Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BE-LOWT', v.t. [See Lowt.]

To treat with contemptuous language. [Not in use.] Camden.

BEL'SWAG-GER, n.

A lewd man. Dryden.

BELT, n. [Sax. belt; Sw. bält; Dan. bælte; L. balteus; Qu. Ir. balt, a welt. Class Bl.]

1. A girdle; a band, usually of leather, in which a sword or other weapon is hung.
2. A narrow passage, or strait between the isle of Zealand and that of Funen at the entrance of the Baltic, usually called the Great Belt. The Lesser Belt is the passage between the isle of Funen and the coast of Jutland.
3. A bandage or band used by surgeons for various purposes.
4. In astronomy, certain girdles or rings, which surround the planet Jupiter, are called belts.
5. A disease among sheep, cured by cutting off the tail, laying the sore bare, then casting mold on it, and applying tar and goose-grease. Encyc.

BELT, v.t.

To encircle. Warton.

BELT'ED, a.

Wearing a belt.

BE-LU'GA, n. [Russ. signifying white fish.]

A fish of the Cetaceous order, and genus Delphinus, from 12 to 18 feet in length. The tail is divided into two lobes, lying horizontally, and there is no dorsal fin. In swimming, this fish bends its tail under its body like a lobster, and thrusts itself along with the rapidity of an arrow. This fish is found in the arctic seas and rivers, and is caught for its oil and its skin. Pennant

BEL'VI-DERE, n. [L. bellus, fine, and video, to see.]

1. A plant, a species of Chenopodium, goose-foot or wild orach, called Scoparia or annual mock cypress. It is of a beautiful pyramidical form, and much esteemed in China, as a salad, and for other uses. Encyc.
2. In Italian architecture, a pavilion on the top of an edifice; an artificial eminence in a garden. Encyc.

BE-LYE', v.

See BELIE.

BE'MA, n. [Gr. βημα.]

1. A chancel. [Not in use.] Beaumont.
2. In ancient Greece, a stage or kind of pulpit, on which speakers stood when addressing an assembly. Mitford.

BE-MAD', v.t. [be and mad.]

To make mad. [Not in use.] Shak.

BE-MAN'GLE, v.t. [be and mangle.]

To mangle; to tear asunder. [Little used.] Beaumont.

BE-MASK', v.t. [be and mask.]

To mask; to conceal. Shelton.

BE-MAZE', v.t.

To bewilder. [See Maze. Little used.] Cowper.

BE-METE', v.t. [be and mete.]

To measure. [Not in use.] Shak.

BE-MIN'GLE, v.t. [be and mingle.]

To mingle; to mix. [Little used.]

BE-MIRE', v.t. [be and mire.]

To drag or incumber in the mire; to soil by passing through mud or dirty places. Swift.

BE-MIST', v.t. [be and mist.]

To cover or involve in mist. [Not used.] Felton.

BE-MOAN', v.t. [be and moan.]

To lament; to bewail; to express sorrow for; as, to bemoan the loss of a son. Jeremiah.

BE-MOAN'A-BLE, a.

That may be lamented. [Not used.] Sherwood.

BE-MOAN'ED, pp.

Lamented; bewailed.

BE-MOAN'ER, n.

One who laments.

BE-MOAN'ING, ppr.

Lamenting; bewailing.

BE-MOCK', v.i.

To laugh at.

BE-MOCK', v.t. [be and mock.]

To treat with mockery. [Little used.] Shak.

BE-MOIL', v.t. [be and moil. Fr. mouiller, to wet.]

To bedraggle; to bemire; to soil or incumber with mire and dirt. [Not in use.] Shak.