DICTIONARY B

BEG  -  BENZ

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​BEG 
            n. 1.     † a bey, a Turkish governor; now only used as a part of Eastern names ...1686
            n. 2.     in a telephone solicitation: the actual plea to purchase that which is being sold ...1959 US sl.
 
BEGAB
            vb.       † to fool with words, to mock, to deceive, to delude; to impose upon ...1297
 
BEGABBED
            adj.       talked over; reported from one to another ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGAD!
            int.       an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement ...1742
 
BEGAGED
            adj.       bewitched, hag-ridden ...1746 Eng. dial.
 
BEGAIR
            vb.       † to diversify or variegate, as with stripes or streaks ...1552 Sc.
 
BEGAIRIE
            n.         † ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural ...1575 Sc.
 
BEGALL
            vb.       † to embitter ...1598
 
BEGALLOW
            vb.       † to frighten or terrify ...c1320
 
BEGAR!
            int.       an exclamation, used to give weight to a statement ...1759
 
BEGARIE
            vb.       to bespatter; to variegate with colours ...1681 Sc.
 
BEGARRA!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1839 Anglo-Irish 
 
BEGARRY 
            n.         one who is engaged in forced labour ...Bk1890 Anglo-Indian
 
BEGARY
            n.         † ornamental facings of different colour or fabric worn on dress; usually used in plural ...1575 Sc.
            vb.       † to variegate with colours, whether by way of adornment or of disfigurement ...1501 Sc.
 
BE GASPHYXIATED
            vb.       to be asphyxiated by gas ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE GATHERED TO ONE'S FATHERS
            vb.       to be dead and buried ...1382
 
BEG BEG 
            n.         the chief officer of a province in Turkey ...1687
 
BEGECK
            n.         † a cheating disappointment; a trick ...c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
            vb.       † to befool; to disappoint; to gull; to deceive; to jilt ...a1513 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BEGEEK
            n.         † a cheating disappointment ...c1600 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BEGENELD; BEGENILD  
            n.         †* a beggar ...1393
 
BEGERK
            n.         male masturbation ...1985 Aust. sl.
 
BEGET
            n. 1.     † the act of acquiring; acquisition, gaining; gain, profit, advantage ...c1175
            n. 2.     † the thing acquired; acquisition, gain, proceeds; spoils of war ...c1200
            vb. 1.    † to get, to acquire, usually by effort ...a1000
            vb. 2.    to forget ...1746 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to happen, to befall ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
BEGETEL
            adj.       † advantageous, profitable ...c1250
 
BEGETTAL
            n.         * a begetting ...1873
 
BEGETTER 
            n.         one who begets; the father ...c1440
 
BEGGAR
            n. 1.     one who asks alms, especially habitually; one who lives by so doing ...a1250
            n. 2.     one in indigent circumstances; a poor person ...1340
            n. 3.     a mendicant friar ...c1384
            n. 4.     a term of contempt or abuse; a mean or low, vulgar fellow; a contemptible person ...a1400
            n. 5.     † one who begs the question ...1579
            n. 6.     † one who begs a favour; one who entreats ...1589
            n. 7.     a small or mischievous child or person, as 'little beggar'...1833
            n. 8.     (often mildly derogatory) a person of the stated sort, as a 'little beggar' ...1833 Brit. sl.
            n. 9.     a person who is remarkably adept at or keen on a particular pursuit, subject, etc.; an expert, a specialist, an authority ...1859
            n. 10.    a term of reproach or mock anger; also a term of address to a familiar ...1883 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 11.    in cards: applied to the small cards 2 to 10 ...Bk1888
            n. 12     an unpleasant, very dangerous or difficult thing, project, episode, or circumstance; a nuisance ...1937 UK sl.
            n. 13.    the dole ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'Labour' (Exchange) (Beggar My Neighbour)
            n. 14.    a toady; one who tries too hard to gain someone's favour ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 15.    the last piece of food let on a plate ...1969 Amer. dial.
            n. 16.    one who is over-keen or zealous ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
            n. 17.    a worthless person ...Bk1998 
            vb.       to impoverish; generally used of land ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR-BANGER
            n.         an officer whose duty it was to expel beggars from the town ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR-BARM
            n.         anything worthless ...1874 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR BODIES 
            n.         beggars ...Bk1876 Sc.
 
BEGGAR-BOLTS
            n.         darts; missiles of stone ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGGAR BOY'S ARSE; BEGGAR BOY'S ASS
            n.         money ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'brass'
 
BEGGAR-BRACH
            n.         † a female beggar ...a1652
 
BEGGAR-BRAT 
            n.         a child who begs ...1597
 
BEGGARDOM
            n.         the beggar's profession; the mendicant fraternity ...1882
 
BEGGARED
            adj.       impoverished; reduced to destitution ...1599
 
BEGGARER 
            n.         one who beggars or impoverishes ...1630
 
BEGGARESS
            n.         a female beggar ...1863 nonce word
 
BEGGAR-FACE
            n.         a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR FOR PUNISHMENT 
            n.         a person who continuously exerts himself to his limits ...Bk1988 Aust. sl.
 
BEGGARING
            adj.       worrying, tiresome ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGARISH
            adj.       † beggarly ...1530
 
BEGGARISM
            n.         professional beggary; extreme poverty ...1636
 
BEGGAR-KING 
            n.         a king of beggars ...1938
 
BEGGAR-LEG
            n.         a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR-LUG
            n.         a term of mock anger applied to children ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGARLY
            adj.       stingy ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEGGAR-MAKER
            n.         a publican ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOUR
            n.         the dole ...1960 UK rhyming sl. for 'Labour' (Exchange)
 
BEGGAR-NIGGLER
            n.         † one who toys with a beggar-woman ...a1652
 
BEGGAR ON HORSEBACK 
            n.         an upstart; a person suddenly raised in social status and rendered giddy by his promotion ...Bk1922
 
BEGGAR-PLAITS
            n.         creases in a garment ...1892 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR'S BALM; BEGGAR'S BARM
            n.         foam or froth collected on water ...1870 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGARS' BOLTS
            n.         † stones ...1584
 
BEGGAR'S BROWN
            n.         light brown snuff which is made of the stem of tobacco ...1879 Sc. colloq.
 
BEGGAR'S BUSH
            n.         † beggary, ruin ...1591
 
BEGGAR'S BUTTON
            n.         a buttercup ...1959 Amer. dial.
 
BEGGAR'S LAGGING
            n.         a prison sentence of 90 days ...1950 UK sl.
 
BEGGAR'S NIGHT
            n. 1.     Thanksgiving eve or day when children dress up in old clothes and, armed with large paper bags, they tour the neighbourhoods, begging for candy, cookies, and other delicacies ...1938 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     the night when children dress up as beggars and go door to door asking for candy and other sweets; Halloween eve ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BEGGAR'S-PLAITS
            n.         wrinkles or creases in garments as if slept in ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGGAR'S PLUSH
            n.         † ? cotton velvet or corduroy ...1688
 
BEGGAR'S STAFF
            n.         a state of bankruptcy or beggary ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGAR'S VELVET
            n.         dust found under beds and other furniture ...1847
 
BEGGAR-TRASH
            n.         someone thought to be low-class, worthless, or insignificant ...1939 Amer. dial.
 
BEGGARTY
            n.         † the state or condition of a beggar; extreme poverty ...c1505 Sc.
 
BEGGAR-WENCH
            n.         a beggar-girl ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGARY
            adj.       † beggarly, poor; mean, contemptible ...1542
 
BEGGEL
            n.         small beer, treacle beer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGERED
            adj.       tired ...1984 NZ euphemism for 'buggered up'
 
BEGGESTERE 
            n.         † a beggar ...Bk1888
 
BEGGIE
            n.         a rutabaga or Swedish turnip ...1936 Amer. dial.
 
BEGGILD
            n.         †* ? a female beggar ...a1225
 
BEGGING
            n.         a very small quantity ...1881 Eng. dial.
 
BEGGINGNESS
            n.         † the condition of a beggar, poverty, beggary ...1382
 
BEGGING PONCE 
            n.         a man who organizes teams of beggars and takes a percentage of their earnings, but who does not beg himself ...Bk2002 criminals' sl.
 
BEGGOON 
            n.         a begum; a queen, princess, or lady of high rank ...1634 Anglo-Indian
 
BEGIBBED
            adj.       given, allotted ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BE-GIFT
            vb.       † to entrust ...a1400
 
BEGIGGED
            adj.       infatuated, crazy; possessed ...1888 Amer.
 
BEGIN
            n.         †* beginning ...1596
            vb. 1.    † to entrap, to ensnare ...c1250
            vb. 2.    to interfere, to molest ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to scold ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to say grace before a meal ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGINK
            n. 1.     a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception ...1725 Sc.
            n. 2.     a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc.
            n. 3.     the act of jilting ...1790 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to delude, to play a deceiving trick on; to take in, to cheat ...1821 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to jilt ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGINNER
            n. 1.     one who begins; an originator, a founder ...c1400
            n. 2.     one beginning to learn; a novice, a tyro ...1470-85
            n. 3.     † an undertaking ...1481
            n. 3.     † he who or that which goes or comes first, or takes the lead ...c1613
            n. 5.     a founder ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGINNING
            n.         † an undertaking ...1481
 
BEGINNINGLY
            adv.      † initially, at the beginning ...a1340
 
BEGIN THE BOARD
            vb.       † to sit at the head of the table ...c1386
 
BEGIN THE DAIS
            vb.       † to take the chief seat, or preside at a feast ...1297
 
BEGIN THE DANCE
            vb.       to take the lead in any course of action ...1579
 
BEGIN TO COMMENCE
            vb.       to begin, to commence ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEGIN UPON A PERSON
            vb.       to attack or assail a person ...c1825
 
BEGIRDGE 
            vb.       to begrudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGIRT
            vb.       to surround, to encompass, to enclose ...1608
 
BEGIRTH
            vb.       to surround, to encompass, to enclose ...1608
 
BE GIVEN THE RATIONS
            vb.       (derogatory) to get a service or other medal not awarded for gallantry ...1925 Brit. sl.
 
BEGLAMMER
            vb.       to bewitch; to deceive, to hoodwink ...1822 Sc.
 
BEGLAMMERT
            adj.       bewitched ...1866 Sc.
 
BEGLAUM
            vb.       to bewitch ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGLERBEG 
            n.         the chief governor of a province among the Turks; he is also called a bashaw of three tails, from having three ensigns, trimmed with horse—tails, as the mark of his dignity ...1586
 
BEGLEW
            vb.       † to make game of, to befool ...c1430
 
BEGLIDE
            vb.       † to slip away from, to escape ...c1300
 
BEGLOSE
            vb.       † to deceive ...1393
 
BEGLUE
            vb.       † to make game of, to befool ...c1430
 
BEGLUED 
            adj.       † overcome ...c1430 
 
BEGNET
            n.         a bayonet ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGO
            vb. 1.    † to go about hostilely, to best, to overrun ...a855
            vb. 2.    † to go about; to inhabit; to work, to cultivate ...c890
            vb. 3.    † to go round; to compass, to encompass ...c1000
            vb. 4.    † to dress; to clothe, to attire, to deck, to adorn ...a1225
            vb. 5.    † to get round with craft, to talk over ...1362 
            vb. 6.    † to surround, to environ ...1393
            int.       used as an expletive or oath ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGOB!
            int.       a disguised oath ...1892 Ireland
 
BEGOCK!
            int.       a disguised oath ...1806 Eng. dial.
 
BEGOKE 
            n.         a trick ...Bk1850 
 
BEGONE
            adv. 1. worn out, decayed ...1790 Eng. dial.
            adv. 2. taken aback, disagreeably surprised; dismayed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEGONIA 
            n.         (derogatory) a Black homosexual ...Bk1972 US Black homosexual sl.
 
BEGONIA BROOM 
            n.         a Black domestic worker ...Bk1972 Black homosexual sl. 
 
BEGONK
            n.         a trick, a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Eng. dial.
 
BEGONNIES!
            int.       an exclamation ...1869 Ireland
 
BE GOOD TO YOURSELF
            phr.      used with humour as a farewell ...1950 US sl.
 
BEGOR!
            int.       a quasi-oath ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BEGORAH!
            int.       by God! ...1839 Ireland
 
BEGORRA!; BEGORRAH!
            int.       by God!; an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1839 Anglo-Irish
 
BEGORRY!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise ...1911 Amer. dial.
 
BEGORSEY!
            int.       a quasi-oath ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BEGOTTY
            adj.       bumptious, overbearing, self-willed ...1873 Eng. dial.
 
BEGOUGE
            vb.       to stab, to pierce ...1953 Amer. dial.
 
BEGOUGH!
            int.       an exclamation or oath ...1894 Eng. dial.
 
BEGOUK
            vb.       to trick, to befool; to jilt ...1862 Sc.
 
BEGOWK
            n.         a trick; the act of jilting ...1814 Sc.
            vb.       to trick, to befool; to jilt ...1862 Sc.
 
BEGOWKER
            n.         a deceiver ...1862 Sc.
 
BEGOX!
            int.       a disguised oath ...1806 Eng. dial.
 
BEGOYT
            adj.       foolish ...1787 Sc.
 
BEG-PARDON 
            phr.      an expression of apology ...1906 Aust. & NZ colloq.
 
BEGRAT
            adj.       tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGRATTEN
            adj.       tear-stained; disfigured with weeping ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGRAVE
            vb. 1.    † to bury a corpse, treasure, etc. ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to engrave; to ornament with graved work ...c1325
 
BEGREDE
            vb. 1.    † to cry out against; to upbraid, to reproach, to accuse ...c1200
            vb. 2.    † to cry about, to weep for ...c1300
 
BEGRIMLY
            vb.       † to begrime ...c1485
 
BEGRIPE
            vb. 1.    † to take to task, to reprehend ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to catch hold of, to apprehend; to seize and hold fast ...c1175
            vb. 3.    † to take in, to contain, to hold, to comprehend ...1393
 
BEGRITTEN
            adj.       tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
 
BEGRUDGE
            n.         suspicion ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to regret; to ill-wish ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGRUDGER 
            n.         a resentful and dissatisfied person; a habitual naysayer or complainer ...1876
 
BEGRUMPLED
            adj.       displeased; affronted ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BEGRUNTLE
            vb.       † to make uneasy ...a1670
 
BEGRUTTEN
            adj.       tear-stained, disfigured with weeping ...1776 Sc.
 
BEGSTER
            n.         † a beggar ...1386
 
BEG-TAKE 
            vb.       to receive something without paying for it ...1942 Amer. dial.
 
BEGUARD
            vb.       † to adorn or furnish with 'guards' or facings, generally of lace or embroidery ...1605
 
BEGUGGLED
            adj.       destroyed by mud, slime, etc ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEGUILE
            n.         a deception, a trick; disappointment ...1637 Sc.
            vb.       † to cheat hopes, expectations, aims, or a person in them; to trick; to disappoint, to deprive of, to foil ...1483 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BEGUILEFUL
            adj.       guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1530
 
BEGUILER 
            n.         one who beguiles or deludes; a deceiver ...a1382
 
BEGUILOUS
            adj.       †* guileful, deceiving, deceptive ...1483
 
BEGUILTY
            vb.       †* to render guilty ...a1653
 
BEGUIN
            n.         an infatuation ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEGULL
            vb.       † to gull, to impose upon ...1605
 
BEGULLION
            n.         a glamour deceiving the eyes ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEGUM
            n.         a rich widow ...Bk1890 sl.
            int.       an exclamation of astonishment, a disguised oath ...1834 Eng. dial.
 
