BETTY
Bet"ty, n.
1. Etym: [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. e., Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. e., Jane).]
Defn: A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. [Written also
bettee.]
The powerful betty, or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot.
2. Etym: [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth.]
Defn: A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; — called by chemists a Florence flask. [U. S.] Bartlett.
BETULIN
Bet"u*lin, n. Etym: [L. betula birch tree.] (Chem.)
Defn: A substance of a resinous nature, obtained from the outer bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), or from the tar prepared therefrom; — called also birch camphor. Watts.
BETUMBLE
Be*tum"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betumbled.]
Defn: To throw into disorder; to tumble. [R.]
From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak.