A thing beyond us, even before our death.
Pope.
3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." Barrow.
Beyond any of the great men of my country.
Sir P. Sidney.
Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter.
1 Thess. iv. 6.
Be*yond" (&?;), adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.
Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.
Spenser.
Be*zant" (&?;), n. [See Byzant.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]
2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.
3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.
Bez`-ant"ler (&?;), n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes) + E. antler.] The second branch of a stag's horn.
Bez"el (bz"l), n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi-.] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.
Bé*zique" (b*zk"), n. [F. bésigue.] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.
Be"zoar (&?;), n. [F. bézoard, fr. Ar. bzahr, bdizahr, fr. Per. pd- zahr bezoar; pd protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.
Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.
Bezoar antelope. See Antelope. -- Bezoar goat (Zoöl.), the wild goat (Capra ægagrus). -- Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. Ure.
Bez`o*ar"dic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. bézoardique, bézoartique.] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n. A medicine containing bezoar.
{ Bez`o*ar"tic (&?;), Bez`o*ar"tic*al (&?;), } a. [See Bezoardic.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]
Be*zo"ni*an (&?;), n. [Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno.] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.
Great men oft die by vile bezonians.
Shak.
Bez"zle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bezzled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bezzling (&?;).] [OF. besillier, besiler, to maltreat, pillage; or shortened fr. embezzle. Cf. Embezzle.] To plunder; to waste in riot. [Obs.]