Pronunciations
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/biːð/
Verb
To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
Usage- dialectal
- Transitive
- Examples
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And in his hand a tall young oake he bore, Whose knottie snags were sharpned all afore, And beath'd in fire for steel to be in sted
To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
Usage- Transitive