BEGUMMER!
            int.       an exclamation or disguised oath ...1834 Eng. dial.
 
BEGUMMERS!
            int.       an exclamation or disguised oath ...1834 Eng. dial.
 
BEGUNK
            n. 1.     a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune ...1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     the act of jilting ...1790 Sc.
            n. 3.     a fool ...1895 Sc.
            vb.       to delude, to play a deceiving trick on, to 'take in'; to cheat, to deceive; to jilt...1821 Sc.
 
BEGUNKED
            adj.       disappointed, cheated ...Bk1898 Sc. & N. Ireland
 
BEGY!
            int.       an exclamation or disguised oath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEG YOUR PARDON
            n.         a garden ...1961 UK rhyming sl.
 
BEHACK
            vb.       † to hack about ...1565
 
BEHAD
            vb.       to stop, to wait; to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...1768 Sc.
 
BEHADDEN
            adj. 1.   held back, kept back ...1768 Sc.
            adj. 2.   under personal obligation; indebted; obliged ...1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEHALE
            vb.       † to drag about ...1574
 
BE HALF-PAST FIVE WITH ANYTHING
            vb.       to be all up with anything, to be 'finished' or 'done for' ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BEHANG
            vb.       † to hang a thing about with bells, hangings, drapery etc. ...c897
 
BEHANGED
            adj.       † hung about, draped, hung ...c1200
 
BEHAP
            vb.       † to befall, to happen ...c1450
 
BEHAPPEN
            adv.      perhaps, possibly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb.       † to befall, to happen ...1515
 
BE HARD BESTED
            vb.       to be hard put to it, to be hard pressed ...c1330
 
BEHATE
            vb.       † to hold in hatred, to hate greatly, to detest ...c1340
 
BEHAVE
            n.         † behaviour ...1615
 
BEHAVIOR REPORT; BEHAVIOUR REPORT
            n.         a letter home from a military recruit to his girlfriend ...1945 US sl.
 
BEHAVIOURED
            adj.       † conducted, mannered, behaved ...1589
 
BEHAVISHNESS
            n.         bad behaviour ...1928 Amer. dial.
 
BEHEADAL
            n.         beheading, execution by decapitation ...1859
 
BE HEARD UPON THE MIDDEN-HEAD
            vb.       to quarrel openly ...1768 Sc.
 
BE HEART AND HAND FOR A THING 
            vb.       to be eagerly bent on accomplishing or obtaining a thing ...Bk1902 Eng. dial. 
 
BE HEATED UP IN THE BOWELS 
            VB.       to be costive ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.  
 
BEHEEMED
            adj.       sickly, feeble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEHEETER
            n.         † a promiser ...1382
 
BEHEIGH
            adv.      above ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEHELE
            vb.       † to conceal, to cover, to envelop ...c1000
 
BEHEMA 
            n. 1.     a fool ...Bk1982 Jewish
            n. 2.     an uncouth person ...Bk1982 Jewish
 
BEHEMOTH 
            n.         a huge or monstrous person ...Bk2014
 
BEHEST
            n.         † a vow, a promise ...a1200
            vb.       † to vow, to promise ...c1175
 
BEHESTING
            n.         †* bidding, command ...1583
 
BEHETE
            n.         † a promise, a vow ...c1460
 
BEHETER
            n.         † a promiser ...1382
 
BEHETING
            n.         † promise, promising ...1303
 
BEHEW
            vb.       † to hew about, to carve ...c1314
 
BEHIDE
            vb.       † to hide away, to conceal ...c1000
 
BEHIE
            vb.       † to make haste ...c1340
 
BE HIGH IN THE INSTEP
            vb.       to be proud and haughty ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BEHIGHT
            adj.       named, designated ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n.         † a promise ...c1400
            vb. 1.    † to vow, to promise ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to assure one of the truth of a statement; to warrant ...c1386
            vb. 3.    † to encourage expectation, to hold out hope of life, recovery, etc. ...c1420
 
BEHIGHTED
            adj.       † promised ...1571
 
BEHIGHTER
            n.         †* a promiser ...c1400
 
BEHIND
            adj. 1.   under the influence of ...1950s Amer. sl.
            adj. 2.   imprisoned ...1961 US sl.
            adj. 3.   committed, dedicated ...1968 US sl.
            prep. 1.             as a result of ...1957 US sl.
            prep. 2.             of a drug: under the influence of ...1967 US sl.
            n.         the buttocks ...1786 colloq.
 
BEHIND AND BEYOND
            adj.       far away; in the distance ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEHIND BARS
            phr.      in prison ...1951 sl.
 
BEHINDEST
            adj.       late ...1958 Amer. dial.
            n.         the one behind ...1952 Amer. dial.
 
BEHIND GOD SPEED
            adv.      at an out-of-the-way place, very far away ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
 
BEHIND HAND
            adv.      in secret, in an underhand way ...Bk1905 Sc.
 
BEHIND-KICKING
            n.         a beating ...1937 Amer. sl.
 
BEHINDMENTS
            n.         outstanding liabilities, arrears, a deficit ...1886 Amer.
 
BEHINDS
            adv.      † behind ...1382
            n.         the posteriors ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEHIND-SIGHT
            n.         backward view, retrospection ...1884
 
BEHIND-THE-BEHIND
            n.         anal sex ...1967 US sl.
 
BEHIND THE BRIDGE
            adv.      in any ghetto or slum ...1992 Trinidad and Tobago
 
BEHIND THE DOOR
            adv.      locked in a prison cell ...1996 UK sl.
 
BEHIND THE DOOR WHEN BRAINS WERE GIVEN OUT
            adj.       stupid ...1969 Aust. sl.
 
BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL 
            adj. 1.   broke, penniless ...Bk2006 US sl.
            adj. 2.   in trouble; in a weak or losing position ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BEHIND THE GRIND 
            phr.      behind in one's studies ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
 
BEHIND THE LIGHTER
            adj.       tardy, late, behind, laggardly ...1891 Amer. dial.
 
BEHIND THE LOG
            adj.       of a betting style in poker: conservative, even when winning ...1971 US sl.
 
BEHIND THE SCENES
            adj.       dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEHIND THE SINK
            adj.       depleted of funds ...1974 US sl.
 
BEHIND THE STICK
            phr.      to tend bar ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BEHINDWARD
            adv.      † in the direction that is behind ...c1440
 
BEHIND WITH THE RENT
            adj.       homosexual ...2000 UK sl.
 
BEHINT
            adj.       of a clock or watch: slow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      late; too late; in arrears of work, payment, or fulfilment ...Bk1911 Sc.
            prep.    behind ...1785 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEHINTEN
            prep.    behind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n.         the buttocks ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BEHITHER
            adv.      † on this side, on the nearer side ...1650 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            prep. 1.             † on this side of ...1521 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            prep. 2.             † short of, barring, save ...1633
 
BE HIT WITH THE STUPID STICK
            vb.       to be stupid ...1970s US Black sl.
 
BEHO
            n.         a laughingstock ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEHOD
            vb.       to hold, to maintain, to hold as certain ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEHOLD
            vb. 1.    † to consider; to give attention or regard ...c825
            vb. 2.    † to hold in regard, to observe commands, appointed days, etc. ...971
            vb. 3.    † to hold by, to keep hold of, to retain ...a1000
            vb. 4.    † to look ...c1175
            vb. 5.    † to pertain, relate or belong to; to concern ...c1175
            vb. 6.    † to hold or contain by way of purport or signification; to signify, to mean ...c1200
            vb. 7.    † to 'hold,' to stop, to wait ...a1670
            vb. 8.    † to permit ...a1670
 
BEHOLDABLE
            adj.       † that admits of being contemplated ...c1449
 
BEHOLDEN
            adj. 1.   † regarded, considered ...a1520
            adj. 2.   under obligation on account of favours received; beholden, indebted to ...1530
 
BEHOLDER 
            n.         one who beholds, a watcher, a looker on, a spectator ...c1374
 
BEHOLDING
            adj.       † under obligation, obliged, indebted, beholden; later, dependent ...1483 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     † the thing beheld; an image, a spectre; a vision ...c1440
            n. 2.     † mental contemplation; consideration ...a1520
 
BEHOLDINGNESS
            n.         † the condition of being beholden to anyone; obligation, indebtedness; later, dependence ...1580 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEHOODLE
            vb.       to annoy, to harass, to bother ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BEHOOVE
            vb. 1.    † to have use for or need of; to require; to be in want of ...c890
            vb. 2.    † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
            vb. 3.    † to owe ...1496
            vb. 4.    to be obliged ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEHOOVEFUL
            adj.       useful, of use; advantageous, expedient; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
 
BEHOPE
            vb.       to hope ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
BEHOPES
            n.         hope, expectation ...Bk1898 N. Ireland & Eng. dial.
 
BEHOTE
            n.         † a promise ...c1000
 
BEHOTEN
            adj.       † promised ...c1200
 
BEHOTING
            n.         † promising, promise ...c1300
 
BEHOUNCED
            adj.       tricked up, smartened, finely dressed ...1691 Eng. dial.
 
BEHOVABLE
            adj.       † useful, profitable, advantageous ...c1460
 
BEHOVABLY
            adv.      † usefully, profitably, advantageously, advisably ...1512
 
BEHOVE
            vb. 1.    † to have use for or need of; to require; to be in want of ...c890
            vb. 2.    † to be physically of use, needful, or necessary to ...1154
            vb. 3.    † to owe ...1496
            vb. 4.    to be obliged ...1815 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to be fitting, proper, required ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEHOVEFUL
            adj.       advantageous, useful, profitable; needful, necessary, due ...1382 arch.
 
BEHOVEFULLY
            adv.      † usefully, profitably, duly; necessarily ...1443
 
BEHOVEFULNESS
            n.         † usefulness, use ...1592
 
BEHOVELY
            adj.       † useful, profitable; needful, necessary ...c950
            adv.      † usefully, needfully, necessarily ...c1430
 
BEHOVEN
            adj.       under obligation, beholden ...1880
 
BEHOVESOME
            adj.       † useful, of service ...c1330
 
BEHOVING
            adj.       † useful, needful, appropriate ...c1175
 
BEHOVINGLY
            adv.      † usefully, appropriately ...1556
 
BEHUSBAND
            vb.       † to economize to the full ...1640 obs. 

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BEI  -  BELIZ

​BEIGE
            adj.       bland, boring ...1982 US sl.
            n.         a light-skinned Black person ...1945 US sl.
            vb.       to chemically darken cocaine to give it the appearance of a purity that it does not possess ...1989 US drugs sl.
 
BEIGE FRAME
            n.         a light-skinned Black woman ...1953 US sl.
 
BEIGH
            vb.       to cough ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEIGNE
            n.         a fritter or doughnut ...1941 Amer. dial.
 
BEIGNET
            n.         a fritter or doughnut ...1835 Amer. dial.
 
BEIJO
            n.         a cradle ...1924 Amer. dial.
 
BEIK 
            n.         a person ...1825 Sc.
 
BEIL
            vb. 1.    to fester ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to give pain or trouble to ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEILD
            n. 1.     one who acts as a guardian or protector ...1768 Sc. 
            n. 2.     a shelter ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     an image ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEILDER 
            n.         a builder ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.
 
BEILDLESS
            adj.       unsheltered ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BE ILL PAID 
            vb.       to be sorry ...1825 Sc. 
 
BE ILL TAKEN
            vb.       to be anxious, disturbed or mentally upset ... Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BE IMPROPERLY INTIMATE WITH
            vb.       to copulate outside marriage ...Bk1896 colloq.
 
BEIN
            adj. 1.   † pleasant, genial, kindly ...a1200
            adj. 2.   comfortable, comfortably furnished ...1533 Sc.
            adj. 3.   of persons: comfortable, well-to-do, well off ...a1548 Sc.
            adv.      † pleasantly, genially, kindly ...c1400 obs. exc. Sc.
            vb.       † to furnish bounteously, to fill ...c1450
 
BE IN A BOX 
            vb.       to be in a fix, to be in a difficult or embarrassing situation; to be in a dilemma ...a1555
 
BE IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
            vb.       to have sexual intercourse ...19C sl.
 
BE IN A FAIRFLE
            vb.       to have an eruption of the skin, to itch ...Bk1900 Sc.
 
BE IN A FLAP
            vb.       to get all excited about nothing ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BE IN A FLYMY-MESS
            vb.       to be hungry and have nothing to eat ...B1900 military sl.
 
BE IN A HANK
            vb.       to be in a state of perplexity or trouble ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
BE IN A STATE OF 'NO THOROUGHFARE'
            phr.      the 'menstrual flux is on' ...Bk1893 sl.
 
BE IN AN INTERESTING CONDITION
            vb.       to be with child ...1748 sl.
 
BE IN AN INTERESTING SITUATION
            vb.       to be with child ...1748 sl.
 
BE IN ANYONE'S BEARD
            vb.       † to oppose him openly and resolutely ...c1450
 
BE IN A PEAL 
            vb.       to be in a temper ...1883 Eng. dial.  
 
BE IN ARMOUR
            vb.       to be pot-valiant (bold or courageous under the influence of alcohol) ...L17 sl.
 
BE IN ARSEHOLE STREET
            vb.       to be in serious trouble ...c1950 sl.
 
BE INCONSISTENT
            vb.       to have a child before marriage ...1875 Eng. dial.
 
BE IN DEEP SHIT 
            vb.       to be in trouble or difficulty ...1969 sl.
 
BE IN FUNDS
            vb.       to have plenty of money ...19C colloq.
 
BEING
            n. 1.     † livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance  ...1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     † occurrence, happening ...1624
            n. 3.     a home, a dwelling-place, a lodging ...1839 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a wretched or unfortunate person ...Bk1898 N. Ireland
 
BEINGNESS
            n.         †  the quality of existing, actuality ...1662
 
BE IN GREAT UMBRAGE
            vb.       † to be in disfavour ...1647
 
BE IN HOG HEAVEN 
            vb.       to be in euphoria ...Bk1995 US sl.
 
BE IN LEADING-STRINGS
            vb. 1.    to be still a child ...1677
            vb. 2.    to be in a state of dependence or pupilage ...1779
 
BEINLY
            adv.      pleasantly, comfortably, cosily ...c1450 Sc.
 
BE IN MUCK-SWEAT
            vb.       to be flurried or flustered ...20C Brit. sl.
 
BEINNESS
            n.         comfort, well-to-do condition ...1874 Sc.
 
BE IN NIGGER-HEAVEN
            vb.       (derogatory) to enjoy one's self cheaply and vulgarly ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BE IN ON THE ACT
            vb.       to be involved in another's activity ...1947 US sl.
 
BE IN PRETTY TANGS
            vb.       to be in a fine mess ...1878 Eng. dial.
 
BE IN TALL COTTON
            vb.       to be prosperous, to do well, to be in a good situation; to have good luck; to be in good spirits ...1941 Amer. dial.
 
 BE IN THE DOG-HOUSE
            vb.       to be locked out for the night upon arriving home late ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE IN THE SAME BOX 
            vb.       to be in a similar predicament ...1865
 
BE IN THE SHIT
            vb.       to be in trouble or a difficult or unpleasant situation ...sl.
 
