_To beit the fire_, or _beit the ingle_. To add fuel to the fire, S.
"_To beet_, to make or feed a fire." Gl. Grose.
_To beit a mister_, to supply a want, Loth.
2. To blow up, to inkindle, applied to the fire.
_Douglas._
3. To bring into a better state, by removing calamity or cause of sorrow.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bet-an_, _ge-bet-an_, to mend, to restore to the original state; Belg. _boet-en_; Isl. _bet-a_, Su. G. _boet-a_, id. _boet-a klaeder_, to repair or mend clothes. A. S. _bet-an fyr_, corresponds to the S. phrase mentioned above, struere ignem.
~Bett~, _part. pa._ Supplied.
_Wallace._
BEIT, _s._ An addition, a supply, S. B.
V. the _v._
BEITMISTER, _s._ That which is used in a strait, for supplying any deficiency; applied either to a person or to a thing; Loth.
V. ~Beit~, _v._ and ~Mister~.
_To_ BEKE, _v. a._ To bask.
V. ~Beik~.
BEKEND, _part._ Known; S. B. _bekent_.
_Douglas._
Germ. _bekaunt_, id. Teut. _be-kennen_, to know; A. S. _be-cunnan_, experiri.
BELCH, BAILCH, BILCH, _s._ (gutt.)
1. A monster.
_Douglas._
2. A term applied to a very l.u.s.ty person, S. B.
"_A bursen belch_, or _bilch_, one who is breathless from corpulence, q.
burst, like a horse that is broken-winded.
_Ross._
Teut. _balgh_, the belly; or as it is p.r.o.n. _bailg_, Moray, from Su.
G. _bolg-ia_, _bulg-ia_, to swell.
BELD, _adj._ Bald, without hair on the head, S.
V. ~Bellit~.
_Burns._
Seren. derives it from Isl. _bala_, planities. With fully as much probability might it be traced to Isl. _bael-a_, vastare, prosternere, to lay flat.
BELD, _s._ Pattern, model of perfection.
V. ~Beelde~.
BELD, _imperf. v._ Perhaps, took the charge of, or protected.
_Houlate._
Fr. _bail_, a guardian. In this sense it is nearly allied to E.
_bailed_, Fr. _bailler_, to present, to deliver up. As, however, we have the word _beild_, shelter, protection, _beld_ may possibly belong to a verb corresponding in sense.
BELD CYTTES, _s. pl._ Bald coots.
_Houlate._
The _bald coot_ receives its name from a _bald_ spot on its head. It is vulgarly called _bell-kite_, S.
BELDIT, _part. pa._ Imaged, formed.
V. ~Beelde~.
_Houlate._
Belg. _beeld-en_, Germ. _bild-en_, Sw. _bild-a_, formare, imaginari.
A. S. _bild_, _bilith_, Germ. Sw. _bild_, _belaete_, an image.
_To_ BELE, _v. s._ "To burn, to blaze."