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The male flower of begonia hinnilis have fometimes only 
two petals; and why may not a (imilar monftrolity happen 
in the female flowers ; Native of Malabar. 
23. Begonia repens ; Items creeping, rooting at the 
joints, leaves one-eared, peduncles axillary, long, many- 
flowered. Chevalier Lamarck deferibes this with white 
flowers, which according to Plunder's name fliould be 
pink. Native of St. Domingo. 
The two laft are juftly denominated objeure fpccies by 
Mr. Dryander, who adds alio the following. 
1. Acetofa Nigritarum feu Indorum l.ingat. Thiscomes 
very near to begonia malabarica, fo far as can be judged 
from the rude figure of father Kamel. 
2. In a volume of drawings in Sir Jofeph Banks’s library, 
made at Canton by a Chinefe, w ho had been inllrudled by 
the late Mr. Blake in the art of making botanical draw¬ 
ings, is a figure of a begonia, under the name tfou hoy tong, 
which is related to grandis, but differs in the leaves not 
being angulated, and the margin being equally ferrate. 
As only male flowers are reprefented in the drawiag, it is 
impoflible to determine it. 
3. Begonia rofeo flore, folio aurito minor et glabra. 
This is referred to begonia nitida by jacquin and Swartz : 
but Plunder was not in Jamaica, whence alone that fpe- 
cies has come to us: befides the epithet of minor is ill ap¬ 
plicable to fo tall a fhrub as that, which has as large leaves 
as any in the genus, except macropkylla and grandis. 
4. Begonia rofeo flore, foliis acutioribus, auritis et late 
crenatis. 
5. Rumex fylvellris fcandens, foliis cordato-angulatis 
ab altera parte majoribus. 
6. Totoncaxoxo coyollin. 7. Begonia obliqua. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants increafe readily 
by cuttings : and if kept in the bark-llove prove highly 
ornamental, being much efteemed both for the beauty of 
the flowers and the Angularity of the leaves. Where there 
is no bark-flove, they will be found to do very well over 
the flue of the dry ftove. 
BEGOT', or Begotten. Th tpa.rt.pajf. of the verb 
beget. —Remember that thou wall begot, of them. Ecclus. 
The firfl he met, Antiphates the brave, 
But bafe begotten on a Theban flave. Dryden. 
To BKGRE;A'SE, v. a. [from be and greefe.'] To foil or 
daw b with unthious or fat matter. 
To BEGRl'ME, v. a. [from be and grime. ] To foil with 
dirt deep irnprelfed ; to foil in fitch a manner that the na¬ 
tural hue cannot eafily be recovered : 
Her name that was as frefli 
As Dian’s vifage, is now begrim'd, and black 
As my own face. Shakefpeare. 
BEGUAR'DS, or Beghards, religious of the third 
order of St. Francis in Flanders. They were eftablifhed at 
Antwerp in 1228, and took St. Begghe for their patro- 
nefs, whence they had their name. From their firfl infti- 
tution they employed themfelves in making linen cloth, 
each fupporting himfelf by his own labour, and united 
only by the bonds of charity, without having any parti¬ 
cular rule. But, when pope Nicholas IV. had confirmed 
that of the third order of St. Francis in 12S9, they em¬ 
braced it the year following. They were greatly favoured 
by the dukes of Brabant, particularly John II. and III. 
who exempted them from all contributions and taxes. 
To BEGUI'I.E, v, a. [from be. and guile. ] To impofe 
upon ; to delude ; to cheat.—This I lay, lefl any man 
ftiould beguile yon with enticing words. Colojfians. —The 
ferpent me beguil'd and I did eat ! Milton. —To deceive ; 
to evade ; to amufe ; 
Sweet, leave me here awhile ; 
My fpirits grow dull, and fain I would beguile 
The tedious day with deep. Shakefpeare. 
