He thus the queen bespoke.
Dryden.
Be*speak", v. i. To speak. [Obs.] Milton.
Be*speak", n. A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.) "The night of her bespeak." Dickens.
Be*speak"er (&?;), n. One who bespeaks.
Be*spec"kle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespeckled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespeckling.] To mark with speckles or spots. Milton.
Be*spew" (&?;), v. t. To soil or daub with spew; to vomit on.
Be*spice" (&?;), v. t. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak.
Be*spirt" (&?;), v. t. Same as Bespurt.
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Be*spit (b*spt"), v. t. [imp. Bespit; p. p. Bespit, Bespitten (-t'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespitting.] To daub or soil with spittle. Johnson.
Be*spoke" (b*spk"), imp. & p. p. of Bespeak.
Be*spot" (b*spt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespotted (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bespotting.] To mark with spots, or as with spots.
Be*spread" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespreading.] To spread or cover over.
The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor.
Glover.
Be*sprent" (&?;), p. p. [OE. bespreynt, p. p. of besprengen, bisprengen, to besprinkle, AS. besprengan, akin to D. & G. besprengen; pref. be- + sprengan to sprinkle. See Sprinkle.] Sprinkled over; strewed.
His face besprent with liquid crystal shines.
Shenstone.
The floor with tassels of fir was besprent.
Longfellow.
Be*sprin"kle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Besprinkled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Besprinkling (&?;).] To sprinkle over; to scatter over.
The bed besprinkles, and bedews the ground.
Dryden.
Be*sprin"kler (&?;), n. One who, or that which, besprinkles.
Be*sprin"kling (&?;), n. The act of sprinkling anything; a sprinkling over.
Be*spurt" (&?;), v. t. To spurt on or over; to asperse. [Obs.] Milton.
Bes"se*mer steel` (&?;). Steel made directly from cast iron, by burning out a portion of the carbon and other impurities that the latter contains, through the agency of a blast of air which is forced through the molten metal; -- so called from Sir Henry Bessemer, an English engineer, the inventor of the process.
Best (bst), a.; superl. of Good. [AS. besta, best, contr. from betest, betst, betsta; akin to Goth. batists, OHG. pezzisto, G. best, beste, D. best, Icel. beztr, Dan. best, Sw. bäst. This word has no connection in origin with good. See Better.] 1. Having good qualities in the highest degree; most good, kind, desirable, suitable, etc.; most excellent; as, the best man; the best road; the best cloth; the best abilities.
When he is best, he is a little worse than a man.
Shak.
Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight.
Milton.
2. Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject.