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41 bet choleem
ben lo sai tu, che la sai tutta quanta [It], well knowest thou this, who
knowest the whole of it: Dante.
ben marcato [It], well marked; to be played with emphasis: music.
ben tetragono ai colpi di ventura [It], unflinching before fortune's
blows: Dante.
bentsh [Yiddish], to bless.
ben tornato [It], welcome home.
ben trovato [It], well found; well invented; characteristic, even if not
true.
ben venuto [It], welcome.
bercail [Fr], sheepfold; shelter; fig., paternal home; also, bosom of the
Church.
berceau [Fr], cradle; fig., source; infancy.
berceuse [Fr], lullaby; cradle song; soothing music.
Bereich [Ger], scope; sphere.
bereit [Ger], ready.
beret [Fr], rimless cap.
Berg [Ger; pi. Berge], mountain.
Bergschrund [Ger], lit., mountain cleft; deep crevasse in a mountain
glacier.
beriberi [Sing], nervous disease.
berline [Fr], closed carriage.
berloque [Fr]. Same as BRELOQUE: mil.
berrendo [Am Sp; fern, berrenda], the pronghorn: southwestern Texas.
berretta [It], cap; hat; biretta, as worn by Catholic priests. —berretta
in mano non fece mai danno, cap in hand never did harm; politeness
costs nothing.
berrettina or berrettino [It], small cap; specif., cardinal's scarlet skullcap.
berro [Sp], watercress.
bersagliere [It; pi. bersaglieri], Italian sharpshooter; member of famous
Italian military unit.
berserk [Old Norse], violent and frenetic; deranged.
berserker [Old Norse], warrior who fought with singular fury.
bertillonage [Fr], system of identification of criminals.
bésigue [Fr], bezique, a card game.
beso las manos [Sρ], I kiss your hands: a salutation.
beso los pies [Sp], I kiss your feet: a salutation.
besser ein halb Ei als eitel Schale [Ger], better half an egg than merely
a shell.
besser Rat kommt über Nacht [Ger], better counsel comes overnight:
Lessing.
besser was als gar nichts [Ger], better something than nothing at all.
besugo [Sp], buffalo fish: southwestern U.S.
bêta [Fr; fern, bêtasse], blockhead; simpleton: colloq.
bet choleem [Heb], lit., house of the sick; hospital.