单词 | bean |
释义 | beann. 1. A smooth, kidney-shaped, laterally flattened seed, borne in long pods by a leguminous plant, Faba vulgaris.The garden variety, or Broad-bean, is used, in its green state, as a culinary vegetable, esp. in Britain by the poorer classes, as in the proverbial ‘beans and bacon’; Field- and Horse-beans, when ripened to a brownish-black colour, are used as food for horses and cattle, and have also been made into bean-meal, used for coarse bread. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean beanc1000 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 84 Genim bean mela. c1325 Coer de L. 6004 Whete & ooten, pesen and bene. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. vi. 184 Lete hem ete..benes and bren ybaken togideres. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 762 A great bolle-full of benen were betere in his wombe. 1475 Bk. Noblesse 69 Benys, pesyn, and aveyn for horsmete. 1551 W. Turner New Herball 178 Beanes..are harde of digestion, and make troblesum dreames. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta i. 17 Bread made of Beanes is very drie. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4357/4 At Ham..are to be sold, Garden Beans, Gosport-Beans. 1832 E. Lankester Veg. Substances Food 218 In Barbary..stewed with oil and garlic, beans form..the principal food of persons of all classes. 2. The cultivated plant that bears this seed; it has fragrant violet-tinted white flowers, whence the often-mentioned ‘fragrance of the bean-fields’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant bean940 940 Chart. Eadmund in Cod. Dipl. V. 265 Of þistelleage to beanleage. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxiv. 953 Benes [1495 de Worde beenys] bereþ white floures. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Febve In Cuckoe-time when Beanes doe flower. 1728 J. Thomson Spring 25 Where the Breeze blows from yon extended Field Of blossom'd Beans. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. viii. 57 It will grow verily, like the Boy's Bean in the Fairy-Tale, heaven-high. 3. The plant and seed of the allied genus Phaseolus, of which the best-known species are the French, Kidney, or Haricot Bean ( P. vulgaris), and Scarlet Runner ( P. multiflorus). The unripe pods of both, and the ripe seeds of the former, are used as culinary vegetables. Navy bean: the dried haricot. pea bean: a small variety of it. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean bean1548 garden bean1557 the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > other beans bean1548 black bean1569 calavance1620 red bean1658 seven-year bean1666 lablab1670 Cajan1693 dal1698 adzuki1727 tick-bean1744 tick1765 toker1786 mash1801 Congo pea1812 stick bean1823 moog1840 moth1840 Lima1856 feijão1857 asparagus pea1859 mung1866 wall1884 Rangoon bean1903 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iiij Kydney, or arber beanes, because they serue to couer an arber for the tyme of Summer. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 140v The vertues of Kidney beanes. The fruyt is sodden wyth the sede, and it is eaten after the maner of a wurt or eatable herbe, as sperage is eaten. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) (at Bean) French, or Romane Beanes. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. ix. 341 She who has quietly shelled French-beans for her dinner. 4. Name given to the seeds of other plants, usually from some resemblance in shape to the common bean; e.g. Queensland bean n. Australian name for a tall climbing leguminous plant Entada scandens, bearing long scimitar-shaped pods, which are used to make match-boxes, snuff-boxes, etc.: the seed is also called match-box bean (see match n.2 Compounds 2) and scimitar-pod (see scimitar pod n. at scimitar n. Compounds 2). Leichhardt's bean n. = Queensland bean n. Egyptian bean n. the seed of the Lotus ( Nelumbium speciosum). Pythagorean bean n. = Egyptian bean n. bean of Molucca n. seed of Guilandina Bonducella. bean of St. Ignatius n. seed of Strychnos amara. Tonka bean n. the perfumed seed of Dipterix odorata; so too coffee-bean n., etc. See also buck-bean n., locust bean n. at locust n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding poison > upas tree or bean bean of St. Ignatiusa1398 Ignatius' Bean1751 ipoh1779 upas1814 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > water-lilies > part of lily crop1390 Pythagorean bean1483 Egyptian bean1551 lily-pad1843 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > non-British shrubs > [noun] > tropical > bonduc > seed of bean of Molucca1611 Molucca bean1675 Molucca nut1696 nicker1696 Virgin Mary's nut1703 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants, nuts, seeds, or fruits used as beads or vessels > [noun] > cacoon plant or bean sea-bean1696 cacoon1854 segra1864 sequa1866 scimitar pod1871 Queensland bean1889 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxiv. 955 Benes groweþ in Egipte wiþ scharpe prikkes... Such a bene is ten cubite longe wiþ an heed as a popy; and þerinne benes beþ yclosed and þat heed is reed as a rose. 1483 W. Caxton tr. A. Chartier Curial sig. iijv The benes of Pictagoras..gafe better sauour. 1551 W. Turner New Herball 123 The beane of Egipt is..astryngent. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Anacarde, th' East-Indian fruit called Anacardium, or Beane of Malaca. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 215 The St. Ignatius's bean..is prescribed by the native practitioners of India in cholera. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 351/1 The organic acids..of the coffee-beans. 1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 175 Entada scandens..‘Queensland Bean’. ‘Leichhardt Bean’. 5. a. Any object resembling a bean in shape. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [noun] > sphericity or globularity > spheroidicity > spheroid > object acornc1388 almonda1400 bean1561 egg1589 ovala1868 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 38v Take the beanes or hinderfallinges of Goates. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 274 The dryed beanes of a Cutle fish. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 106 Beans (Newcastle), small coals. b. The head. slang (originally U.S.). bean ball n. Baseball a ball pitched at the batter's head. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > [noun] nolleOE headOE topa1225 copc1264 scalpa1300 chiefc1330 crownc1330 jowla1400 poll?a1400 testea1400 ball in the hoodc1400 palleta1425 noddle?1507 costard?1515 nab?1536 neck1560 coxcomb1567 sconce1567 now1568 headpiece1579 mazer1581 mazardc1595 cockcomb1602 costrel1604 cranion1611 pasha1616 noddle pate1622 block1635 cranium1647 sallet1652 poundrel1664 nob1699 crany?1730 knowledge box1755 noodle1762 noggin1769 napper1785 garret1796 pimple1811 knowledge-casket1822 coco1828 cobbra1832 coconut1834 top-piece1838 nut1841 barnet1857 twopenny1859 chump1864 topknot1869 conk1870 masthead1884 filbert1886 bonce1889 crumpet1891 dome1891 roof1897 beanc1905 belfry1907 hat rack1907 melon1907 box1908 lemon1923 loaf1925 pound1933 sconec1945 nana1966 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > pitching > types of pitch change of pace1650 slow ball1838 passed ball1860 ball1863 rib roaster1864 called ball1865 low ball1866 wild pitch1867 curveball1875 short pitch1877 grass cutter1879 fastball1883 downshoot1886 lob ball1888 pitchout1903 bean ballc1905 spitball1905 screwball1908 spitter1908 sinker ball1910 fallaway1912 meatball1912 fireball1913 roundhouse1913 forkball1923 sinker1926 knuckle ball1927 knuckler1928 gofer1932 slider1936 sailer1937 junk1941 change up1942 eephus1943 junkball1944 split-finger(ed) fastball1980 change1982 c1905 C. Dryden Champion Athletics 16 While pitching Mr. Bender places much reliance on the bean ball. 1908 H. Green Maison de Shine 130 Pop swung on a guy an' come near knockin' his bean offa him. 1910 Evers & Fullerton Touching Second vi. 92 One of the greatest and most effective balls pitched is the ‘bean ball’. ‘Bean’ is baseball for ‘head’. 1912 A. H. Lewis Apaches N.Y. 20 Beat it, before I bump me black-jack off your bean! 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean x. 168 If these Dutchmen get nasty, bang their blighted beans together. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror ii. 63 Have I got to clump you one on the side of the bean? 6. Literary and proverbial uses:— a. in reference to a bean's small value; cf. straw n.1 7a. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 497 Al nas wurth a bene. c1325 Poem temp. Edw. II xlvii No rich man..dredeth God The worth of a bean. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 141 (Wright) To be corsed in consistorie She counted noght a bene [v.r. russhe]. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1483) i. xv. 9 Al my wyt auayleth nought a bene. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxxxiiij Thei set not by the Frenche kyng one bene. 1656 T. Hobbes Questions Liberty, Necessity & Chance 328 But all this will not advantage his cause the black of a Bean. b. in reference to the former use of beans in balloting. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > means of signifying choice > ball or bean ballot1549 ball1550 bean1579 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 352 He was one yeare mayer, or prouost of Athens..He came to it, by drawing of the beane. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 15 Abstaine from beanes, i.e. Intermeddle not in the affaires of State. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 58 To convey each man his bean or ballot into the box. c. in reference to the custom of appointing as King of the company on Twelfth-night, the man in whose portion of the cake the bean was found. [Lauder's reference appears to be to this, though he seems to have confounded the 16th cent. English bean ΚΠ 1556 W. Lauder Compend. Tractate Dewtie of Kyngis sig. A2v Thir kyngs yai ar, bot kyngs of bane. And schort wyl heir yare tyme be gane. 1592 Speech at Sudely 8 in J. Nichols Progresses Queen Elizabeth II Cut the cake: who hath the beane shall be kinge; and where the peaze is she shall be quene. 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Bb4v Beane's the King of the sport. 1652 J. Wright tr. J.-P. Camus Nature's Paradox iii. 53 Shee thought to triumph over all her Competitors and be Queen of the Bean. 1853 A. Soyer Pantropheon 55 The cake was often full of raisins among which one bean and one pea were introduced. d. in proverbial expressions. ΚΠ 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue ii. v. sig. Hii Alwaie the bygger eateth the beane. 1556 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbs Eng. Tounge (rev. ed.) i. x. sig. Biii Hunger makth hard beanes swete. ?a1600 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) iv. 45 It is not for Idlenis that men sowe beanes in the wind [i.e. labour in vain]. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 178 Euery Beane hath his blacke. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. ii.i. 90 Few men..who better knew how many blue beans it takes to make five. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Beans He knows how many beans make five, is a very common description of a cute, clever fellow. 1898 M. Beerbohm Around Theatres (1924) I. 25 You say you've never heard How many beans make five? It's time you knew a thing or two—You don't know you're alive! 1958 ‘A. Gilbert’ Death against Clock vi. 86 Mr. Crook knew how many beans make five. e. Slang phrases: not to know beans (U.S.): not to know something, to be not well informed; not to care beans (U.S.), not to care at all; a hill of beans (originally U.S.): a thing of little value (cf. sense 6a); to spill the beans (see spill v.); to be full of beans: to be full of energy, and in high spirits (cf. beany adj. 1) (see also quot. 1874); to give (a person) beans (originally U.S.): to deal severely with, to punish heavily; so to get beans; old bean (cf. old adj. Compounds 5b), a familiar form of address. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [verb (intransitive)] to put in no chaloir1477 not to care1490 to let the world wag (as it will)c1525 not to care a chip1556 to hang loose (to)1591 (to bid, care, give) a fig, or fig's end for1632 not to careor matter a farthing1647 not to care a doit1660 (not) to care twopencea1744 not to give a curse (also damn)1763 not to care a dump1821 not to care beans1833 not to care a darn1840 not to give a darn1840 not to care a straw (two, three straws)1861 not to care (also give) a whoop1867 (to care) not a fouter1871 not to care (or give) a toss1876 not to give (also care) a fuck1879 je m'en fiche1889 not to care a dit(e)1907 je m'en fous1918 not to give a shit1918 to pay no nevermind1946 not to give a sod1949 not to give (also care) a monkey's (fuck)1960 not to give a stuff1974 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)] > abound with energy to be full of beans1833 zing1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > know nothing to say (also know) neither buff nor stye?a1750 to know little (or nothing) and care less1783 not to know beans1833 not to have the remotest1864 (not) to know from nothing1933 not to know shit from Shinolaa1948 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > that which is unimportant > of little worth ivy-leafc1000 needle?c1225 sloec1250 peasea1275 strawc1290 bean1297 nutc1300 buttonc1330 leekc1330 trifle1375 cress1377 goose-wing1377 sop1377 niflec1395 vetcha1400 a pin's head (also point)c1450 trump1513 plack1530 toy1530 blue point1532 grey groat1546 cherry-stone1607 jiggalorum1613 candle-enda1625 peppercorn1638 sponge1671 sneeshing1686 snottera1689 catchpenny1705 potato1757 snuff1809 pinhead1828 traneen1837 a hill of beans1863 gubbins1918 society > authority > punishment > [verb (intransitive)] > receive punishment > be punished severely to buy the bargain dear1352 smart1534 sweata1625 to nap it1699 to get it1805 to catch or get Jesse1839 to get (also catch, take) it in the neck1881 to get beans1893 to get (also do) the book1928 the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 1833 A. Greene Life & Adv. D. Duckworth II. 66 He don't know beans. 1855 Yale Literary Mag. 20 192 Whatever he knows of Euclid and Greek, In Latin he don't know beans. 1857 Knickerbocker Feb. 138 I don't care beans for the railroad. 1863 ‘E. Kirke’ My Southern Friends v. 80 I..karn't take Preston's note—'taint wuth a hill o' beans. 1888 Chicago Herald One has to know beans to be successful in the latest Washington novelty for entertainment at luncheons. 1901 W. N. Harben Westerfelt 5 He didn't care a hill o' beans fer no gal. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xii. 216 He wasn't a hill of beans to her. 1926 D. H. Lawrence Let. 4 Jan. (1962) II. 876 Saying my say and seeing other people sup it up doesn't amount to a hill o' beans, as far as I go. f. Formerly, a sovereign or a guinea; now only in phraseological use, a coin, a bit of money ( not a bean, no money whatever, not a cent). slang. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > [noun] > a coin minteOE minteOE crossc1330 coinc1386 cross and (or) pilea1393 penny1394 croucha1420 penny1427 piece1472 metal1485 piecec1540 stamp1594 quinyie1596 cross and pilea1625 numm1694 ducat1794 bean1811 dog1811 chinker1834 rock1837 pocket-burner1848 spondulicks1857 scale1872 chip1879 ridge1935 1811 Lexicon Balatronicum Bean, a guinea. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood III. iii. vi. 34 As yellow as a bean. 1837 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood (rev. ed.) xxviii. 245 Offering a bean to half a quid (in other words, a guinea to a half-guinea). 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold v. vi ‘Here's some of the beans,’ he continued figuratively, as he drew five sovereigns from the same pocket. 1903 A. Adams Log of Cowboy xii. 80 Flood, who had anteed up his last bean. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song ii. iv They..never saved a bean, having no beans to save. 1928 D. L. Sayers Unpleasantness at Bellona Club iii None of the Fentimans ever had a bean, as I believe one says nowadays. Compounds C1. General relations. a. Objective with agent-noun or verbal noun. bean-setter n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > planting of specific plant or crop > [noun] > one who bean-setter1824 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 25 Troops of stooping bean-setters. bean-setting n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > planting of specific plant or crop > [noun] corn-planting1809 bean-setting1824 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 26 What work bean-setting is! b. Instrumental. (a) bean-election n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [noun] > using beans bean-election1820 1820 Edinb. Rev. 34 303 The folly of the bean-election. (b) bean-fed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > in easy circumstances fat1526 bean-fed1889 sitting pretty1915 1889 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea vi, in Wks. (1900) I. 289 The bean-fed, well-groomed subaltern with the light coat and fox-terrier. c. Similative. (a) bean-ore n. ΚΠ 1816 J. Mawe Descr. Catal. Minerals (ed. 2) 13 There are several other Oxides of Iron described by authors, but they may be referred to some of the varieties already noticed; such are Pea