beath
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of beath
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(dialectal, transitive)To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
“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”
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verb
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(dialectal, transitive)To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
“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”
- (transitive)To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
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Etymology
From Middle English bethen, from Old English beþian, beþigean, beþþan, bæþþan (“to heat, warm, foment, wash, cherish; bathe”), from Proto-West Germanic *baþþjan, *baþigōn, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₁- (“to warm”). Cognate with Middle Dutch betten, bessen (“to moisten with hot water, humidify”).
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