leaf, side, wing (of a table, door or window

battre, v.a. [L. battuere], to beat, strike, thrash, shin.

bavarder, v.n.{[bave—onom.],to prattle, chatter, tattle.

béat, e, adj. [L, beatus], plunged in devotion, saintly, excessively pious, transfisured.

beau. bel, belle, 1. adj. {L. bellus], beautiful, fe, lovely, handsome, fair, noble.

2, adv. avoir beau faire, to do (try)in vain ; «voir beau dire, to speak in vain,

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beaucoup, adv. [beaucoup], many, much, a great many, a great deal, deeply, far, [pronounce b6-kou; p may be heard before a vowel.]

Beaumanoir, s.m. [Beau+manoir] Beaumanoir, an old and distinguished Breton family.

beauté, s.f, [L. bellitatem], beauty, loveliness.

bec, s.m. [of Celtic origin}, beak, bill, nib|pronounce bè4].

bécassine, s.f. :bécasse—bec], snipe.

becuuée or béquée, sf. [bec], a billful; donner la becquée à,to feed (a

becqueter cr béqueter, v.a. [becL to peck [becquèt- before e mute.]

bée adj. (0. F, béer or bayer], open.

begaiement or begayemer’.s.

m. |bègue], stammering, faltering, i. :0y talk.

bengali, sm. [Bengal], 1. Bengalee

(the language of Bc 1:41).