BE IN THE SHORT ROWS
            vb.       to be near the end or the climax of something ...1894 Amer. dial.
 
BE IN THE WRONG BOX
            vb.       to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl. 
 
BE IN THE WRONG PEW
            vb.       to be wrong, to be mistaken ...Bk1942 Amer. sl. 
 
BE INTO A MAN
            vb.       to pitch into him; to fight him ...Bk1896 sl.
 
BE INTO A WOMAN
            vb.       to possess a woman carnally ...Bk1896  sl.
 
BE IN TOW STREET 
            vb.       to be deluded or helplessly led by the nose; to be decoyed, to be persuaded ...1841 sl.
 
BE INWARDLY GIVEN
            vb.       to be pious, spiritual ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BEIRD 
            n. 1.     a bard, a minstrel ...1825 Sc.
            n. 2.     a lady, a damsel ...1825 Sc.
 
BEISANCE
            n.         † obeisance; deferential respect ...1556
 
BEISUM
            adj.       † pliable, flexible, docile ...a1225
 
BEITCH 
            n.         a male or a female, a friend or an enemy ...1988 US Black & teen sl.
 
BEJABBER
            vb.       to fade by keeping in the hands ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEJABBERS!; BEJABERS!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1890 chiefly Anglo-Irish
 
BEJADE
            vb. 1.    † to weary, tire out ...1620
            vb. 2.    † to make a jade of ...1705
 
BE JAKE-EASY
            vb.       to be indifferent, not caring one way or the other ...1888 Sc.
 
BE JAMMED
            vb.       to meet with a violent death, by accident, murder, or hanging ...1811 sl.
 
BEJAN
            n.         a freshman at the Scotch universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris ...1642
 
BEJANELLA 
            n.         a first-year lady student at Aberdeen University ...1894 Sc.
 
BEJANTINA 
            n.         a first-year woman student in Arts at St. Andrews University ...1912 Sc.
 
BEJANTINE 
            n.         a first-year woman student in Arts at St. Andrews University ...1934 Sc.
 
BE JAPANNED
            vb. 1.    to take orders ...1756 sl.
            vb. 2.    to be converted ...1859 Amer. thieves' sl.
 
BEJAPE
            vb.       † to play a trick on; to trick or befool ...1377
 
BEJASUS!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1908
 
BEJAUNE 
            n. a first-year student at a Scottish university; no only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews ...1708 Sc.
 
BEJAUNT 
            n.         a first-year student at a Scottish university; no only used in Aberdeen and St. Andrews ...1708 Sc.
 
BEJEANT 
            n.         a freshman at the Scotch universities, where the term was adopted from the University of Paris ...1642
 
BE JECK-EASY
            vb.       to be indifferent, not caring one way or the other ...1888 Sc.
 
BEJEER 
            n.         an act of fellatio ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BE JERRY TO
            vb.       to understand or realize the meaning of something ...1908 US sl.
 
BEJESUS!
            int.       an exclamation of surprise or astonishment ...1908 chiefly Anglo-Irish
 
BE JIBBED
            vb.       to be called over the coals; to get into trouble; to be reprimanded ...Bk1896 sl.
 
BEJIMINY!
            int.       used as a mild expletive ...1946 US sl.
 
BEJINGOED
            adj.       † crazy, out of one's senses ...1790 Eng. dial.
 
BE JOHN AT NIGHT AND JACK IN THE MORNING
            vb.       to boast of one's intentions overnight and leave them unfulfilled next day ...1883 Eng. dial.
 
BE JOHN TAMSON'S MAN
            vb.       to be of one stock or family ...1880 Sc.
 
BEJONKERS
            n.         the female breasts ...1988 Aust. sl.
 
BEJUGGLE
            vb. 1.    to get over by jugglery, to cheat ...1680
            vb. 2.    to bewitch ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEKAY
            n.         the jowl or lower jaw of a pig ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEKE
            n.         among French Creoles: a White settler ...Bk1982
            vb.       to warm; to bask ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BE KEEN OF 
            vb.       to be eager to, to be fond of, to be have a liking for ...1788 Sc.
 
BEKEN
            vb. 1.    † to make known; to declare, to show ...a1300
            vb. 2.    † to deliver ...a1300
            vb. 3.    † to commend or commit to the care of ...c1350
 
BEKEND
            adj.       † known ...1513 Sc.
 
BEKENNING
            n.         † knowledge, acquaintance ...c1380
 
BE KEPT TO ONE'S CAKE AND MILK
            vb.       to be kept within bounds, at a task, work, etc. ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BE KICKED TO DEATH BY CRIPPLES
            phr.      used as an expression of supreme contempt, as in 'you ought to be kicked to death by cripples' ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
 
BEKNOW
            vb. 1.    † to become acquainted with; to recognize ...c1300
            vb. 2.    † to admit one's knowledge of; to acknowledge, to confess; to know, to understand ...c1325 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEKNOWING
            n.         † knowledge ...1340
 
BEKNOWLEDGE
            vb.       † to acknowledge ...1340
 
BEKNOWLEDGING
            n.         † acknowledgement, confession ...1340
 
BEKNOWN
            adj.       known, acquainted, familiar ...1429 arch.
 
BEKNOWNST
            adj.       known ...1863 Eng. dial.
 
BEKOKIN
            adj.       recommending ...1857 Eng. dial.
 
BEL
            adj.       † fair, fine, beautiful ...c1314
 
BELA AND BORIS
            n.         in hold 'em poker: the two of clubs and the two of spades ...1996 US sl.
 
BELABOROUS
            adj.       given to thrashing ...1860 nonce word
 
BELABOUR
            vb.       † to labour at, to work at; to exert one's strength or ability upon ...1604
 
BEL-ACCOIL
            n.         † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
 
BEL-ACCOYLE
            n.         † kindly greeting, welcome ...c1400
 
BELACE
            vb. 1.    † to streak, to stripe ...1648
            vb. 2.    † to beat with stripes; to chastise with a strap ...1736 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BELACK
            vb.       † to depreciate, to find fault with ...a1555
 
BE LAD AND LASS
            vb.       to be lovers ...1834 Sc.
 
BELAG
            vb.       † ? to clog with wet mud ...a1300
 
BELAGGED
            adj. 1.   left behind, outstripped in walking ...1795 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   tired out ...1795 Eng. dial.
            adj. 3.   weighted with mud, muddied ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BE LAID ON THE BEAM-ENDS
            vb.       to be quite laid aside, utterly at a loss, hard up ...1773
 
BE LAID UP IN JOB'S DOCK
            vb.       to be treated in hospital for a venereal disease ...L18 sl.
 
BELAM
            vb.       † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BELAMB
            vb.       † to thrash, to beat ...1595 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEL-AMI; BELAMIE
            n.         † fair friend; good friend; esp. as a form of address ...a1225
 
BELAMOUR
            n. 1.     † a flower, but what kind is unknown ...1595
            n. 2.     † a loved one of either sex; a lady love; a sweetheart; a mistress ...1596
            n. 3.     † love; a glance or look of love ...1610
 
BELAMP
            vb.       † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
 
BELAMY
            n.         † fair friend; good friend; esp. as a form of address ...a1225
 
BELANGINGS
            n.         relatives, family connections ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELANTERED
            adj.       behind time, belated ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELAP
            vb.       † to lap about, to clasp, to enfold, to envelop; to environ, to surround ...c1200
 
BELAPPED 
            adj.       † surrounded ...c1175
 
BE LAPPED IN ONE'S MOTHER'S SMOCK
            vb.       † to be born to fortune ...1690
 
BELASIAN
            n.         a drunk, Belligerent Asian ...2003 US sl.
 
BELAST
            adj.       † burdened, charged, bound ...1441
 
BELATE
            vb.       to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder ...1642
 
BELATED
            adj.       hindered, behind the time ...1899 Amer. dial. arch.
 
BELAUDER 
            n.         one who loads with praise ...1884
 
BE LAUGHING
            vb.       to be comfortable, safe, fortunate; hence, to be winning ...World War I Brit. colloq.
 
BE LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
            vb.       to have been very successful financially, esp. in a coup, and in the face of long odds or disapproval ...c1965
 
BELAVE
            vb.       † to wash all over ...a1300
 
BELAY
            vb. 1.    † to lay a thing about with other object, i.e. by putting them about or around it; to surround, to environ, to enclose with ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to beset with armed men; to besiege, to beleaguer ...c1320
            vb. 3.    † to waylay, to lie in wait for, to ambush ...1470-85
            vb. 4.    to fall upon with blows, to lame ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to overcome ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to stop, to wait; to cancel, to disregard ...1931 Amer. dial.
 
BELAYER 
            n.         in mountaineering and rock climbing: a person who controls the rope used in a belay, safeguarding a partner who is using it to climb ...1927
 
BELAYING
            n.         † a lying in wait ...1677
 
BELBEVAR
            vb.       to puzzle; to perplex; to be unable to decide ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELCH
            n. 1.     malt liquors, beer, porter; all sorts of beer ...1706 sl.
            n. 2.     a stout or fat person ...1767 Sc.
            n. 3.     a brat of a child ...1822 Sc.
            n. 4.     a very lusty, robust person ...1825 Sc.
            n. 5.     worthless or obscene conversation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     a very fat animal ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 7.     a protest; a complaint ...Bk1914 criminals' sl.
            n. 8.     a prison informant ...1920 criminals' sl.
            n. 9.     a drunken vagrant ...1935 US sl.
            vb. 1.    to vomit ...1558
            vb. 2.    † to eject, to throw out ...1668
            vb. 3.    to drink copiously ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to act as a police informer ...1901 US sl.
 
BELCHER
            n. 1.     a hard beer drinker; specifically, one drinking to such excess that he vomits ...Bk1891
            n. 2.     a prison informer; a stool pigeon; a telltale ...1903 US criminals' sl.
            n. 3.     one who talks nonsense ...1914 UK sl.
            n. 4.     a prostitute who insists on justifying her occupation to customers who are more interested in other things ...1920 criminals' sl
            n. 5.     a complainant or faultfinder ...1931 US sl.
            n. 6.     a loud and talkative person ...1934 criminals' sl.
            n. 7.     an informer; a telltale ...World War II Amer. sl.
            n. 8.     the mouth ...1950 US sl.
 
BELCH-GUTS 
            n.         a sot, a drunkard ...Bk1891 sl.
 
BELCHILD
            n.         † a grandchild ...19C
 
BELCHING
            adj.       bragging, boasting, like an empty windbag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELDAM; BELDAME
            n. 1.     † a father or mother's mother; a grandmother ...c1440
            n. 2.     an aged woman, a matron of advanced years ...1580
            n. 3.     a loathsome old woman; a hag; a witch; a furious raging woman, a virago ...a1586
            n. 4.     a decrepit or ugly old woman ...a1586
            n. 5.     † a great-grandmother, or still remote ancestress ...1679
 
BELDER
            n.         a loud noise ...1836 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    of persons, esp. children: to cry noisily, to roar; to shout ...1809 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of cattle: to bellow ...1855 Eng. dial.
 
BELDERER
            n.         a roarer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELDERING
            adj.       roaring, noisy ...1889 Eng. dial.
            n.         a resounding cry; the bellowing of a bull ...1841 Ireland & Eng. dial.
 
BELDER-KITE 
            n.         a person who has eaten or drunk too much ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELDERMENT
            n.         a loud continuous crying or shouting ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELE
            n.         † bad conduct ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELEAD
            vb. 1.    † to lead away; to lead astray ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to conduct, to lead, to use ...c1275
 
BELEAVE
            vb. 1.    † to remain over, to survive, to be left in existence ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to let or cause to remain behind; to go away without taking with one, to abandon ...c1175
            vb. 3.    † to remain for the time being in a place; to stay, to abide, to continue, to dwell with a person ...c1175
            vb. 4.    † to allow to remain over; to leave out of count or process; to pass over, to let go, to omit ...c1205
            vb. 5.    † to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon ...c1205
            vb. 6.    † to let go from one's hold ...a1225
 
BELEAVING
            n. 1.     † remaining, tarrying, abiding, abode ...c1330
            n. 2.     † remaining steadfast; endurance, perseverance ...1340
 
BELEEMY!
            int.       believe me! ...1815 Eng. dial.
 
BELEFT
            adj.       believed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BE LEFT
            vb.       to fail; to be outdistances metaphorically; to be placed in a difficult situation ...c1895 colloq.
 
BE LEFT CARRYING THE CAN
            vb.       to be made the scapegoat, to be burdened with (usually unwanted) responsibility, or both ...M20 colloq.
 
BE LEFT IN THE BASKET
            vb.       to remain unchosen, or to the last, like the worst apples, etc. ...1847
 
BE LEFT IN THE LAPS
            vb.       † to be left in difficulties, 'in the lurch' ...1598
 
BELEMME!
            int.       believe me! ...1815 Eng. dial.
 
BELEPER
            vb.       † to afflict with leprosy ...c1623
 
BEL-ESPRIT
            n. 1.     a clever genius; a brilliant wit ...1638
            n. 2.     wit, wittiness ...1860
 
BELETTE
            n.         † a jewel, an ornament ...1522
 
BELETTER
            vb. 1.    † to serve with letters, to write to ...1655
            vb. 2.    to decorate with letters, as Ph.D., etc., appended to one's name ...1883
 
BELEWE
            vb.       † to betray ...c1000
 
BELFA; BELLFA 
            n.         a prostitute ...c1699 UK sl.
 
BELFATHER
            n.         † a grandfather ...c1440
 
BELFERT 
            n.         someone over the usual size ...1912 Sc.
 
BELFRY
            n.         the head ...1911 sl.
 
BELFUFF
            n.         a fictitious place, remote and unspecified ...1932 Sc.
 
BELGARD
            n.         † a kind or loving look ...1590
 
BELGE
            n. 1.     a native or inhabitant of the Low Countries, esp. a native or inhabitant of Belgium ...1591
            n. 2.     a short, fat person; also, a term of disrespect ...1825 Sc. 
            vb.       to cry aloud, to bellow ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BELGEEK 
            n.         a Belgian ...1925 US military sl.
 
BELGIAN 
            n.         a native of modern Belgium ...1865
 
BELGIAN LACE
            n.         a pattern of white foam from the frothing head of beer that remains in an empty glass ...2002 UK sl.
 
BELGIC 
            n.         * a native or inhabitant of the modern state of Belgium ...1870
 
BELGIES
            n.         † Low Germans ...1602
 
BELGIQUE 
            n.         a Belgian ...1925 US military sl.
 
BELGRANDFATHER
            n.         a great-great-grandfather ...19C
 
BELGY 
            n.         (often depreciative) a person from Belgium ...1841 colloq.
 
BELHACK
            n.         Hell ...1903 Amer. dial.
 
BELIAL
            n. 1.     the spirit of evil personified; the devil ...c1225
            n. 2.     a wicked and unprincipled person ...Bk1895
 
BELIALIST 
            n.         a specialist of Belial, or the Devil ...1617
 
BELIE
            adv.      speedily; soon ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    † to deceive by lying ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to lie around, to encompass ...a1000
            vb. 3.    † to lie with an army around, to beleaguer ...a1000
            vb. 4.    † to lie near; to pertain or belong to ...c1200
            vb. 5.    to tell lies about; esp. to calumniate by false statements ...a1225
            vb. 6.    † to lie with carnally ...c1325
            vb. 7.    † to give the lie to; to call false, to contradict as a lie or a liar; to reject as false, to deny the truth of ...1577
            vb. 8.    †* to assume falsely the character of; to counterfeit ...a1700
 
BELIED
            adj.       calumniated, falsified, proved false ...1610
 
BELIEFFUL
            adj.       full of faith, believing ...c1175 arch.
 