BEGUI'NES, a congregation of religious or nuns found¬ 
ed either by St. Begghe, founder of the Beguards, or by 
Lambert le Begue ; of whom the former died about the 
B E H 
end of the 7th century, the latter about the end of. the 
x2th. They were eftablifhed firfl at Liege, and afterwards 
at Neville, in 1207 ; and from this laft lettlement fprang 
the great number of Beguinages, which are fpread over 
all Flanders, and which have pa (Teel from Flanders into 
Germany. In the latter country, foiue of thefe religious 
fell into extravagant eirors, persuading themfelves that it 
was' poflible, in the prelent life, to arrive at the higheft 
perfection, even to impeccability, and that there was no 
necellity, after this, either to obferve the falls of the 
church, or fubmit to the direction and laws of mortal 
men. There is fcarcely a town in the Low Countries, in 
which there is not a fociety of Beguines. Thefe focieries 
conlift of feveral houfes placed together in one inclolure, 
with one or more churches, according to the number of 
Beguines, There is in every houfea priorels, or miltrefs, 
without whofe leave they dare not ftir out. They, make a 
fort of vow', which is conceived in the following terms ; 
“ I, N. promife to be obedient ami ciiafle as long as I 
continue in this Beguinage.” They obferve a three years 
noviciate before they take the habit. The reilorof the 
parilh is fuperior of the Beguinage; and he does nothing 
without the advice of eight Beguines. They were for¬ 
merly habited in different ways ; fome in grey, others in 
blue ; but at prefent they all wear black. When they ‘>0 
abroad, they put on a black veil. 
BEHAL'F,/! [this word Skinner derives from half, and 
interprets it, for my half ; as, for my part. It feems rather 
to be corrupted front behoof, profit; the pronunciation de¬ 
generating ealily to behafe ; which, in imitation of other 
words fo founded, was written, by thole who knew not 
the etymology, be/iaf] Favour; caufe favoured : we fay 
in behalf, but for the lake. 
Were but my heart as naked to thy view, 
Marcus would fee it bleed in his behalf. Addifon. 
Vindication; fupport.—He might, in his prefence, defy 
all Arcadian knights, in the behalf of his miftrefs’s beau¬ 
ty. Sidney. 
BEHAM'BERG, a town Germany, in the archduchy 
of Aullria : three miles call of Steyr. 
BEHAMKIR'CHEN, a town of Germany, in the arch¬ 
duchy of Aullria : fix miles fouth-eaft of St. Polten. 
BETIAT, or Chelum, a river of Alia, in the coun¬ 
try of- the Seiks, which runs into the Chunaub, fourteen 
miles fouth of Koolhaub. 
To BEH A'VE, v. a. [from be and have. ] To carry; to 
conduct : tiled 'almoft always with the reciprocal pronoun. 
—Manifell iigns came from heaven unto thole that behaved 
themfelves manfully. 2 Maccabees.— -Wc fo live, and fo act, 
as if we were fecure of the final iftlie and event of things, 
however we may behave oufclvcs. Atlerbury. —It feems for¬ 
merly to have had the (enfe of, to govern ; to fubdue ; 
to difeipline ; but this is not now ufed: 
With fuch fuber and unnoted pafflorv 
He did behave his anger ere "twas fpent. 
As if he had but prov’d.an argument. Shakefpeare. 
To Behave, v. n. To a 61 ; to conduct one’s felf. It is 
taken either in a good or a bad ienfe ; as, lie behaved well 
or ill. 
BEH A'VIOUR, f. Manner of behaving one’s felf, whe¬ 
ther good or bad; manners; carriage, with refpefl to pro¬ 
priety. External appearance, with relpeCt to grace. Gef- 
ture ; manner of action, adapted to particular occalions. 
—When we make profellion of our faith, we Hand ; when 
we acknowledge our (ins, or feek unto God for favour, 
we fall down; becaufe the gefture of conltancy becometh 
us beft in the one, in the other the behaviour of humility. 
Hooker. —Elegance of manners; gracefulnefs.—The beau¬ 
tiful prove accomplilhed, but nut of great fpirit; and ftu- 
dy, for the mod part, rather behaviour than virtue. Bacon. 
—Condudl; general pradtice ; courfe of life.—To him, 
who hath a profpecl of the (late that attends men after 
this life, depending on their behaviour here, the meafures 
of good and evil are changed. Locke. 
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