Part 59 (1/2)

_To beit the fire_, or _beit the ingle_. To add fuel to the fire, S.

”_To beet_, to make or feed a fire.” Gl. Grose.

_To beit a mister_, to supply a want, Loth.

2. To blow up, to inkindle, applied to the fire.

_Douglas._

3. To bring into a better state, by removing calamity or cause of sorrow.

_Wallace._

A. S. _bet-an_, _ge-bet-an_, to mend, to restore to the original state; Belg. _boet-en_; Isl. _bet-a_, Su. G. _boet-a_, id. _boet-a klaeder_, to repair or mend clothes. A. S. _bet-an fyr_, corresponds to the S. phrase mentioned above, struere ignem.

~Bett~, _part. pa._ Supplied.

_Wallace._

BEIT, _s._ An addition, a supply, S. B.

V. the _v._

BEITMISTER, _s._ That which is used in a strait, for supplying any deficiency; applied either to a person or to a thing; Loth.

V. ~Beit~, _v._ and ~Mister~.

_To_ BEKE, _v. a._ To bask.

V. ~Beik~.

BEKEND, _part._ Known; S. B. _bekent_.

_Douglas._

Germ. _bekaunt_, id. Teut. _be-kennen_, to know; A. S. _be-cunnan_, experiri.

BELCH, BAILCH, BILCH, _s._ (gutt.)

1. A monster.

_Douglas._

2. A term applied to a very l.u.s.ty person, S. B.

”_A bursen belch_, or _bilch_, one who is breathless from corpulence, q.