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 B E A B E A ( S32 ) that go over the muzzle of the firelock, and are fcrew- BEAD, a fmall glafs ball, made in imitation of pearl, ed faft, fo that the foldier fires with his bayonet on and ufed in,necklaces, be. the muzzle of his piece, and is ready to aft againft the Bead, in architefture, a round moulding, commonly horfe. made upon the edge of a piece of duff, in the CorinBAYONNE, a large city of Gafcony in France, fitua- thian and Roman orders, cut or carved in fnort emted on the river Adour, 0near the bay of Bifcay, in bofiments, like beads in necklaces. i° 20' W. long, and 43 3c/ N. lat. TSeA.T>-proof, among didillers, a fallacious way of deterBAYS, in commerce, a fort of open woollen duff, ha- mining the drength of fpirits, from the continuance of ving a long nap, fometimes frized, and fometimes not. the bubbles, or beads, raifed by fhaking a fmall quanThis duff is without wale, and is wrought in a loom tity of them in a phial. with two treddles, like flannel. It is chiefly manu- Bead-;W/, among papids, a lid of fuch perfons, for the faftured at Colcheder and Bockin in Eflex, where red of whofe fouls they are obliged to repeat a certain there'is a hall called the Dutch bay-hall or ranu-halL number of prayers, which they count by means of their The exportation of bays was formerly much more con- beads. fiderable than at prefent that the French have learn- BEADLE, a meflenger or apparitor of a court, who ed to imitate them. However, the Englilh bays are cites perfons to appear and anfwer in the court to what dill fent in great quantities to Spain and Portugal, is alledged againd them. and even to Italy. Their chief ufe is for dreffing the Beadle is alfo an officer at an univerfity, whofe chief monks and nuns, and for linings, efpecially in the ar- bufinefs it is to walk before the maders with a mace, my. The looking-glafs makers alfo ufe them behind at all public proceflions. their glades, to preferve the tin or quickfilver; and BEAGLE, the name of a particular kind of huntingthe cafe-makers, to line their cafes. The breadth of dogs, of which there are feveral forts, viz. the foubays is commonly a yard and a half, a yard and three thern beagle, which is fomething lefs than the. deepquarters, or two yards, by 42 to 48 in length. Thofe mouthed hound, and fomething thicker and fhorter ; of a yard and three quarters are mod proper for the the fleet-nothern, or cat-beagle, which is fmaller and Spanifh trade. of a finer (hape than the fouthern beagle, and is a hard BAZAR, Bazari, orBAZAARD, a place defigned for runner: There is alfo a very fmall beagle, not bigger trade among the eadern nations, particularly the Per- than a lady’s lap-dog. fians, fome of which are open at top, like the market- BEAK, the bill or nib of a bird. places of Europe ; others are covered with high-vault- Beak, in architefture, the fmall fillet left on the head ed ceilings, and adorned with domes to give light. In of a larmier, which forms a canal, and makes a kind the fird, they fell ony the lefs precious and mod bulky of pendant. Beak, a moulding the'fame as the quarter-round, commodities ; whereas, in the latter, are the ftiops of thofe merchants who fell jewels, rich duffs, wrought except that its fituation is inverted: This is very frequent in modern buildings, though few examples of it plate, be. BAZAS, a town of Guienne in. France, about thirty0 are found in the ancient. miles fouth of Bourdeaux, in 25' W. long, and 44 Beak, orBEAK-^msf, of a fhip, that part without the fhip, before the fore-cadle, which is fadened to the 20' N. lat. BAZAT, or Baza, in commerce, a long, fine, fpun dem, and is fupported by the main knee. cotton, which comes from Jerufalem, whence it is alfo BEAKED, in heraldry, a term uled to exprefs the beak or bill of a bird. When the beak and legs of a called Jerufalem-cotton. BDELLIUM, is a gummy refinous concreted juice, fowl are of a different tinfture from the body, we brought from Arabia and the E. Indies, in globes of fay beaked and membered of fuch a tinfture. different figures and magnitudes. It is of a darkred- BEAKING, among cock-fighters, is when one cock difli brown colour, and, in appearance, fomewhat re- holds another by his bill, and drikes him with his fpurs fembles myrrh; and is recommended as a fudorific, or gafflers at the fame time. diuretic, and uterine; and in external applications, for BEAM, in architefture, the larged piece of wood in a maturating tumours, be. In the prefent praftice, it building, which lies crofs the walls, and ferves to fupis fcarce otherwife made ufe of, than as an ingredient port the principal rafters of the roof, and into which the feet of thefe rafters are framed. in theriaca. BEACHY-HEAD, a cape or promontory on the coad Beams of a Jhip are the great main crofs-timbers which hold the fides of the Ihip from falling together, and which of Suflex, between Hadings and Shoreham. BEACON, any public fignal, to give warning againd alfo fupport the decks and orlops: The main beam is next the main-mad, and from it they are reckoned by rocks,' fhelves, invafions, be. BEACONAGE, a tax or.farm paid for the ufe and fird, fecond, third beam, be. the greated beam of all maintenance of a beacon. Trinity-houfe is empowered is called the mid-Jhip beam. See Ship. 'QTZAM-compafs, an indrument confiding of a fquare woodto levy this tax by aft of parliament. BEACONFIELD, a market-town of Buckinghamfhire, en or brafs beam, having Aiding fockets, that carry twenty-two miles wed of London, in 2,0 W. long, deel or pencil points; they are ufed for deferibing and ji° 30' N. lat. large circles, where the common compaffes are ufelefs. Beam,