BELIEFFULNESS
            n.         the quality of being full of belief or faith ...1548 arch.
 
BELIER 
            n. 1.     one who gives a false representation or account; a slanderer or libeller ...1547
            n. 2.     a denier ...1588
 
BELIEVER 
            n. 1.     a gullible person who will believe whatever they are told ...1925 US sl.
            n. 2.     in trucking: a driver follows all laws and company rules ...1971 US sl.
            n. 3.     a dead enemy soldier ...1991 US Vietnam war usage
 
BELIEVE THE MOON IS MADE OF CHEESE
            vb.       to believe firmly something astounding, impossible, or absurd; hence, to be a fool ...18C colloq.
 
BELIGHT
            vb.       † to light up, to illuminate ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BELIKE
            adj.       † like, likely to do something, probable ...1550 obs.  exc. Sc.
            adv.      likely, in all likelihood, probably, maybe; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1533
            n.         a person who is the object of affection or liking ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to make like, to simulate ...a1250
            vb. 2.    † to be like, to resemble ...1481
            vb. 3.    † to like, to be pleased with ...1557
            vb. 4.    † to be pleasing to, to please ...1764
 
BE LIKE A COW'S TAIL
            vb.       to be late ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE LIKE A COW'S TAIL, ALWAYS BEHIND
            vb.       to be late ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE LIKE A DOG WITH A BONE 
            vb.       to be tenacious, persistent, or obstinate; to be unwilling to yield, relent, or let go; to be unable to set aside a preoccupation or obsession ...1887
 
BE LIKE A DONKEY'S TAIL
            vb.       to be late ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BE LIKE A DONKEY'S TAIL, ALWAYS BEHIND
            vb.       to be late ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELIKED
            adj.       loved, beloved, liked ...1889 Amer. dial.
 
BE LIKE DAD
            vb.       to keep quiet; to say nothing ...1996 UK sl.
 
BELIKELY
            adv.      † likely, in all likelihood, probably; not unlikely, perhaps, possibly ...a1552 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BELIKES
            adv.      perhaps, probably, maybe; surely ...1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BELIM
            vb.       † to cut off a limb or the limbs; to dismember, to mutilate; to disfigure ...c1205
 
BELIMP
            vb. 1.    † to pertain, to belong to, to befit ...c888
            vb. 2.    † to happen, to occur, to befall ...a1000
 
BELINDA CARLISLES
            n.         haemorrhoids ...2003 UK rhyming sl. for 'piles'
 
BELIRT
            vb.       † to deceive, to beguile, to cheat, to befool; to jilt ...c950 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BELITTER
            vb. 1.    †* to bring forth a litter, to have young ...c1325
            vb. 2.    † to strew with litter (for the floor, as straw) ...1660.
            vb. 3.    to bestrew with rubbish or things in disorder ...1678
 
BELIVE
            adj.       † eager; glad ...a1400
            adv. 1. † speedily, hastily, quickly, eagerly ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            adv. 2. † at once, immediately, directly ...c1220
            adv. 3. † soon, by-and-by ...1616 obs. exc. Sc.
            adv. 4. in the evening ...1775 Eng. dial.
            vb.       † to remain ...c1000
 
BELIVELY
            adv.      †* quickly, at once ...c1400
 
BELIZAN 
            n.         * a native or inhabitant of Belize ...1964
 
BELIZEAN 
            n.         a native or inhabitant of Belize on the Caribbean coast of Central America, since 1981 and independent Commonwealth state and formerly a British Crown Colony ...1868
 
BELIZIAN 
            n.         a native or inhabitant of Belize ...1835

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BELK  -  BELLWZ

​BELK
            n. 1.     a heavy fall or blow ...1885 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a belch, eructation ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     condition of mind or body ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    † to boil, to heave like a boiling fluid; to throb ...1648 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to belch, to eructate ...1790 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to throw down or strike heavily; to thump ...1844 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to lounge idly; to bask in the sun ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 5.    to roll over, to fall down ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELKER
            n.         anything very large of its kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELKIN FULL
            adj.       full to repletion ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELKING
            adj. 1.   unwieldy, large ...1885 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   lounging, lying lazily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n.         a beating ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELKUPPING
            n.         hiccupping ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELKY
            n.         an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELL
            n. 1.     a bubble formed in a liquid ...1483
            n. 2.     the cry of a stag or buck at rutting time ...1510
            n. 3.     the blossom of a plant ...1750 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a small watery blister ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 5.     the top of a hill; the highest part of a slope; a knoll ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 6.     a bellman; a town-crier with a bell ...1905 Sc.
            n. 7.     a blaze or white mark on a horse's face ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 8.     a telephone call ...1951 US teen sl.
            n. 9.     a hotel doorman; a bellboy ...1972 US sl.
            n. 10.    the clitoris ...1988 Aust. sl.
            n. 11.    the  head of the penis ...2001 UK sl.
            vb. 1.    to bellow, to roar, to shout out, to cry, to make a loud noise ...a1000
            vb. 2.    † to swell up ...a1225 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    † to be puffed up or proud ...1382
            vb. 4.    to utter loudly, to bellow forth ...1596
            vb. 5.    † to bubble ...1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            vb. 6.    of animals: to bellow, to roar ...1865 Eng. dial.
            vb. 7.    to cause to swell or bulge out ...1870
            vb. 8.    of a sore: to throb, to be inflamed ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 9.    to cough hoarsely ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 10. † to distribute ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 11. to get a driver to stop by ringing the warning bell on a police car ...1934 sl.
            vb. 12. of a dog: to bay ...1942 Amer. dial.
            vb. 13.  to telephone someone ...1973 US sl.
 
BELLA
            n.         a bonfire ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLACITY
            n.         † warlikeness ...1656   
 
BELLADONNA
            n.         extremely potent hybrid marijuana ...2001 UK sl.
 
BELLAFATIMA
            n. 1.     something or somebody excellent or splendid ...Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     (as 'bella-fatima') an attractive girl ...Bk1942 Amer. college sl.
 
BELL A GOOSE
            vb.       to do the simplest thing ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLAM
            n.         a stroke ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLAMOUR
            n.         † a loved one of either sex; a lady love, a fair lady ...1596
 
BELLAMY
            n.         † a good or intimate friend; a boon companion ...a1225
 
BELLAN
            vb.       to poison ...1814 Eng. dial.
 
BELLANDINE
            n.         a broil, a squabble ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLANE
            n.         † whalebone ...1513
 
BELLANED
            adj. 1.   afflicted with asthma, esp. as the result of lead-poisoning ...1834 Eng. dial.
            adj. 2.   of men or animals: poisoned by particles of lead ore ...1882 Eng. dial.
 
BELLA QUEEN 
            n.         a violent man ...2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl.
 
BELLARIES
            n.         † banquetting dishes ...1623
 
BELLART
            n.         † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
 
BELLAS
            vb.       to shout loudly; of oxen: to low ...1881 Eng. dial.
 
BELLATORY
            adj.       †* warlike, of war ...1657
 
BELLATRICE
            n.         † a woman well skilled in war; a virago ...1656
 
BELLAVIEW
            n.         †* a fine view or outlook ...1611
 
BELL-BASTARD
            n.         the illegitimate child of a woman who is herself illegitimate ...1756 Eng. dial.
 
BELL BONNET
            n.         a cloth bonnet worn by women for protection from the sun ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BELL-BOY 
            n.         a boy who answers the bell in a hotel; a hotel page-boy ...1861 US
 
BELL CAPTAIN 
            n.         one who supervises a group of bell-boys ...1926 US
 
BELL-COW
            n. 1.     a leader, a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1896 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     in marketing: a popular, high-profit item ...1986 US sl.
            n. 3.     in baseball: the leader of a pitching staff ...Bk1999 baseball usage
 
BELLDO!
            int.       dear me! well! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELL-DREAM
            n.         † the sound or music of a bell ..c1200
 
BELLE
            adj.       † pretty, handsome ...1668
            n. 1.     a handsome woman, esp. one who dresses so as to set off her personal charms; a fair lady, a fair one ...1622
            n. 2.     a good-looking, young homosexual ...1932 US homosexual sl.
            n. 3.     a male homosexual who habitually imitates feminine behaviour ...1940 homosexual sl.
            n. 4.     a popular girl ...Bk1953 US sl.
 
BELLED
            adj.       † bald ...1568
 
BELLE DAME
            n. 1      fair lady, belle; a fashionable lady ...1767
            n. 2.     an old term for a grandmother ...Bk1881
 
BELLED SNAKE
            n.         a rattlesnake ...1917 Amer. dial.
 
BELLE LAIDE 
            n.         an attractively ugly woman ...1908
 
BELLE MÈRE 
            n.         a mother-in-law ...Bk1995 euphemism 
 
BELLEN 
            vb.       † to swell ...Bk1852
 
BELL END 
            n. 1.     the head of the penis ...1973 UK sl.
            n. 2.     a term of abuse; a stupid or unpleasant person ...1992 sl.
 
BELL ENDER 
            n.         a term of abuse; a stupid or unpleasant person  ...2001 sl.
 
BELLE PASSION
            n.         the tender passion, love ...1711
 
BELLER
            n.         † one who pours out or hands round ale ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb.       † to bubble up ...1827 Sc.
 
BELLESNOGGLE
            n.         St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLE STAR 
            n.         a police officer ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
 
BELLETER 
            n.         a bell-founder ...1891 hist.
 
BELL-HALLOWER 
            n.         a priest who uses blessing bells ...1549
 
BELL-HOP 
            n. 1.     a hotel page-boy; a bellboy ...1885 US
            n. 2.     a member of the US Marine Corps ...1929 US sl.
 
BELL-HOPPER 
            n.         a hotel page-boy; a bell-boy ...1881 US
 
BELL-HORSE
            n. 1.     a title bestowed on anyone in the position of leader of a party, literally or figuratively ...Bk1876 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a workman who finds it to his advantage to exert himself more than his fellow employees, in order to give grounds for the discharge of those who cannot keep up with the pace set by him ...Bk1891 Eng. sl.
 
BELL-HOUSE
            n.         a church tower, a belfry ...1652 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BELLIBONE
            n.         †* a beautiful and excellent woman; one who excels in beauty and goodness...1579
 
BELLIC
            adj.       † pertaining to war; warlike, martial ...1627
 
BELLICAL
            adj.       † pert. to war; warlike ...1513
 
BELLICAN 
            n.         an obese person ...Bk1878 Eng. dial.
 
BELLICHE
            adv.      †* beautifully ...1394
 
BELLICK
            vb.       of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
 
BELLICON
            n. 1.     † a blustering fellow ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 2.     an obese person or animal; a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLICOSE
            adj.       inclined to war or fighting; warlike ...1432-50
 
BELLICOSELY
            adv.      in a warlike manner ...1882
 
BELLICOSITY
            n.         warlike inclination ...1884
 
BELLICOUS
            adj.       † inclined to war or fighting; warlike ...1536
 
BELLIED
            adj. 1.   big-bellied, corpulent ...1532
            adj. 2.   inflated with pride ...a1564
            adj. 3.   made large and full, rounded; bulging; blown or puffed out ...a1593
            adj. 4.   drunk ...2003 UK sl.
 
BELLIE-MANTIE
            n.         blindman's buff ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLIFEROUS
            adj.       † that brings war ...1730
 
BELLIFY
            vb.       †* to embellish, to beautify ...1540
 
BELLIGERATE
            vb.       † to make war ...1623
 
BELLIGERATI 
            n.         any belligerent person or group ...2000 Amer. political sl.
 
BELLIGERATION
            n.         † waging or making war ...1676
 
BELLIGERENT 
            n.         one who causes contention or strife; a person waging regular war ...1811
 
BELLIGEROUS
            adj.       †* waging war ...1731
 
BELLIGUT 
            n.         a glutton ...1925 Sc. 
 
BELLI-HOOIN'
            n.         riotousness ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLIKIN 
            n.         an immoderate eater or drinker ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLING
            adj.       † roaring, bellowing; noisy ...1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     † the roaring of animals; bellowing ...c1440
            n. 2.     the cry of deer in the rutting season; hence, the season itself ...1513
            n. 3.     † noisy crying, shouting or roaring of human beings ...1583 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a noisy celebration or mock serenade for newlyweds; bells, shotguns, or any noise-making device was used ...1862 Amer. dial.
 
BELLIPOTENT
            adj.       mighty or powerful in war ...1635
 
BELLIS
            vb. 1.    to beat, to flog ...1865 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to drive, to disturb ...1893 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLISAND
            adj.       elegant; of imposing appearance ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLISE
            vb. 1.    to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge ...1865 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to bustle about ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLISH
            vb.       † to embellish ...c1440
 
BELLISHMENT
            n.         † embellishment ...1611
 
BELLITUDE
            n.         † beauty, fairness ...1623
 
BELLITY-BUMP
            adv.      coasting on a sled face down ...1943 Amer. dial.
            n.         the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLITY BUMPER
            n.         the act of coasting on a sled face down, usually after running and throwing oneself onto the sled ...1973 Amer. dial.
 
BELLITY-SPLIT
            adv.      at top speed ...1935 Amer. dial.
 
BELL-JESSY
            n.         a top-hat ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELL-KITE
            n.         a term of contempt ...1876 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
BELLMAN
            n. 1.     a man employed to go round the streets of a town and make public announcements, to which he attracts attention by ringing a bell; a town-crier; formerly, a bellman announced deaths, and called on the faithful to pray for the souls of the departed; a bellman also acted as night-watchman, and called the hours ...1391
            n. 2.     †* he who 'bears the bell'; the best or most excellent ...1617
 
BELLMAN-SUCKER
            n.         a beating administered to one sent on an April-fool's errand ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BELLMARE 
            n.         a political leader: mostly in contempt ...Bk1891 US sl.
 
BELLOCH
            n. 1.     a narrow mountain-pass ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a roar, a bellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to bellow; to cry loudly, to roar ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLOCK
            n.         a loud cry, a roar ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    of persons, esp. children: to cry loudly, to roar ...1809 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of cattle: to low, to roar ...1866 Eng. dial.
            vb. 3.    to complain, to grumble ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to eat greedily, to devour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOCKER
            n. 1.     a greedy person ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     anything very large of its kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOCKING
            adj.       very large ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELL-OIL
            n.         a good thrashing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOMANCY
            n.         divination by means of arrows ...1646
 
BELLOMY
            n.         † a blustering or audacious man ...1535 Sc.
 
BELLONA
            n. 1.     the Roman goddess of war; a spirited woman of commanding presence ...1605
            n. 2.     an imposing and strong-willed woman; a courageous woman; a heroine ...1820
 
BELLONIAN
            adj.       warlike ...1711
 
BELLONIE
            n.         a brawling, noisy woman ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLOSIOUS
            adj.       †* warlike ...1586
 
BELLOT
            n.         † the man who had charge of the bull at a bull-baiting ..1796 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOWER 
            n.         he who bellows; the town crier ...a1624
 
BELLOWS
            n.         the lungs ...1615
            vb. 1.    to breathe hard; to be out of breath ...1883 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to walk hurriedly, to go panting along ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOWS-BLOWER
            n.         an inciter of strife, etc. ...1849
 
BELLOWSED
            adj.       exhausted, out of breath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOWSER
            n.         a violent blow or hard task which takes away one's breath ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOWSING
            n.         panting or exhaustion after running ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLOWS TO MEND
            adj.       out of breath, exhausted ...1881 Eng. dial.
 
