[Benoîton], m., benoîtonne, f., people eccentric in their ways and style of dress. From a play of Sardou’s, La Famille Benoîton.
Benoîtonner, to live and dress after the style of the [Benoîtons] (which see).
Benoîtonnerie, f., style and ways of the Benoîtons.
[Beq], m. (engravers’), work.
Béquet, m. (shoemakers’), patch of leather sewn on a boot; (wood engravers’) small block; (printers’) a composition of a few lines; paper prop placed under a forme.
Béqueter (popular), to eat, “to peck,” or “to grub.”
Béquillard, m. (popular), old man, old “codger;” (thieves’) executioner.
Béquillarde, f. (thieves’), guillotine.
Béquille, f. (thieves’), gallows, “scrag.” Properly crutch.
Béquillé, m. (thieves’), hanged person, one who has “cut caper sauce.”