v. t. [ See Bid, v. t. ] To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [ Obs. ] R. of Gloucester. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A kind of pickax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedecked (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedecking. ] To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F., fr. Per. bād-āward, or bād-āwardag, prop., a kind of white thorn or thistle. ] A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosæ). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. bede prayer + E. house. See Bead, n. ] An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Beadhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Beadle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Beadleship. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The Abyssinian or Arabian ibex (Capra Nubiana). It is probably the wild goat of the Bible. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. -men A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whereby ye shall bind me to be your poor beadsman for ever unto Almighty God. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]