BELL OX
            n.         the camp foreman ...1969 Amer. lumberjacks' usage
 
BELL-PENNY
            n.         money saved for paying one's funeral expenses ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BELL-POW
            n.         a bald head ...1828 Sc.
 
BELL-PUSHER 
            n.         a door-to-door salesman, who spends his time ringing doorbells ...Bk1975 Amer. sl.
 
BELLRAIVE
            vb.       to rove about; to be unsteady; to act on impulse ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELL-RINGER 
            n. 1.     a door-to-door salesman or canvasser ...1960 Amer. sl. 
            n. 2.     one who seeks to make a wager after the horses have left the starting gate ...1968 US horse racing usage
            n. 3.     a local politician ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
            n. 4.     a tobacco chewer ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
            n. 5.     a fireman ...Bk1978 railroad usage
 
BELL ROPE
            n.         the penis ...1969 US sl.
 
BELL-ROSE
            n.         the daffodil ...Bk1888 Eng. dial.
 
BELLS
            n. 1.     the fuchsia plant ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     bell-bottom trousers ...1948 UK sl., orig. naval usage
            int.       used for expressing approval ...1948 US sl.
 
BELLS AND WHISTLES
            n. 1.     entertaining features that are nor necessary to a computer game ...1983 US sl.
            n. 2.     extra features designed by underwriters to attract investors in a bond issue ...1988 US sl.
 
BELL-SCHNICKEL
            n. 1.     St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1869 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1869 Amer. dial.
 
BELL SHEEP
            n.         a leader; a big shot; a person who tries to appear important ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLSNICKLE
            n. 1.     St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1872 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1953 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
 
BELLSNIGGLE
            vb.       to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
 
BELLSTER 
            n.         a bell-ringer ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLSWAGGER
            n.         † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
 
BELLTAIL
            n.         a rattlesnake ...1917 Amer. dial.
 
BELL TELEPHONE HOUR
            n.         a session of torture in which US soldiers used the electricity from field telephones to shock suspected Viet Cong ...1991 US sl.
 
BELL THE CAT
            vb. 1.    to undertake a perilous part, or to be the ringleader in any movement ...1762
            vb. 2.    to encounter and cripple one of great and superior force ...US Civil War usage
 
BELLTINKER
            vb.       to beat, to thrash ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLUINE
            adj.       † pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like, brutal, savage ...1618
 
BELLUM
            n. 1.     a blast, as of wind; force, impetus ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     a stroke; a blow ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLUS
            vb.       to shout loudly; of oxen: to low ...1881 Eng. dial.
 
BELLUS-ERSE 
            n.         a person with protuberant posteriors ...1933 Sc.
 
BELLWAVER
            vb. 1.    to fluctuate, to waver, to vacillate, to be inconstant ...1820 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to tell a story incoherently ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 3.    to stroll ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to struggle ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELL-WAVERING
            n.         fluttering; rambling ...1820 Sc.
 
BELL-WEDDER 
            n.         a fretful, bellowing child ...Bk1828 Eng. dial.
 
BELL-WETHER
            n. 1.     a chief or leader; chiefly contemptuous usage ...c1430
            n. 2.     a clamorous person; one ready to give mouth; a gossiping woman; a fretful child ...c1460
            n. 3.     † the leader of a gang of criminals, because the wether in a flock of sheep usually wears a bell around his neck ...Bk1992 criminals' sl.
            n. 4.     in baseball: the leader of a pitching staff ...Bk1999 baseball usage
 
BELL-WETHERING
            n.         the fact of leading and being led 'like sheep' ...1882
 
BELL-WETHERISHNESS
            n.         tendency to follow one who takes the lead ...1882
 
BELL-WOMAN 
            n.         a former fishing-town crier; going from house to house, she opened the door, rung her bell in the entrance, and then made her announcement ...Bk1873 Eng. dial.

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BELLY  -  BEMZ

​BELLY
            n. 1.     † a bag, skin-bag, purse, pod, husk ...c950
            n. 2.     † the body ...c1275
            n. 3.     the bowels ...c1340
            n. 4.     the womb, the uterus ...c1440
            n. 5.     † a glutton ...1526
            n. 6.     the body in its capacity for indulgence of appetite; gluttony ...1526
            n. 7.     a litter of pigs or of rabbits ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 8.     a joke ...1920s sl.
            n. 9.     the swell in a thicker-than-normal surfboard ...1963 US sl.
            n. 10.    a stomach ache ...1965 Barbados sl.
            n. 11.    pregnancy ...1982 Barbados sl.
            n. 12.    a fat person ...1997 US sl.
            vb. 1.    to bulge out, to swell out  ...1624
            vb. 2.    † to become corpulent or stout ...1641
            vb. 3.    to eat or drink voraciously; to cram with food ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb. 4.    to bellow; to weep loudly ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLYACHE
            n. 1.     stomach pain ...1552 sl.
            n. 2.     any small-town newspaper ...1975 US sl.
            vb.       to complain fretfully ...1881
 
BELLY-ACHER 
            n.         a person who complains querulously or unreasonably; a whiner, a whinger ...1885 sl.
 
BELLY-ACHING
            adj.       fretful, complaining ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY AND BACK
            adv.      completely; without mercy ...1996 Guyana sl.
 
BELLY-BARE
            adv.      sliding face-down on a sled ...1940 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BENDER
            n.         a floating piece of ice, or weak ice, which bends under one ...1877 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY BINDER
            n.         cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELLY-BLIND
            adj.       quite blind ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         a blindfolded person; esp. in the game of Blindman's Buff; the game of Blindman's Buff ...c1450 Sc.
 
BELLY-BLUSTER
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BOARD
            adv.      sliding face-down on a sled ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLYBOARDER 
            n.         a person who rides a bellyboard (a short, light surfboard ridden in a prone position, typically made of plywood) ...1964
 
BELLY-BOOSTER
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BOUNCE
            n.         the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BOUNCER
            n.         the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BOUND
            adj.       constipated ...1607
 
BELLY-BRUSSEN
            adj.       distended, ruptured ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMBO
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1877 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMP
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...1973 US sl.
            n. 1.     the act of coasting on a sled face down ...1888 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1966 Amer. dial.
            vb. 1.    to possess carnally ...Bk1903 sl.
            vb. 2.    to jostle; to shove; to rough up ...1961 US sl.
            vb. 3.    to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1962 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMPER
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n. 1.     † a seducer, a womanizer; a promiscuous man ...1611
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1868 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMPITS
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMPO
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUMPUS
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUNK
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUNKER
            vb.       to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUNT
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BURGLAR 
            n.         any person whose work is to buy and/or prepare food, esp. a U.S. Navy commissary steward, an Army mess sergeant, or a logging camp cook ...c1915 Amer. sl.. orig. Navy & Army usage
 
BELLY-BUSTER
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1889 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1892 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a shotgun ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a greasy hamburger or other food likely to provoke indigestion ...1981 US sl.
 
BELLY-BUTT
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-BUTTING
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-CABUMP
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-CACHUNK
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-CAHOOT
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY CEMENT
            n.         cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELLY-CHEAT
            n. 1.     an apron ...1609 sl.
            n. 2.     something for the belly; food ...1622 sl.
 
BELLY-CHEATER
            n.         a steward or cook ...1944 Amer. jocular
 
BELLY-CHEER
            n. 1.     † a feasting, gluttony, luxurious eating ...1549
            n. 2.     † food of all kinds; provisions ...1579
            vb.       † to feast luxuriously, revel; to indulge in food and drink ...1549 obs.
 
BELLY-CHURL 
            n.         a rustic glutton ...Bk1867 sl.
 
BELLY-CLAPPER
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-COAST
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-COASTER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-COURAGE
            n.         boasting. brag ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY COUSIN
            n.         a man who has slept with a woman you slept with ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BELLY-CRITIC
            n.         a connoisseur of good living ...a1711
 
BELLY-CUTTER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-DEEP
            n.         a bullfrog ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-DIVE
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-DOWN
            vb.       to coast on a sled lying down flat ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-DRIGHT
            n.         as much as can be drunk at one breath ...1868 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-FASHION
            adv.      lying on the belly coasting down a hill ...1973 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY FIDDLE
            n.         a guitar ...20C US Black sl.
 
BELLY-FLAP
            adv.      flat on the stomach ...1819 Eng. dial.
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1895 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FLAPPER
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1895 Eng. & Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FLAUGHT
            adj.       headlong; stretched flat; face downward; precipitate ...c1375 Sc.
 
BELLY-FLAUGHTERED
            adj.       thrown flat on the ground ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-FLIP
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1895 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BELLYFLOP
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1895 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled when lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to throw oneself down; to collapse; to fall badly ...1920s sl.
 
BELLY-FLOPPER
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1895 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1919 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FLOUNCER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FLOUNDERS
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1860 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FLUMPS
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-FRET
            n.         a querulous complaint ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-FRIEND
            n.         † one who pretends friendship for his own interest; an insincere friend; a parasite, a sponger ...?1589 obs.
 
BELLY-FUCKER
            n. 1.     a homosexual man attracted to men with taut stomachs ...Bk1972 US gay sl.
            n. 2.     a homosexual man who achieves ejaculation by rubbing his penis on his partner's stomach ...Bk1972 US gay sl.
 
BELLYFUL
            n. 1.     a sufficiency, whether of food or drink or something else which the subject has lost patience with or interest in through repetition ...L14
            n. 2.     a thrashing ...M17 sl.
 
BELLY FULL AND BEHIND DRUNK
            adj.       immobile, incapable of movement after a large meal and a good deal to drink ...20C W. Indies sl.
 
BELLYFUL OF MARROW-PUDDING, A
            n.         pregnancy ...19C Brit. sl.
 
BELLY-FURNITURE
            n.         something wherewith to furnish the belly; food ...1653 sl.
 
BELLY-GERT
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY GLUE
            n.         cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELLY-GLUT 
            n.         a greedy glutton ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-GOD 
            n.         one who makes a god of his belly; one whose great pleasure it is to gratify his appetite; a glutton; an epicure ...c1540 
 
BELLY GODDYS 
            n.         people whose god is their belly ...Bk1869 sl.
 
BELLY-GO-FIRSTER
            n.         a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight ...E19 sl.
 
BELLY-GO-FISTER
            n.         a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight ...E19 sl.
 
BELLY-GO-FUSTER
            n.         a blow to the stomach, esp. one given with no warning, or at the start of a fight ...E19 sl.
 
BELLY GO LAKE THEE
            phr.      take thy fill, indulge thy appetite ...Bk1902 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-GOURDON
            n.         a glutton ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BELLY GREASE
            n.         hard liquor ...1930s US sl.
 
BELLY-GRINDER
            vb.       to slide down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1890 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-GRINDING
            n.         pain the bowels, colic ...1579
 
BELLY-GRUNTING
            n.         a bad stomach-ache ...1920s Aust. sl.
 
BELLY-GULCH
            n.         a glutton ...1889 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-GULP
            n.         a hiccup ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY GUM
            n.         cheese ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELLY GUN
            n.         a small gun that is most effective when fired at short range, esp. when aimed at a victim's abdomen ...1920s sl., orig. US
 
BELLY-GUT
            adv.      of sliding down a hill on a sledge: face-downwards ...20C US sl.
            n. 1.     a slothful glutton; a greedy, lazy person ...1540
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1845 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to slide down a hill lying face downward on the sled ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-GUTSIES
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-GUTTER
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1859 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY HABIT
            n.         pains in the stomach that may accompany withdrawal from continued heroin use ...1940s drugs sl.
 
BELLY HOLE
            n.         the navel ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-HOOCHER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-HUDROUN
            n.         a glutton ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLY-HUMP
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1892 Amer. dial.
 
BELLYING
            adj.       swelling, bulging out ...a1700
            n.         a swelling or bulging out ...1662
 
BELLY-JUMPER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-KABONK
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1970 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-KACHUG
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-KACHUNK
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, when lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-KITE
            n.         one who eats unwholesome things ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-LANDING
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-LAUGH
            n. 1.     a deep reverberant laugh ...1921
            n. 2.     a joke ...1920s sl.
 
BELLY-MAN
            n.         a glutton ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY MEMBER
            n.         a person who goes to church very seldom (only comes when there's a church supper) ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-METAL
            n.         food ...1590
 
BELLY-MOUNTAINED
            adj.       † having a large prominent belly; fat-bellied ...1654
 
BELLY-MUCK
            n.         refuse, rubbish ...1844 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-NAKED
            adj.       entirely naked ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-NIPPLE
            n.         the navel ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY PAD
            n.         a pancake ...1958 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-PATCH 
            n.         a chef, a cook ...1795 UK sl.
 
BELLY-PAUNCH
            n.         † a great eater, a glutton ...1553-87
 
BELLY-PIECE
            n. 1.     † the flesh covering the belly ...1591
            n. 2.     † the piece forming the belly of a violin, etc. ...1609
            n. 3.     † a concubine, a mistress, a prostitute, a whore ...1632
            n. 4.     † the part of the dress covering the belly; an apron ...1689
 
BELLY-PINCHED
            adj.       having a belly pinched for want of food; hungry, starved ...1605
 
BELLY-PLEA
            n.         a plea, offered by a female criminal facing the death sentence, that since she is pregnant, the law should spare her unborn child's life ...18C sl.
 
BELLY-PLUMPER
            adv.      lying on the belly while coasting down a hill ...1877 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-PROUD
            adj.       fastidious with regard to food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY QUEEN
            n. 1.     one who rubs his penis on his partner's stomach to produce ejaculation ...1965 US gay sl.
            n. 2.     a homosexual man who enjoys face-to-face intercourse, usually between the partner's thighs ...1966 US gay sl.
            n. 3.     one who only likes partners with flat, hard stomachs ...Bk1972 US gay sl.
 
BELLY-RACK
            n.         an act of gormandizing ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BELLY RIDE
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     copulation ...Bk1998 sl.
 
BELLY-RIDING
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-RIVE
            n.         a great feast; a social gathering ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELLY ROBBER
            n. 1.     any person whose work is to buy and/or prepare food, esp. a U.S. Navy commissary steward, an Army mess sergeant, or a logging camp cook ...c1915 Amer. sl.. orig. Navy & Army usage
            n. 2.     a prison kitchen employee ...1929 prison sl.
 
BELLY-RUB
            n.         a dance ...1938 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to dance closely with someone ...1938 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SHAKING LAUGH
            n.         a deep, sonorous laugh ...1920s sl.
 
BELLYSHIP
            n.         the personality of the belly ...1600 humorous nonce word
 
BELLY-SLAM
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1948 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to lie on the belly while sliding down a hill on a sled ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLAMMER
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLAP
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLAPPER
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLAVE
            n.         † one devoted to eating and drinking; one who is a slave to his appetite; a glutton...1562
 
BELLY-SLEDDING
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLIDE
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1971 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SLIDER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SMACK
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SMACKER
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1917 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SMASH
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SMASHER
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SPLASH
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-SPLASHER
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLYSWAGGER
            n.         † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a pimp ...1592
 
BELLY-SWAIN
            n.         † a glutton ...a1587
 
BELLYTER
            n.         †* a beggar ...a1528
 
BELLY THE WALL
            vb.       to stand facing a wall for inspection by prison guards ...1950 US sl.
 
BELLY-THRAWE
            n.         pain in the belly, colic ...1595 Sc.
 
BELLY THROUGH THE BRUSH
            vb.       to hide and dodge the law ...1968 Amer. cowboy's usage
 
BELLY-THUMPER
            n.         a dive in which one lands flat on the belly, rather than cutting through the water ...1920s sl.
 
BELLY TICKLER
            n.         an abrupt dip or bump in a road or path, either naturally occurring, esp. in ice or snow, or deliberately made. esp. to divert runoff, or to slow automobile traffic ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-TIMBER
            n.         † food, provisions ...1607 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-TO-BUMP
            adv.      lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-TO-BUNT
            adv.      lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-TO-BUTT
            adv.      lying flat on the belly coasting down a hill ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-TUNK
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1975 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-UP
            adj. 1.   pregnant ...Bk1903 sl.
            adj. 2.   dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            adj. 3.   alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2006 US sl.
            vb.       (as 'belly up') to show signs of pregnancy ...1979 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-VENGEANCE
            n. 1.     sour drink; sour ale, cider, wine, etc.; very weak , sour beer ...1826 Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     stomach-ache, resulting from drinking anything sour ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-WALLOP
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WASH
            n. 1.     a weak or bad drink, usually alcoholic ...1889 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a soft drink ...1900 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     nonsense; 'hog wash' ...1958 Amer. loggers' usage
 
BELLY WASHER
            n. 1.     a soft drink ...1909 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a nickname for wine ...1966 Amer. dial.
            n. 3.     a very heavy rain ...1967 Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WATCH
            n.         a sense of hunger ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-WHACK
            adv.      coasting face-down on a sled ...1949 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1896 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WHACKER
            n. 1.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WHACKY
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WHOMPER
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WHOP
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WHOPPER
            adv.      coasting face-down on a sled ...1934 Amer. dial.
            n. 1.     a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1940 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1943 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to coast lying on the stomach ...1890 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY WILL THINK THE THROAT IS CUT, THE
            phr.      one will be hungry ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BELLY-WOCKER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WOMAN 
            n.         an unmarried pregnant woman ...1816 W. Indies
 
BELLY-WOMPER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WOP
            n.         a dive in which the front of the body strikes flat against the water ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY-WOPPER
            n.         a sliding down a hill on a sled, lying on the belly ...1949 Amer. dial.
 
BELLY WOW
            n.         something excellent ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELOMANCY
            n.         divination by means of arrows ...1646
 
BELONGER 
            n. 1.     † a person who is dependent on another; an adherent; a follower ...1577
            n. 2.     in the Caribbean: a native of a particular island; a non-immigrant ...1985
            n. 3.     a person of African descent living in the West Indies ...1999 sl.
 
BELOOK
            vb. 1.    † to look; to look at, consider; to look about one, cast one's eyes about ...c1175
            vb. 2.    to weep ...19C Eng. dial. 19C Eng. dial.
 
BELOUKE
            vb. 1.    † to enclose, to encompass ...c825
            vb. 2.    † to shut a person, etc. in or out ....c897
            vb. 3.    † to close, to shut a door, etc. ...971
 
BELOVE
            n.         †* a beloved person ...1546
            vb. 1.    † to be pleased with, to approve, to like ...c1205
            vb. 2.    † to please, to be pleasing to a person ...c1205
            vb. 3.    † to love ...1377
 
BELOVER
            n.         †* a lover ...1491
 
BELOVING
            adj.       † loving ...1606
            n.         †* liking, pleasure ...1589
 
BELOW
            vb.       †* to make low or lowly; to humble; to demean ...1377 obs. rare exc. Sc.
 
BELOWNDER
            n.         the noise of a heavy fall ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELOW NEIGHBOUR
            n.         one who lives on a lower story of the same house ...1895 Eng. dial.
 
BELOW PAR
            adj.       somewhat ill; indisposed ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BELOW THE BELT
            adj.       unfair, unreasonable ...1890 sl.
 
BELOW THE FORD
            adj.       under the weather; not actually sick, but not feeling just right ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BELOW THERE!
            int.       a warning addressed to persons to beware of a descending object ...1896
 
BELOW THE SALT
            adj.       in an inferior position ...1640
            phr.      at the lower part of the table; i.e. among the less honoured guests ...1599
 
BELPER
            n.         a heavy fall ...1892 Eng. dial.
            vb.       to cheat; to overreach ...1864 Eng. dial.
 
BELSABUB
            n.         the Devil ...c950
 
BELSCHNICKEL
            n.         St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1945 Amer. dial.
 
BELSEBUB
            n.         the Devil ...c950
 
BELSH
            n. 1.     beer and ale ...17C Brit. sl.
            n. 2.     a very fat person ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to clean the tails of sheep by cutting away dirty or matted wool ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BELSHACH
            n. 1.     a contemptuous term for a child; a brat ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a person who talks in a rather clumsily rapid and eager manner ...1933 Sc. 
 
BEL-SHANGLE 
            n.         a fool ...1847 UK sl.
 
BELSHIE
            adj.       fat and at the same time diminutive; fat and small or short ...19C Sc.
 
BELSH NICHEL
            n.         St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1830 Amer. dial.
 
BELSIER
            n.         † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
 
BELSIRE
            n.         † a grandfather; an ancestor ...1377
 
BELSIZE
            adj.       † bulky, of good size ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELSNICKEL
            n. 1.     St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1823 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1967 Amer. dial.
 
BELSNICKLE
            n.         St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1823 Amer. dial.
            vb.       to go about merrymaking, usually from door to door and in fantastic costume, during the Christmas season ...1881 Amer. dial.
 
BELSNICKLER
            n.         a person in disguise who visits friends or relatives at Christmas time to play pranks or beg for gifts or refreshments ...1964 Amer. dial.
 
BELSWAGGER
            n. 1.     † a swaggering gallant or bully; a whoremonger, a lecher, a pimp ...1592
            n. 2.     one who makes a noise, and puts on an air of importance ...1721
 
BELT
            n. 1.     † an axe ...a1300
            n. 2.     a heavy fall ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a heavy blow or stroke ...1899 colloq.
            n. 4.     a violent singer ...1954
            n. 5.     a prostitute ...1959 Aust. sl.
            n. 6.     a sexually appealing young woman ...1959 Aust. sl.
            n. 7.     a drink or shot of alcohol ...1995 US colloq.
            n. 8.     an act of copulation ...20C Brit. sl.
            n. 9.     a marijuana cigarette ...20C US drugs sl.
            n. 10.    the 'charge' from narcotics or from a marijuana cigarette ...20C US drugs sl.
            vb. 1.    to hit, to thrash with a belt ...1649
            vb. 2.    of the male: to coit ...19C Brit. sl.
            vb. 3.    to hurry, to hustle ...1890 Eng. dial.
            vb. 4.    to drink something ...Bk2006 US sl.
 
BELTASHAZUR'S OFF-OX
            n.         a person or thing one does not know and cannot identify ...1867 Amer. dial.
 
BELTED
            adj. 1.   intoxicated with alcohol ...20C US sl.
            adj. 2.   intoxicated with drugs or marijuana ...20C US sl.
 
BELTED EARL 
            n.         one who assumes or pretends to noble birth ...1936 Amer. sl.
 
BELTER
            n. 1.     a heavy blow or series of blows ...1812 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            n. 2.     anything very large of its kind ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 3.     a prostitute ...Bk1909 Eng. dial.
            n. 4.     a singer with a loud, powerful penetrating voice; in depreciative sense, one whose performances are thought to lack restraint, finesse, or subtlety ...1953 colloq., orig. US
            n. 5.     a drinker; a heavy drinker ...1977 US sl.
            n. 6.     an admirable, exciting, or exceptional person ...1980 sl.
 
BELTER-WERRITS
            n.         a teasing child ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELTESHAZZAR'S OFF-OX 
            n.         a headstrong person ...1867 US sl.
 
BELTING
            n.         a beating, a thrashing ...1854
 
BELTMAN 
            n.         a member of a surf life-saving team who swims out to a person in difficulty, wearing a belt attached to a long line by which the two can be pulled to safety ...1908 Aust. & NZ
 
BELT SWIMMER 
            n.         a member of a surf life-saving team who swims out to a person in difficulty, wearing a belt attached to a long line by which the two can be pulled to safety ...2014 Aust. & NZ
 
BELT THE CADGER
            vb.       to vomit ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BELT THE GRAPE
            vb.       to drink heavily ...M20 US sl.
 
BELT-TIGHTENER 
            n. 1.     a person who tries to reduce his or her expenditure; one hired, elected, or appointed to introduce (rigorous) economies ...1944
            n. 2.     * a person who staves off, bears, or puts up with hunger pangs ...1967
 
BELT UP
            vb.       to hold one's peace; to be quiet ...1930s sl.
            int.       be quiet! ...1930s sl.
 
BELTWAY BANDIT 
            n.         one of the horde of businesses, consultants, lobbyists, etc. who cluster about the federal government ...1980 Amer. sl.
 
BELTZNICKEL
            n.         St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones ...1940 Amer. dial.
 
BELUE
            n.         †* a great beast, a monster; a sea-monster, a whale ...1474
 
BELUTE
            vb.       to cover with mud or dirt ...1760
 
BELVE
            n.         a gulp, a draught ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            vb. 1.    to drink greedily ...1864 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    of people and cattle: to roar, to bellow ...1867 Eng. dial.
 
BELVER
            vb. 1.    to roar, to bluster, to cry loudly ...1872 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to belch ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELVERING
            adj.       noisy, blustering ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELVIDERE 
            n.         a handsome fellow ...Bk1889 sl.
 
BELVING
            adj.       shouting, bellowing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n.         a shouting, a bellowing ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BELWEATHER 
            n.         a noisy clamorous man ...Bk1699 sl.
 
BELY
            vb.       to besiege ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELYING
            n. 1.     giving of the lie; denial ...1587
            n. 2.     telling lies of anyone; calumniation ...1632
 
BELYORE 
            n.         a noisy clamorous person ...1924 Sc. 
 
BELYVE
            adv.      immediately ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BELZEBUB
            n.         the Devil ...c950
 
BELZIBUB
            n.         a child born out of wedlock ...1940 Amer. dial.
 
BEMAD
            vb.       to make mad, to madden ...1605
 
BE MADE TO RIDE THE HASP
            vb.       to be brought before one's superiors and reprimanded ...Bk1902 Sc.
 
BEMANG
            vb.       to hurt; to injure; to maul ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEMANGIT
            adj.       injured ...1806 Sc.
 
BEMANGLE
            vb.       to cut about; to hack, to mangle ...1553-87
 
BE MAN OF ONE'S MEAT
            vb.       to have a healthy appetite and digestion ...1891 Sc.
 
BE MAN-RUED
            vb.       of a woman: to repent of a marriage she was about to make ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
BEMAR
            vb.       † to injure seriously ...c1400
 
BEMARE 
            n.         † a trumpeter ...c950 
 
BEMARTELLED
            adj.       † beaten ...1598
 
BE MASHED ON
            vb.       to have a sentimental admiration for, to be 'gone' on, to be infatuated ...1883 sl.
 
BE MASKING
            vb. 1.    of a storm: to be 'brewing' ...1830
            vb. 2.    of a person: to be sickening for a disease ...1887
 
BE MATCHES
            vb.       † to be equal in prowess ...c1300
 
BEMAUL
            vb.       to maul; to bruise or soil by fighting or rough play ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEMAZE
            vb.       to astonish, to bewilder, to daze ...1890 Eng. dial.
 
BEMAZED
            adj.       stupefied, bewildered ...a1225
 
BEMBE 
            n.         a bully; a large strong person of either sex ...1996 W. Indies
 
BEME
            n.         † a trumpet ...a800
            vb. 1.    † to blow on a trumpet ...c1000
            vb. 2.    † to make a loud din or noise ...a1225
 
BEMEAN
            vb. 1.    † to mean, to signify, to import ...a1300
            vb. 2.    †* to mediate, to intercede ...1459
            vb. 3.    to render mean or base; to lower in dignity, to abase ...1651
            vb. 4.    to degrade oneself, to stoop ...1889 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BEMEET
            vb.       † to meet with ...1605
 
BEMENT
            vb.       to render demented ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEMER
            n.         † a trumpeter ...c950
 
BEMERCY
            vb.       † to treat with mercy, to show mercy to ...1640
 
BEMETE
            vb.       † to measure ...c893
 
BE METTLE TO ONE'S TEETH
            vb.       to be full of spirit ...1887 Sc.
 
BEMING
            n. 1.     † trumpeting ..1513
            n. 2.     † noisy buzzing ...1513
 
BEMIST
            vb. 1.    to becloud, to dim ...1598
            vb. 2.    to overtake with mist ...1609
            vb. 3.    to confuse the senses of; to bewilder; to puzzle ...1627
 
BEMMLE
            n.         an ill-made man; an ungainly walker ...1824 Sc.
 
BEMOANABLE
            adj.       † deplorable, lamentable ...1611
 
BEMOCK
            vb.       to mock at, to flout; to delude mockingly ...1607
 
BEMOIL
            vb.       † to encumber with dirt and mire; to bemire ...1596 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BEMOIST
            vb.       † to make moist ...1567
 
BEMOISTEN
            vb.       to make moist ...1590
 
BEMONSTER 
            vb.       to make monstrous ...1608
 
BEMOSSED HEAD 
            n.         in the German universities: a student during the sixth and last term ...Bk1856 college usage
 
BEMOURN
            vb.       † to mourn over; to lament, to bewail ...a1000
 
BEMOUTH
            vb.       to talk grandiloquently, to declaim; to mouth the praises of a person ...a1843
 
BEMOW
            vb.       † to mock, to mock at ...1388
 
BEMUCH
            vb.       to grudge ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BEMUCKED
            †          adj. soiled, made dirty ...1864 Eng. dial.
 
BEMUD
            vb.       to confuse, to muddle ...1599
 
BEMUDDLE
            vb.       to confuse or muddle completely ...1862
 
BEMUFFLE
            vb.       to wrap, to envelop ...1583
 
BEMULCE
            vb.       to soothe or soften ...1531
 
BEMUSE
            vb. 1.    to make utterly confused or muddled, as with intoxicating liquor; to put into a stupid stare, to stupefy ...1735
            vb. 2.    to intoxicate; to make dead drunk ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEMUSED
            adj. 1.   intoxicated with alcohol ...18C sl.
            adj. 2.   dazed, stupefied with drink, astonishment, anger, etc. ...1822 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
BE MUSTARD
            vb. 1.    to be sexually attractive; to be 'hot' as mustard ...E20 Brit. sl.
            vb. 2.    to be excellent at anything ...1920s Brit. sl.
 
BE MUSTARD AT
            vb.       to be excellent at anything ...1920s Brit. sl.
 
BE MUSTARD ON
            vb.       to be very eager or keen on ...c1950 colloq.
 
