2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
3. A treat, or drink money. [Slang]
BEVILE
Bev"ile, n. Etym: [See Bevel.] (Her.)
Defn: A chief broken or opening like a carpenter's bevel. Encyc.
Brit.
BEVILED; BEVILLED
Bev"iled, Bev"illed, a. (Her.)
Defn: Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; — said of a partition line of a shield.
BEVY Bev"y, n.; pl. Bevies. Etym: [Perhaps orig. a drinking company, fr. OF. bevée (cf. It. beva) a drink, beverage; then, perh., a company in general, esp. of ladies; and last applied by sportsmen to larks, quails, etc. See Beverage.]
1. A company; an assembly or collection of persons, especially of ladies. What a bevy of beaten slaves have we here ! Beau. & Fl.
2. A flock of birds, especially quails or larks; also, a herd of roes.
BEWAIL
Be*wail", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bewailing.]