So loving to my mother,
That he might not beteem the winds of heaven
Visit her face too roughly.
Shak.
Be"tel (b"t'l), n. [Pg., fr. Tamil veilei, prop. meaning, a mere leaf.] (Bot.) A species of pepper (Piper betle), the leaves of which are chewed, with the areca or betel nut and a little shell lime, by the inhabitants of the East Indies. It is a woody climber with ovate many- nerved leaves.
Bet"el*guese (bt"l*jz), n. [F. Bételgeuse, of Arabic origin.] (Astron.) A bright star of the first magnitude, near one shoulder of Orion. [Written also Betelgeux and Betelgeuse.]
Be"tel nut` (&?;). The nutlike seed of the areca palm, chewed in the East with betel leaves (whence its name) and shell lime.
||Bête" noire" (&?;). [Fr., lit. black beast.] Something especially hated or dreaded; a bugbear.
Beth*ab"a*ra wood` (&?;). (Bot.) A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian.
Beth"el (&?;), n. [Heb. b&?;th-el house of God.] 1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot. S. F. Adams.