BE MY GEORGIE BEST!
            int.       do as you wish; you are welcome to have whatever has been asked for ...1977 UK rhyming sl. for 'be my guest'
 
BE MY GUEST
            phr.      do as you please; often an ironic acquiescence to something ill advised ...1950s Amer. sl. 

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BEN  -  BENZ

​BEN
            adj. 1.   good ...16C sl.
            adj. 2.   inner, interior ...1774 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            adv.      inside, within, towards the inner part; in or into an inner part of the house; into the parlour, etc. from the kitchen; in the parlour or chamber ...c1425 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            prep.    in, within, or into the inner part of a house ...1684 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            n. 1.     a simpleton, a fool ...c1698 UK criminals' sl.
            n. 2.     a hill, a mountain; a mountain-peak ...1788
            n. 3.     the inner room ...1791-9 Sc. & N. Eng. & Amer. dial.
            n. 4.     an overcoat ...1812 sl.
            n. 5.     the truth ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
            n. 6.     a storage bin; the place where grain is kept in a barn ...1965 Amer. dial.
            int.       an exclamation in marbles, used as a call to give one player a particular advantage or to deny an advantage to another ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BEN-A-HOOSE
            adj.       belonging to the parlour or the best room ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      in the parlour ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEN-A-HOOSE-WOMAN
            n.         a parlour-maid ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BENAME
            vb. 1.    † to declare or utter solemnly or on oath; to promise with an oath ...c1000
            vb. 2.    †* to name, to mention by name ...1579
 
BENANE
            prep.    beneath ...1886 Eng. dial.
 
BENASTY
            vb.       to soil, to make dirty; to befoul; to degrade ...1917 Amer. dial.
 
BE NAUGHT BUT TEETH AND EYES
            vb.       to be ill-favoured ...B1900 Eng. dial.
 
BE NAUGHTY
            vb.       to play the whore ...Bk1902 sl.
 
BENAUT
            adj. 1.   uncomfortable, esp. as the result of anxiety; hard-pressed ...1969 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   of the atmosphere: close, oppressive, moist and warm ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BENBITER
            n. 1.     a deceitful person; a backbiter ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 2.     a dog ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEN BLOCK 
            n.         a nickname for a sailor ...Bk1904
 
BEN BOX 
            n.         a casket ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH
            n. 1.     † a footstool ...c1386
            n. 2.     the judge or magistrate sitting in the seat of justice ...1518
            vb. 1.    to discharge ...1917 US sl.
            vb. 2.    to take someone out of active play in a sporting event ...20C Amer. sl.
            vb. 3.    to remove someone from an activity ...20C Amer. sl.
 
BENCH-BABBLER 
            n.         * one who sits idly whistling on a bench; a tavern loafer; spec. one rollicking idly on a tavern bench; a term of reproach ...1549
 
BENCH BLANKET 
            n.         in baseball: a substitute player whose constant presence on the bench is said to 'warm' it ...Bk1999 baseball usage
 
BENCH BOSS 
            n. 1.     a working foreman in a factory, esp. in a pottery ...1894 Amer.
            n. 2.     in sports: a coach, esp. one who also plays on the team ...1909
 
BENCH COACH 
            n. 1.     in sports: orig. a person who coaches a team by does not play for it, as distinguished from a player-coach ...1905
            n. 2.     in baseball: an assistant coach, typically taking on the responsibilities of a second in command to the head coach ...1945
 
BENCHED LEGS
            n.         crooked or sprawling legs ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
BENCHER
            n. 1.     one who officially sits on a bench; a magistrate, judge, parliamentarian, assessor, senator, alderman, etc. ...1279
            n. 2.     a tavern loafer; specifically, one rollicking idly on a tavern bench; a term of reproach ...1534
            n. 3.     in Canada: a member of the regulating body of the Law Society in all provinces except New Brunswick ...1856
            n. 4.     any idle or ineffectual person ...L19 US sl.
            n. 5.     one who visits opium dens, but only to observe, not smoke ...1935 US sl.
            n. 6.     an old person, such as is found on benches in shopping malls, etc. ...20C teen & high school sl.
 
BENCH-FICE
            n.         a cur-dog with long body and short legs like a bench ...1912 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH-FLOPPER 
            n.         a tramp, a vagrant ...1917 US sl.
 
BENCH HAND 
            n.         a person who works at a workbench in a factory or workshop ...1851
 
BENCH-HOLE
            n.         † a privy ...1555
 
BENCHING!
            int.       in marble play: used as a call to give one player a particular advantage or to deny an advantage to another ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH JOCKEY
            n. 1.     a mechanic ...Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
            n. 2.     a person who mainly sits on the sidelines and offers advice ...Amer. sl.
            n. 3.     in baseball: a player on the bench who verbally abuses or mocks members of the opposing team in an attempt to distract them ...1925
            n. 4.     in baseball: a substitute who rides the bench or seldom gets to play ...1939 baseball usage
 
BENCH-JUMPER
            n. 1.     a person who constantly changes churches ...1920s Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     a holy roller ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH-KNEED
            adj.       bowlegged; having crooked legs; esp. used of dogs, and in derogation, of persons ...1906 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH-KNEED FISTE
            n.         a dog with legs spread apart and bent at the knees, such as a bulldog ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BENCH-LEGGED
            adj.       bowlegged; having crooked legs; esp. used of dogs, and in derogation, of persons ...1866 Amer. dial.
 
BENCH LEGS
            n.         crooked or sprawling legs ...1859 Amer. dial.
 
BENCHLET
            n.         a little bench, a stool ...1865
 
BENCH MAN
            n.         * a (male) judge or magistrate sitting in court ...1658
 
BENCH-MASTER 
            n.         a governor of an inn of court; an alderman ...Bk1885 Eng.
 
BENCH NIB(S) 
            n.         a judge ...1930 criminals' sl. 
 
BENCH PERFORMER 
            n.         in baseball: an exceptionally good utility player who is always ready to replace another player whose performance is faltering during the course of a game ...Bk1999 baseball usage
 
BENCH PLAYER 
            n.         in sports: a player who is not in the team's starting line-up; a substitute, reserve ...1888 orig. US
 
BENCH POLISHER 
            n.         in baseball: a substitute player whose constant presence on the bench is said to 'polish' it ...Bk1999 baseball usage
 
BENCH SCIENTIST 
            n.         a scientist who works in a laboratory; a research scientist ...1970 
 
BENCH-WARMER
            n. 1.     orig. someone who sits idly on a bench, esp. a substitute in a sports team; hence, any lazy or ineffectual person ...1662 sl.
            n. 2.     a tramp; a vagrant ...20C US sl.
 
BENCH-WHISTLER 
            n.         † (depreciative) one who sits idly whistling on a tavern bench; a tavern loafer; an idler, a good-for-nothing; a term of reproach ...1542
 
BEN COVE
            n.         a good fellow; a friend ...17C sl.
 
BEN CULL
            n.         a good fellow; a friend ...19C sl.
 
BEND
            adj.       bold ...Bk1911 Sc.
            adv.      bravely ...1809 Sc.
            n. 1.     † a band, bond, or fetter ...c890
            n. 2.     † a ribbon, strap, band, used for ornament or as part of a dress; a sash, hat-band, bandage ...c1000
            n. 3.     † a moral or spiritual bond or restraint; the bands or bonds of matrimony ...a1250
            n. 4.     † confinement at childbirth ...1297
            n. 5.     †* a 'stripe' inflicted by a lash or rod ...c1400
            n. 6.     † an organized company of men; a band; a party, a faction; a gang; a company ...1475 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
            n. 7.     † a spring, a leap, a bound ...1513 Sc.
            n. 8.     † a bending of the body; a bow ...1529
            n. 9.     † turn of mind, inclination, bent ...1591
            n. 10.    †* inclination of the eye in any direction, glance ...1601
            n. 11.    a draught of liquor ...1727 Sc.
            n. 12.    a waistcoat ...M19 sl.
            n. 13.    a drunken spree ...1887 sl.
            n. 14.    a foolish, foppish fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 15.    an appointment; a rendezvous ...20C Anglo-Irish
            n. 16.    an experience created by a hallucinogenic drug ...1960s sl.
            n. 17.    thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1965 Amer. dial.
            n. 18.    a prostitute ...1980s rap music sl.
            vb. 1.    † to put in bonds, to fetter ...1036
            vb. 2.    † to harness the horses to a cart or other vehicle; to yoke ...1513
            vb. 3.    † to aim a blow, weapon, etc. ...1530
            vb. 4.    † to spring, to leap, to bound ...c1530 Sc.
            vb. 5.    to drink hard or greedily ...1727 Sc.
            vb. 6.    to pervert; to corrupt; to put to a dishonest or corrupt use; to commit some form of fraudulent manoeuvre, esp. as in losing a race deliberately, bribing a policeman or a sporting competitor ...1864 sl.
            vb. 7.    to cock a gun ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BEND A BEND
            vb.       to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEND-A-BOW
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1896 Amer. dial.
 
BENDACIOUS
            adj.       bendable ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
 
BEND A CORNER
            vb.       to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BEND AN EAR
            vb.       to pay attention; to listen ...1935 Amer. sl.
int. listen! ...1970 Amer. sl.
 
BEND DOUGHNUT
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BEND DOWN FOR
            vb.       to consent to buggery ...L19 sl.
 
BEND-DOWN PLAZA
            n.         a row of roadside peddlers, specializing in items that are hard to get in shops, because of import restrictions ...20C W. Indies & Jamaica
 
BENDED KNEES
            n.         a cheese ...20C rhyming sl.
 
BEND 'ER
            vb.       to round a curve or corner at great speed ...World War II Amer. sl.
 
BENDER
            n. 1.     a drinker ...1727 Sc.
            n. 2.     a bout of drinking; a spree; a riotous feast; often lasting several days and including random acts of excess, violence, etc. ...1827 US
            n. 3.     a rampage ...M19 US sl.
            n. 4.     a shilling ...M19 sl.
            n. 5.     a sixpence ...1836 sl.
            n. 6.     a big or good specimen of its kind; a 'whopper'; anything exceptional or outstanding ...1842 Eng. dial.
            n. 7.     the leg ...1849 sl.
            n. 8.     the arm ...M19 sl.
            n. 9.     the elbow ...M19 sl.
            n. 10.    the knee ...M19 sl.
            n. 11.    thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1894 Amer. dial.
            n. 12.    a silly fellow ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 13.    a male homosexual ...1930s sl.
            n. 14.    a drug party ...1960s drugs sl.
            int.       nonsense! humbug! rubbish!...19C sl.
 
BENDER AND ARRS
            n.         a bow and arrows ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BENDER MENDER
            n.         a hangover cure, esp. a stiff drink ...1988 Sc. sl.
 
BENDERS
            n.         delirium tremens ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BENDIFIED
            adj.       bent ...1919 Amer. dial.
 
BENDING DRILL
            n.         an act of defecation in the open-air ...1945 UK military sl.
 
BENDING ICE
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BENDING ROD
            n.         a divining rod; a short stick used to show where there's water ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BENDIT
            adj.       ready to spring, crouching ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BEND OF THE ARM
            n.         the elbow ...1891 Eng. dial.
 
BEND OF THE FILBERT
            n.         a bow of the head; a nod ...18C sl.
 
BEND ONE OVER
            vb.       to position someone for pederasty; to dominate or humiliate someone; usually said of a male ...E20 US criminals' sl.
 
BEND ONE'S BACK
            vb.       to work hard ...1920s Aust. sl.
 
BEND ONE'S ELBOW
            vb.       to have a drink ...20C sl.
 
BEND OVER
            vb.       to submit; to give in to someone ...1960s US sl.
            int.       you're bothering me! ...1960s sl.
 
BEND OVER BACKWARDS
            vb.       to make one's maximum effort, orig. with the implication of doing something disadvantageous or distasteful to oneself ...1925 sl., orig. US
 
BEND OVER, BROWN EYES
            phr.      an instruction to a patient about to undergo a rectal examination ...1989 US sl.
 
BENDS
            n.         the accoutrements of a horse ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BENDS, THE
            n.         delirium tremens ...1966 Amer. dial.
 
BENDSOME
            adj.       * pliable, yielding, flexible ...1861
 
BEND SOMEONE'S EAR
            vb. 1.    to chatter on interminably and probably tediously; to talk at tedious length to someone; also, to have someone's attention ...1942 Amer. sl.
            vb. 2.    to speak privately, to whisper ...1940s sl., orig. US
 
BEND THE BROWS
            vb.       to winkle the brow; to frown, to scowl ...1387
 
BEND THE CRAB
            vb.       to do a somersault ...1968 Amer. dial.
 
BEND THE ELBOW
            vb.       to drink alcohol ...1823 sl.
 
BEND THE HABIT
            vb.       to decrease one's narcotics intake in an attempt to withdraw from addiction ...L19 drugs sl.
 
BEND THE THROTTLE
            vb.       to fly above normal cruising speed ...Bk1944 service sl.
 
BENDUDELUMS
            n. 1.     large pieces of broken ice in salt water ...1968 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     ice that will bend when you step on it, but not break ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BEND UP
            vb.       to encourage or enable another’s intoxication ...1999 UK sl.
 
BENDY
            adj. 1.   said of something that bends or yields easily; pliable, limber ...1965 Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   extremely fashionable, smart, 'cool' ...1990s US teen sl.
            n. 1.     the devil ...19C
            n. 2.     thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BENDY-BOW
            n. 1.     a sudden short dip in a road ...1903 Amer. dial.
            n. 2.     thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1950 Amer. dial.
 
BENDY DOUGHNUT
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1969 Amer. dial.
 
BENDY-GO
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BENDY ICE
            n.         thin, flexible ice that will bend when you step on it but will bear one's weight ...1965 Amer. dial.
 
BENDY-LEATHER
            n.         ice in a half-thawed condition, yet elastic and capable of bearing a weight ...Bk1898 Eng. & Amer. dial.
 
BENE
            adj. 1.   good ...16C sl.
            adj. 2.   well-to-do ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n.         † prayer, petition, boon; prayer to God ...c1000 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
BENEAN
            prep.    beneath ...1886 Eng. dial.
 
BENEAPED
            adj.       of a vessel: stranded, left aground by the neap tide ...1825 Eng. dial.
 
BENEATH
            adj.       dead and buried ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
            adv.      beneath the skies; in the world, on the earth ...c1250 arch.
            vb.       to condescend, to lower oneself ...1895 Eng. dial.
 
BENEATH THE SALT
            phr.      at the lower part of the table; i.e. among the less honoured guests ...1602
 
BENE BOUSE; BENE BOWSE
            n.         drink; literally, good liquor ...M16 sl.
 
BENE-BOWSY
            adj.       tipsy...M16 sl.
 
BENECKING
            adj.       †* bowing the neck, cringing ...1705
 
BENE COVE
            n.         a friend; literally, a good fellow ...17C sl.
 
BENE CULL
            n.         a good fellow; a friend ...19C sl.
 
BENE DARKMANS!
            int.       good night ...M16 sl.
 
BENEDICENCE
            n.         * kindliness in speech ...1881
 
BENEDICITE!
            int. 1.    good gracious! ...c1374
            int. 2.    bless you! ...1377
 
BENEDICK
            n.         a married man, esp. a newly married man or a formerly confirmed bachelor who changes his mind ...E19 sl.
 
