Vocabulary : Betty to Bevel

Betty : A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. ;; A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters. ;; A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.
Betulin : A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; -- called also birch camphor.
Betumble : To throw into disorder; to tumble.
Betumbled : of Betumble
Betutor : To tutor; to instruct.
Betutored : of Betutor
Between : In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. ;; Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. ;; Belonging in common to two; shared by both. ;; Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. ;; With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. ;; In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. ;; Intermediate time or space; interval.
Betwixt : In the space which separates; between. ;; From one to another of; mutually affecting.
Beurre : A beurre (or buttery) pear, one with the meat soft and melting; -- used with a distinguishing word; as, Beurre d'Anjou; Beurre Clairgeau.
Bevel : Any angle other than a right angle; the angle which one surface makes with another when they are not at right angles; the slant or inclination of such surface; as, to give a bevel to the edge of a table or a stone slab; the bevel of a piece of timber. ;; An instrument consisting of two rules or arms, jointed together at one end, and opening to any angle, for adjusting the surfaces of work to the same or a given inclination; -- called also a bevel square. ;; Having the slant of a bevel; slanting. ;; Hence: Morally distorted; not upright. ;; To cut to a bevel angle; to slope the edge or surface of. ;; To deviate or incline from an angle of 90, as a surface; to slant.
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