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BEST, _part. pa._ Perhaps, fluttering, or shaken.

_Barbour._

Isl. _beyst-i_, concutio.

BEST, _s._ ”Beast, any animal not human,” Gl. Wynt.

_Wyntown._

The term is still used in this general sense, S. p.r.o.nounced q.

_baist_. S. B.

BEST-MAN, _s._ Brideman; as _best-maid_ is bride-maid; from having the _princ.i.p.al_ offices in waiting on the bride, S.

b.e.s.t.i.a.l, (_off Tre_) _s._ An engine for a siege.

_Wallace._

It seems uncertain, whether this word be formed from Lat.

_b.e.s.t.i.a.lis_, as at first applied to the engines called _rams_, _sows_, &c., or from Fr. _bastille_, a tower; L. B. _bastillae_.

b.e.s.t.i.a.lITe, _s._ Cattle.

_Complaynt S._

L. B. _b.e.s.t.i.a.lia_, pecudes; Fr. _bestail_.

BESTREIK, _part. pa._ Drawn out; _gold bestreik_, gold wire or twist.

_Burel._

Teut. _be-streck-en_, extendere.

BESTURTED, _part. pa._ Startled, alarmed, afrighted, S.

Germ. _besturz-en_, to startle; _besturzt seyn_, to be startled.

Ihre views Isl. _stird-r_, rigid, immoveable, as the root.

BESWAKIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, soaked, drenched.

_Dunbar._