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Meaning of beath | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

/biːð/

Definitions

To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
dialectal, transitive
To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
transitive

Examples

“And in his hand a tall young oake he bore, Whose knottie snags were sharpned all afore, And beath'd in fire for steel to be in sted”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

beathed beathing beaths beatificate beatificates beatified