Chaucer, beheste, id.
BEHO, BOHO, s. A laughing-stock. "To mak a boho" of any thing, to hold it up to ridicule, S. B.
Alem. huohe, ludibrium.
To BEHUFE, v. n. To be dependent on.
Douglas.
A. S. behof-ian, Belg. behoev-en, to stand in need of, egere, opus habere.
BEJAN CLASS, a designation given to the Greek class in the Universities of St Andrew's and Aberdeen; as, till of late, in that of Edinburgh. Hence, the students in this class are denominated Bejans.
Fr. bejaune, a novice, an apprentice, a young beginner in any science, art, or trade. Cotgr. derives bejaune from bec jaulne, literally a yellow beak or bill. Du Cange observes that L. B. bejaunus signifies a young scholar of any university, and bejaunium the festivity that is held on his arrival. The term is thus very emphatic, being primarily used in relation to a bird newly hatched, whose beak is of a deep yellow.
To BEJAN, v. a. When a new shearer comes to a harvest-field, he is initiated by being lifted by the arms and legs, and struck down on a stone on his buttocks; Fife. This custom has probably had its origin in some of our universities. It is sometimes called horsing.
BEIK, s. A hive of bees.
V. [Byke].
To BEIK, BEKE, BEEK, v. a.
1. To bask, S.
Barbour.
2. To warm, to communicate heat to.
Ramsay.
3. It is often used in a neuter sense, S.
Ywaine.