Helen Fenton

Bedegar: Definition and part of speech

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Bedegar

  1. n. A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Beden: Definition and part of speech

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Beden

  1. n. The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bedevil: Definition and part of speech

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Bedevil

  1. v. t. To spoil; to corrupt.
  2. v. t. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.