BENEDICT
            adj.       † good, blessed, benign, salutary ...1576
            n.         a newly married man; an apparently confirmed bachelor who marries ...1821
 
BENEDICTED
            adj.       † blessed ...1623
 
BENEDICTION
            n. 1.     kindly favour, grace ...1483
            n. 2.     grace before or after meals ...1671
 
BENEDICTOR
            n.         † a eulogist, one who commends or praises, a well-wisher ...a1633
 
BENEDIGHT
            adj.       blessed ...a1300 arch.
 
BENEEK
            adj. 1.   bad-tempered, insane ...1960s S. Afr.
            adj. 2.   contrary, impossible ...1960s S. Afr.
 
BENEFACT
            n.         † a good deed or benefit ...1656
            vb.       † to give in charity ...1594
 
BENEFACTION
            n. 1.     a doing good, kindly or generous action; an act of kindness ...a1662
            n. 2.     the bestowal of money for a charitable purpose ...1674
 
BENEFACTORATE
            vb.       to act the benefactor to ...1769 nonce word
 
BENEFACTORY
            adj.       conferring a benefit; beneficial, advantageous ...1744
 
BENEFACTRESS
            n.         a female benefactor ...1711
 
BENEFACTRICE
            n.         †* a female benefactor ...1711
 
BENEFACTRIX
            n.         †* a female benefactor ...1713
 
BENEFACTURE
            n.         † benefaction, kindness ...a1656
 
BENE-FAKER
            n.         a counterfeiter, initially of documents, later of money ...17C sl.
 
BENE FEAKER
            n.         a counterfeiter of bills ...17C sl.
 
BENE-FEAKER OF GYBES
            n.         a forger of passes and similar documents ...L17 sl.
 
BENEFETER
            n.         †* a benefactor ...c1449
 
BENEFETOUR
            n.         †* a benefactor ...c1449
 
BENEFIC
            adj.       kind ...1641
 
BENEFICAL
            adj.       † kind ...1647
 
BENEFICE
            n. 1.     † a good deed, kindness, favour ...1340
            n. 2.     † a gift; a gratuity ...c1380
            n. 3.     † favourable influence or operation; advantage, favour, protection, benefit ...1424
 
BENEFICENCE
            n. 1.     doing good; active kindness ...1531
            n. 2.     a benefaction, a beneficent gift, deed, or work ...1654
 
BENEFICENCY
            n.         † doing good; active kindness ...1576
 
BENEFICENT
            adj. 1.   doing good, kind ...1616
            adj. 2.   advantageous ...1677
 
BENEFICENTIAL
            adj.       concerned with what is most beneficial to mankind ...1869
 
BENEFICIAL
            adj.       † doing good, kind ...1526
 
BENEFICIALNESS
            n.         † doing good, kindness ...1528
 
BENEFICIE
            n.         †* benefit, beneficial influence, favour ...c1449
 
BENEFICIOUS
            adj.       † doing good, kind ...1535
 
BENEFIT
            n. 1.     a kind deed, a kindness; a favour, a gift ...1377 arch.
            n. 2.     † a thing well done; a good or noble deed ...1377
            n. 3.     wages paid in kind ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 4.     any hardship or unpleasant feature of army life; used with obvious irony ...1968 US sl.
 
BENE-GYBE
            n.         a counterfeiter ...17C sl.
 
BE NEITHER SUGAR NOR SALT
            vb.       to not be delicate or easily made ill ...1880 Sc. & Eng. dial.
            phr.      not likely to be injured by a wetting; not afraid of wet weather ...1855
 
BENE-MERENT
            adj.       †* well-deserving ...1656
 
BENE MORT
            n.         a pretty woman ...M16 sl.
 
BEN-END
            n. 1.     the best room in a house; hence, the best part of anything ...1892 Sc.
            n. 2.     the best part of anything ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BENE PECK
            n.         good food ...M16 sl.
 
BENEPLACIT
            adj.       †* pleased, satisfied ...1678
            n.         †* good pleasure, gracious purpose ...1643
 
BENEPLACITURE
            n.         †* good pleasure, gracious purpose ...1662
 
BENEPLACITY
            n.         †* good pleasure, gracious purpose ...1643
 
BENESHIP
            n.         something that is very good ...M16 sl.
 
BENEUROUS
            adj.       † happy, blessed ...1483
 
BENEURTE
            n.         † happiness, blessedness ...1480
 
BENEVOLER
            n.         †* a well-wisher, a kind person ...1486
 
BENEVOLIST
            n.         a professor of benevolence ...1825
 
BENEVOLOUS
            adj.       † well-wishing, kind, friendly, benevolent ...1470
 
BENEW
            adv.      beneath ...1768 Sc.
 
BE NEW OFF THE IRONS
            vb.       to have just finished one's course of study ...Bk1902 Sc.
 
BENEWRED
            adj.       † happy, blessed ...1483
 
BENEWRELY
            adv.      † happily ...1483
 
BENFEAKER
            n.         a counterfeiter of bills ...17C sl.
 
BEN-FEAKERS OF JYBES
            n.         counterfeiters of passports ...1612 criminals' sl.
 
BEN-FLAKE
            n.         a steak ...M19 rhyming sl.
 
BEN FRANKLIN
            n.         a $100 note ...1990 US sl.
 
BENGAL BLANKET
            n.         the sun; a blue sky ...19C Anglo-Indian
 
BENGAL LANCER
            n.         an opportunity, esp. one who takes risks in pursuit of criminal gain ...2005 Sc. rhyming sl. for ‘chancer’
 
BENGAL LANCERS
            n.         razor gangs ...1930s Aust. sl.
 
BENGE
            vb. 1.    to drink to excess ...1825 Eng. dial.
            vb. 2.    to lounge lazily ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BENGY
            adj.       cloudy, overcast ...1851 Eng. dial.
 
BEN-HOUSE
            n.         the inner or principal room ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BENIES
            n.         benefits, specifically those of the GI Bill that puts US service veterans through college for free ...1940s US college sl.
 
BENIGHT
            adv.      † by night ...1642
            vb. 1.    to be overtaken by the darkness of night (before reaching a place of shelter) ...1560
            vb. 2.    to blind, to dazzle; to deprive of vision ...1621
            vb. 3.    to involve in darkness, to darken, to cloud ...a1631
 
BENIGHTED
            adj. 1.   † overtaken by the darkness of the night; affected by the night ...1575 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
            adj. 2.   involved in intellectual or moral darkness ...1634
 
BENIGHTEN
            vb.       * to deprive of enlightenment ...1844
 
BENIGHTER
            n.         one who keeps others in darkness ...1818
 
BENIGHTMENT
            n.         physical, intellectual, or moral darkness ...1651
 
BENIGN
            adj. 1.   of a kind disposition, gracious, kindly ...c1320
            adj. 2.   † gentle, meek, humble ...1377
            adj. 3.   of the weather: mild, genial ...c1386
            adj. 4.   † of food: easily digested ...1651
 
BENIGNANCY
            n.         kindness ...1876
 
BENIGNANT
            adj. 1.   cherishing or exhibiting kindly feeling towards inferiors or dependants; gracious, kind, benevolent ...a1782
            adj. 2.   of things: favourable, beneficial ...1790
 
BENIGNATE
            adj.       †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1533
 
BENIGNED
            adj.       †* of a kindly disposition, gracious, kindly ...1470
 
BENIGNITY
            n. 1.     kindly feeling and is manifestation; kindness of disposition, or of manner ...c1374
            n. 2.     a kindly or generous deed; a kindness, a favour bestowed ...c1534
 
BENIGNLY
            adv. 1. kindly, graciously ...c1380
            adv. 2. † meekly, gently, humbly ...c1386
            adv. 3. of things: genially, favourably, auspiciously ...a1687
 
BENIM
            vb. 1.    † to rob, to deprive, to bereave ...c890
            vb. 2.    † to take away ...a1000
            vb. 3.    † to rob, to spoil, to ravish ...c1250.
 
BENIMMED
            adj.       taken hastily upon the sly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BENIMMING
            n.         † the taking away ...a1400
 
BEN-INNO
            adv.      within or beyond ...1790 Sc.
 
BENISON
            n. 1.     blessing, beatitude; that blessing which God gives; a giving of blessedness ...a1300
            n. 2.     † grace before a meal ...a1300
            n. 3.     † disposition to bless; graciousness, grace, kindness ...c1450
 
BENJAMIN
            n.         a coat ...E19 sl.
 
BENJEL
            n.         a heap, a considerable quantity ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BENJI
            n.         a $100 note ...1985 US sl.
 
BENJIE
            n. 1.     a coat ...19C sl.
            n. 2.     a $100 note ...1985 US sl.
 
BENJO
            n.         a toilet ...1988 Aust. sl.
 
BENJORAM
            n.         a liberal supply; a large plateful of food ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
 
BENJY
            n. 1.     a coat ...E19 sl.
            n. 2.     a straw hat; generally one with a very broad brim ...1883 Eng. dial.
 
BENK
            n.         a bench of any kind, esp. one made of stone ...c1200 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
 
BENKLE
            n.         a dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
            vb.       to dent, to dimple ...Bk1898 Sc.
 
BENKLED
            adj.       of a tin can: dented ...1891 Sc.
 
BENLINS
            adv.      towards the interior of a house ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BENMOST
            adj.       innermost ...1820 Sc.
 
BENNER
            adj.       inner ...1785 Sc.
 
BENNERMOST
            adj.       innermost ...1790 Sc.
 
BENNETT BUGGY
            n.         a car converted to a four-wheel, horse-drawn carriage by removal of the engine, drive train and windshield (in depression times); later, any broken-down car ...1987 Can. sl.
 
BEN NEVIS
            n.         a long prison sentence ...2002 UK sl.
 
BENNIE
            n. 1.     an amphetamine; a Benzedrine™ tablet ...1949 sl., orig. US
            n. 2.     a state of intoxication from Benzedrine™ ...M20 US sl.
            n. 3.     a female prostitute’s customer who prefers to perform oral sex on the prostitute ...1964 US sl.
 
BENNIE GOD
            n.         the sun ...1965 US sl.
 
BENNISH
            adj.       foolish ...17C sl.
 
BENNY
                        n. 1.     an overcoat ...1812 US sl.
            n. 2.     a straw hat ...1922 sl., orig. nautical
            n. 3.     a person, a fellow ...1920s US sl.
            n. 4.     a break in formation during which a soldier can rest or smoke ...Bk1944 service sl.
            n. 5.     a sloppy soldier ...Bk1944 service sl.
            n. 6.     an amphetamine; a Benzedrine™ tablet ...1949 sl., orig. US
            n. 7.     a state of intoxication from Benzedrine™ ...M20 US sl.
            n. 8.     a Jew ...20C US sl.
 
BENNY-HEAD
            n.         a Benzedrine user ...1940s drugs sl.
 
BE NOBODY'S NECK
            vb.       to be nobody's business, to be of no consequence ...1867 Eng. dial.
 
BE NO MORE
            vb.       to die ...20C euphemism & colloq.
 
BENORTH
            adv.      † to the north ...1087
            prep.    † north of ...1387 obs. exc. Sc.
 
BE NOT AS GREEN AS ONE IS CABBAGE-LOOKING
            phr.      be less than a fool than might be assumed ...colloq.
 
BENOTE
            vb. 1.    † to  use, to make use of ...a1100
            vb. 2.    to make notes upon ...1767
 
BENOTHING
            vb.       †* to reduce to nothing; to annihilate ...1674
 
BENOTTE
            vb.       †* to crop or cut close ...1594
 
BEN-ROOM
            n.         the best room in a house ...1891 Sc.
 
BENSE
            adv.      violently ...Bk1898 Sc.
            n. 1.     a violent movement; a blow, spring, strong push ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     vigour, energy ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 1.    to bounce ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb. 2.    to walk or move violently ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BENSEL
            n.         strong bent or determination; impetus of a body in motion ...1513 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
            vb.       to drive, to know about; to bang, to beat ...1674 Eng. dial.
 
BENSELL
            n. 1.     a place exposed to the violence of the storm ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 2.     a heavy blow; a violent or sudden movement; violence of storm, etc. ...Bk1911 Sc.
            n. 3.     a severe rebuke. ...Bk1911 Sc.
            vb.       to beat; to bang ...Bk1911 Sc.
 
BENSHIP
            n.         something that is very good ...M16 sl.
 
BENSIE
vb. Bk1911 Sc. - to strike vigorously 
 
BENSIL
n. 1. 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a heavy blow; any sudden or violent motion; violence of storm, fire, etc. 
n. 2. Bk1898 Sc. - a place exposed to the violence of the storm 
n. 3. Bk1898 Sc. - a severe rebuke 
vb. 1. 1691 Sc. & Eng. dial. - to thrash, to beat soundly; to bang; to drive away 
vb. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - to surpass, to outdo 
 
BENSILER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - anything very large 
 
BENSILING
adj.Bk1898 Eng. dial. - of persons: rough, awkward, overbearing 
 
BENSILLING
adj. 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial. - sharp, biting 
n. 1863 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a thrashing, a beating 
 
BENSIN
adj. Bk1898 Sc. - vigorous, bouncing 
 
BENSING
adj. 1. Bk1911 Sc. - bouncing, vigorous 
adj. 2. Bk1911 Sc. - of a bow: full bent 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the showing of great vigour in walking, working, etc. 
 
BENSNICKEL
n. 1948 Amer. dial. - St. Nicholas, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas' servant whose duty it was to punish naughty children or reward good ones 
 
BENSOME
adj. 1809 Sc. - quarrelsome 
 
BENSY
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to sanctify, to hallow, to purify 
 
BENT
adj. 1. c1330 obs. - levelled or aimed as a weapon; braced or wound up for action; crouched for a spring 
adj. 2. 1548 obs. - determined, resolute, devoted, inclined 
adj. 3. 1833 Amer. dial. - partially or thoroughly drunk 
adj. 4. 1885 Eng. dial. - bleak 
adj. 5. 1914 sl. - crooked, larcenous; dishonest, corrupt (orig. US)
adj. 6. 1930 sl. - stolen (orig. US)
adj. 7. 1959 sl. - (derogatory) homosexual 
n. 1. 1521 obs. - a piece bent into a curve; a bow 
n. 2. 1572 obs. - a curved part, a bend, a crook 
n. 3. 1579 obs. - that towards which an action, etc. is directed; aim, purpose, intention 
n. 4. 1581 obs. - impetus, concentrated energy 
n. 5. 1584 obs. - inclination, bowing, stooping, nodding 
n. 6. 1814 Sc. & Eng. dial. - the slope or hollow of a hill, a hillside 
 
BENT BROW
n. c1380 obs. - an arched eyebrow 
 
BEN-THE-HOOSE
adv. Bk1911 Sc. - in the parlour 
n. Bk1911 Sc. - the best or inner part of a house 
 
BENTLY
adv. 1645 obs. - determinedly, with set purpose 
 
BENTO
n. 1949 Amer. dial. - a coffin, esp. a homemade or inexpensive one 
 
BENT WRIST
n. 1950s sl. - a male homosexual (orig. US)
 
BENTY BOWS
n. Bk1911 Sc. - ? bandy-legs 
 
BENUMB
vb. 1789 - to paralyze 
 
BE NUTS OVER
vb. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - to be infatuated over 
 
BENWARD
adv. c1475 Sc. - towards the interior of a house 
 
BENZEL
n. Bk1898 Sc. - a heap, a considerable quantity 
 
BENZINE WAGON
n. Amer. sl. - an automobile; a truck (World War II usage)

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