*beau*

n. A small flat curl worn on the temple by women. [ Humorous ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Buffet. ] A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. [ 1913 Webster ]

A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Biffin. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Meteor.) A scale of wind force devised by Sir F. Beaufort, R. N., in 1805, in which the force is indicated by numbers from 0 to 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The full scale is as follows: -- 0, calm; 1, light air; 2, light breeze; 3, gentle breeze; 4, moderate breeze; 5, fresh breeze; 6, strong breeze; 7, moderate gale; 8, fresh gale; 9, strong gale; 10, whole gale; 11, storm; 12, hurricane. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ F. beau beautiful + idéal ideal. ] A conception or image of consummate beauty, moral or physical, formed in the mind, free from all the deformities, defects, and blemishes seen in actual existence; an ideal or faultless standard or model. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a beau; characteristic of a beau; foppish; fine. “A beauish young spark.” Byrom. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. beau fine + monde world. ] The fashionable world; people of fashion and gayety. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. beau pére; beau fair + pére father. ] 1. A father. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A companion. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. beaucéant. ] The black and white standard of the Knights Templars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau. [ Jocular ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From beauty. ] an outstanding example of its kind; as, when I make a mistake it's a beaut.
Syn. -- beauty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of beauty; beautiful; very handsome. [ Mostly poetic ] -- Beau"te*ous*ly, adv. -- Beau"te*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Beautiful; embellished. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of making something more beautiful. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine.

-- Beau"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Beau"ti*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beautified p. pr. & vb. n. Beautifying. ] [ Beauty + -fy. ] To make or render beautiful; to add beauty to; to adorn; to deck; to grace; to embellish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The arts that beautify and polish life. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To adorn; grace; ornament; deck; decorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become beautiful; to advance in beauty. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of beauty. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Beauties [ OE. beaute, beute, OF. beauté, biauté, Pr. beltat, F. beauté, fr. an assumed LL. bellitas, from L. bellus pretty. See Beau. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An assemblage of graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the æsthetic faculty, or the moral sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty consists of a certain composition of color and figure, causing delight in the beholder. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The production of beauty by a multiplicity of symmetrical parts uniting in a consistent whole. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The old definition of beauty, in the Roman school, was, “multitude in unity;” and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A particular grace, feature, ornament, or excellence; anything beautiful; as, the beauties of nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the admired beauties of Verona. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Prevailing style or taste; rage; fashion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She stained her hair yellow, which was then the beauty. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty spot, a patch or spot placed on the face with intent to heighten beauty by contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., pl. of Beau. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } pos>n. [ F., fr. Baux or Beaux, near Arles. ] (Min.) A ferruginous hydrate of alumina. It is the most commonly used ore for the preparation of aluminum and alumina. It is also used for the lining of furnaces which are exposed to intense heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Bauxite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Flambeaux r Flambeaus [ F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame. ] A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Jambes. [ PJC ]

n. 1. (Ancient armor) See jambes.
Syn. -- greave. [ PJC ]

2. A type of spikefish of the Atlantic Ocean, Parahollardia lineata. [ PJC ]