Chem.) Same as Benzole.
Benzoline (n.) (Chem.) Same as Amarine. [R.] -- Watts. Benzonaphthol
Benzoyl (n.) (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CO; the base of benzoic acid, of the oil of bitter almonds, and of an extensive series of compounds. [Formerly written also benzule.]
Benzyl (n.) (Chem.) A compound radical, C6H5.CH2, related to toluene and benzoic acid; -- commonly used adjectively.
Benzyl (n.) The univalent radical derived from toluene [syn: benzyl, benzyl group, benzyl radical].
Bepaint (v. t.) To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint.
Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. -- Shak.
Bepelt (v. t.) To pelt roundly.
Bepinched (imp. & p. p.) of Bepinch.
Bepinch (v. t.) To pinch, or mark with pinches. -- Chapman.
Beplastered (imp. & p. p.) of Beplaster.
Beplastering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Beplaster.
Beplaster (v. t.) To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub.
Beplastered with rouge. -- Goldsmith.
Beplumed (a.) Decked with feathers.
Bepommeled (imp. & p. p.) of Bepommel.
Bepommeling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bepommel.
Bepommel (v. t.) To pommel; to beat, as with a stick; figuratively, to assail or criticise in conversation, or in writing. -- Thackeray.
Bepowder (v. t.) To sprinkle or cover with powder; to powder.
Bepraise (v. t.) To praise greatly or extravagantly. -- Goldsmith.
Beprose (v. t.) To reduce to prose. [R.] "To beprose all rhyme." -- Mallet.
Bepuffed (a.) Puffed; praised. -- Carlyle.
Bepurple (v. t.) To tinge or dye with a purple color.
Bequeathed (imp. & p. p.) of Bequeath.
Bequeathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bequeath.
Bequeath (v. t.) （立遺囑）把……遺贈給 [O1] [（+to）]； 傳下；留下 To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property.
My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. -- Shak.
Bequeath (v. t.) To hand down; to transmit.
To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. -- Glanvill.
Bequeath (v. t.) To give; to offer; to commit. [Obs.]
To whom, with all submission, on my knee I do bequeath my faithful services And true subjection everlastingly. -- Shak.
Syn: To Bequeath, Devise.
Usage: Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts.
Bequeath (v.) Leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" [syn: bequeath, will, leave] [ant: disinherit, disown].
Bequeathable (a.) 遺留的 Capable of being bequeathed.
Bequeathal (n.) The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. -- Fuller.
Bequeathment (n.) The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
Bequest (n.) 遺贈； 遺產，遺贈物 The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B.
Bequest (n.) That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift.
Bequest (v. t.) To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [Obs.] "All I have to bequest." -- Gascoigne.
Compare: Legacy
Legacy (n.) (pl. Legacies) [C] 遺產；遺贈；留給後人的東西 An amount of money or property left to someone in a will.
‘My grandmother died and unexpectedly left me a small legacy.’
Legacy (n.) Something left or handed down by a predecessor.
‘The legacy of centuries of neglect.’
Legacy (n.) [U S] An applicant to a particular college or university who is regarded preferentially because a parent or other relative attended the same institution.
‘Being a legacy increased a student's chance of being accepted to a highly selective college by up to 45 per cent’
Legacy (a.) (Computing) Denoting or relating to software or hardware that has been superseded but is difficult to replace because of its wide use.
Bequest (n.) (Law) A gift of personal property by will [syn: bequest, legacy].
Bequest (n.) A gift by last will or testament; a legacy. (q. v.) This word is sometimes, though improperly used, as synonymous with devise. There is, however, a distinction between them. A bequest is applied, more properly, to a gift by will of a legacy, that is, of personal property; devise is properly a gift by testament of real property. Vide Devise.
Bequethen (old p. p.) of Bequeath. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bequote (v. t.) To quote constantly or with great frequency.
Berained (imp. & p. p.) of Berain.
Beraining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berain.
Berain (v. t.) To rain upon; to wet with rain. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Berated (imp. & p. p.) of Berate.
Berating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Berate.
Berating (n.) A severe rebuke; "he deserved the berating that the coach gave him" [syn: berating, blowing up].
Berate (v. t.) 嚴責，訓斥 To rate or chide vehemently; to scold. -- Holland. -- Motley.
Berate (v.) Censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup" [syn: call on the carpet, take to task, rebuke, rag, trounce, reproof, lecture, reprimand, jaw, dress down, call down, scold, chide, berate, bawl out, remonstrate, chew out, chew up, have words, lambaste, lambast].