Ore, Bean Ore, Kidney Ore, &c. (b) bean-shaped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [adjective] > kidney-shaped nephroideous1682 reniform1745 kidney-shaped1758 kidney form1794 bean-shaped1836 nephroid1849 1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 530/2 A kidney or bean-shaped hole called foramen ovale. d. (a) Attributive (of the seed). bean-bread n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > other types of bread sergeant-loafa1348 clear-matin1362 bean-breadc1380 French bread1420 pease-breada1425 bran-breadc1425 grey breadc1430 angels' breadc1440 dough bread?a1500 baker's bread?1550 acorn bread1571 cart-bread1574 chapter-bread1600 diet-bread1617 ember-bread1681 buff coat1688 bust-coat1706 Picentine bread1712 chestnut-bread1814 naan1828 gluten-bread1846 to-bread1854 batch-bread1862 injera1868 coffee cake1879 pan dulce1882 quick bread1882 sour bread1884 Tommy1895 focaccia1905 hard-dough bread1911 hush puppy1918 potica1927 spoon bread1932 bake1933 pitta1936 hard-dough1966 pain de campagne1970 pocket bread1973 ciabatta1985 pain au levain1985 levain1991 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 61 Þei myȝtten vnneþe before haue bene-bred & watir or feble ale. bean-broth n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > soup with pulses lentil-pottage1649 bean-broth1702 pea soup1703 pease-soup1706 lentil-broth1820 lentil-soup1820 bean-soup1837 1702 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 23 1207 Bean, or Mandarin Broth..made of the Seed of Sesamum. bean-corn n. bean-diet n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > diet > [noun] > specific diets Lessian diet1646 milk-diet1671 flesh-diet1731 meagre1770 bean-diet1820 mono-diet1920 Hay diet1925 Mediterranean diet1928 Atkins1972 slim1977 F Plan Diet1982 1820 T. Mitchell tr. Aristophanes Knights in tr. Aristophanes Comedies I. 161 One much giv'n To a bean-diet. Thesaurus » bean-flour n. bean-meal n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > bean-meal lomentc1420 puffins1587 bean-meal1847 c1000 Sax. Leechd. II. 84 Genim Bean mela. 1847 Gardeners' Chron. 144 The fitness of Bean-meal for cheap bread. bean-porridge n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > porridges > [noun] polentaOE papelotec1400 pottagea1500 crowdy-mowdy?a1513 drowsen1519 pease porridge?1548 plum pottage1574 sowens1582 grout1587 orgementa1590 plum porridge1591 loblolly1597 pease pottage1600 girt-brew1620 washbrew1620 lentil-porridge1622 hominy1630 porridgea1643 samp1643 nettle-pottage1659 nettle-porridge1661 crowdie1668 suppawn1670 mush1671 rockahominy1674 stirabouta1691 praiseach1698 sagamité1698 brochan1700 atole1716 burgoo1750 purry1751 fungee1789 pepper porridge1803 kasha1808 mamaliga1808 skilligalee1819 bean-porridge1821 skilly1839 sap porridge1842 corn-mush1846 oatmeal mush1850 pap1858 ugali1860 oatmeal1873 mealie-meal1880 mealie-pap1880 uji1889 sadza1899 nsima1907 putu papa1910 posho1927 putu1949 ogi1957 whey-porridge- 1821 R. B. Thomas Farmer's Almanack 1822 2–6 June Uncle Jeremy..never turned up his nose at a bowl of bean-porridge. 1878 B. F. Taylor Between Gates 286 Two days more would..ripen bean-porridge to the fine perfection of ‘nine days old’. bean-soup n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > soup or pottage > [noun] > soup with pulses lentil-pottage1649 bean-broth1702 pea soup1703 pease-soup1706 lentil-broth1820 lentil-soup1820 bean-soup1837 1837 J. C. Neal Charcoal Sketches (1838) 98 Hollering oysters and bean soup has guv' me a splendid voice. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. xvi. 169 A stock of concentrated bean-soup was cooked. bean-water n. (b) Of the plant. bean chaff n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant > stubble or chaff of bean chaffc1420 bean-brush1677 bean-stubble1742 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 110 Two basketfull of bene chaf. bean-field n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > bean-land or -field bean-land1744 bean-field1870 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 454 Thy soft breezes blow Sweet with the scent of beanfields far away. bean-flower n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant > stalk or blossom bean-flower1610 beanstalk?c1800 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iv. viii. 164 Brutus..kept her feast..with beane-flowre, and bacon. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 25 The distilled water of bean-flowers. bean-haulm n. bean-honey n. bean-husk n. bean-land n. [Old English bēan-land] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > bean-land or -field bean-land1744 bean-field1870 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. iv. 48 Keeping the Bean-land clear of the Thistle. 1960 Times 5 July Agric. Suppl. iii/4 The traditional wheat and beanlands—now usually minus the beans—no longer produce the highest yields. bean-plant n. ΚΠ 1883 Culture of Veg. & Flowers (Sutton & Sons) 271 The Bean Aphis...the Bean Plant Louse, or Black Dolphin. bean-plot n. bean-pod n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-pod(s) bean-cod1615 bean-hull1647 bean-pod1733 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xli. 348 Here is free access even to the minutest part of the Stalk-blossom or Bean-pod. 1913 D. H. Lawrence Love Poems 37 You..who fall to earth At last like a bean-pod. bean-rick n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick moweOE rickeOE pease-ricka1325 stackc1330 tassc1330 rucka1382 hayrick14.. haystack14.. sedge reekc1440 hay-mow1483 hay-goaf1570 rack1574 hovel1591 scroo1604 mow-stack1611 sow1659 corn-rick1669 bean-rick1677 barley-mow1714 pea rick1766 rickle1768 bike1771 stacklet1796 bean-stack1828 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 18 His Creditors crowd to him as Pigs do..to a Bean and Peas Rick. bean-row n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [noun] > vegetables or pot-herbs > beans > row of beans bean-row1890 1890 W. B. Yeats Lake Isle of Innisfree i Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee. bean-season n. bean-seed n. [Old English bēan-sǣd] ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-seed bean-seed1744 1744 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Jan. iv. 46 They begin..to sow their Bean-seed in two Forms or Methods. 1934 J. B. S. Haldane & J. S. Huxley Animal Biol. x. 218 The weights of bean-seeds. bean-stack n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > storage or preservation of crops > [noun] > stacking or ricking > stack or rick moweOE rickeOE pease-ricka1325 stackc1330 tassc1330 rucka1382 hayrick14.. haystack14.. sedge reekc1440 hay-mow1483 hay-goaf1570 rack1574 hovel1591 scroo1604 mow-stack1611 sow1659 corn-rick1669 bean-rick1677 barley-mow1714 pea rick1766 rickle1768 bike1771 stacklet1796 bean-stack1828 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 91 The obstinate bird ran away behind a bean-stack. bean-stubble n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant > stubble or chaff of bean chaffc1420 bean-brush1677 bean-stubble1742 1742 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman June iii. 27 To prepare a Bean-stubble for Turneps. 1840 C. Howard Farming at Ridgemont 138 in Brit. Husbandry (Libr. Useful Knowl.) III The process of cultivation as thus described on fallow lands, is pursued in the same manner when the wheat has been sown on..a bean-stubble. bean-wood n. e. In the names of various machines for harvesting field beans and preparing them for use, as bean-harvester, bean-mill, bean-sheller, bean-thresher. ΚΠ 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Bean-mill. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 257/2 Bean-harvester..Bean-sheller. C2. Special combinations. bean-belly n. a great eater of beans, a nickname of dwellers in Leicestershire. ΚΠ 1659 E. Leigh Eng. Descr. 114 Leicestershire..yeeldeth great abundance of Peas and Beans..insomuch that there is an old by-word..Leicestershire Bean-Belly. bean-brush n. the stubble of beans. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant > stubble or chaff of bean chaffc1420 bean-brush1677 bean-stubble1742 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 240 Ploughing in the bean-brush at All-Saints. bean-butter n. a dish made from unshelled beans. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > preparations of pulses bean-butter1552 tofu1704 succotash1751 baked beans1798 chana1838 Boston baked beans1853 accra1864 vada1882 bean cake1887 soy cheese1890 chana dal1895 soybean curd1895 refried beans1897 soya1897 natto1899 bean paste1904 bean curd1909 soya bean curd1911 soy1945 hummus1955 tempeh1966 tarka dal1984 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Beane butter, conchis. bean cake n. a material consisting of compressed beans, or some substitute, deprived of oil, used in China as a food and fertilizer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > preparations of pulses bean-butter1552 tofu1704 succotash1751 baked beans1798 chana1838 Boston baked beans1853 accra1864 vada1882 bean cake1887 soy cheese1890 chana dal1895 soybean curd1895 refried beans1897 soya1897 natto1899 bean paste1904 bean curd1909 soya bean curd1911 soy1945 hummus1955 tempeh1966 tarka dal1984 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > fertilizing or manuring > [noun] > use of other natural fertilizers > other natural fertilizers marl1280 pomacec1450 cod's head1545 buck-ashes1563 bucking-ashes1577 guano1604 greaves1614 rape cake1634 muck1660 wool-nipping1669 willow-earth1683 green dressing1732 bone flour1758 bone powder1758 poudrette1764 bone dust1771 green manure1785 fish-manure1788 wassal1797 lime-rubbish1805 Bude sand1808 bone1813 cancerine1840 inch-bones1846 bonemeal1849 silver sand1851 fish guano1857 food1857 terramare1866 kainite1868 fish-flour1879 soil1879 fish-scrap1881 gas lime1882 bean cake1887 inoculant1916 1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 733/2 Bean-cake..is also imported in large quantities from New-chwang, Chefoo [etc.]. bean-caper n. English name of the genus Zygophyllum, South African plants with fleshy leaves and flowerbuds used as capers. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > yielding condiments or used in food preparation > [noun] > other plants yielding condiments bean-caper1597 Hercules' club1882 koniak1884 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 750 Called after the Latine, Beane Caper. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-pod(s) bean-cod1615 bean-hull1647 bean-pod1733 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels from specific country or region > [noun] > types of regional vessel > in Spain or Portugal zabra1523 bean-cod1769 mulet1867 c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Luke (Corpus Cambr.) xv. 16 His wambe gefyllan of þam bean-coddum [v.r. bien-coddun; Lindisf. G. bean-bælgum; Hatton G. bean-coddan.] 1615 G. Markham Eng. House-wife (1668) ii. ii. 52 A good simple Sallet is Camphire, Bean cods, Sparagus, and Cucumbers. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Bean-cod, a small fishing-vessel..extremely sharp forward, having its stem bent inward above into a great curve. Categories » bean-crake n. local name of the Corncrake. bean curd n. a thick jelly or paste made from beans, eaten in north China and adjacent countries. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > preparations of pulses bean-butter1552 tofu1704 succotash1751 baked beans1798 chana1838 Boston baked beans1853 accra1864 vada1882 bean cake1887 soy cheese1890 chana dal1895 soybean curd1895 refried beans1897 soya1897 natto1899 bean paste1904 bean curd1909 soya bean curd1911 soy1945 hummus1955 tempeh1966 tarka dal1984 1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Bean curd. 1967 O. Wynd Walk Softly vii. 110 The cry of the bean-curd seller. bean-dolphin n. the aphis or plant-louse of the bean. bean-fed adj. figurative living on the best of everything. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [adjective] > fed > fed in specific way pen-fedc1400 stall-feda1555 mast-fed1566 grass-fed1575 bean-fed1590 soiled1608 corn-fed1787 summered1804 pair-fed1951 zero-grazed1958 1590 R. Harvey Plaine Percevall sig. D4v Forehorse of my beanefed Teeme. bean-fly n. a beautiful insect, of pale purple colour, found on beans. bean-hull n. (also Scottishbean hool) a bean-pod. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-pod(s) bean-cod1615 bean-hull1647 bean-pod1733 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 259 Give me a beane-hull. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 135 He shall hide himself in a bean-hool, if he remains on Scottish ground without my finding him. bean metal n. Salt-mining marl in the form of granules (cf. beany metal at beany adj. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > kind of earth or soil > [noun] > marl > bean marl beany marl or metal1886 bean metal1892 1892 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 263 A shaft is sunk till the ‘flag’ or ‘bean metal’ has been pierced. bean-mouse n. name given to the Long-tailed Field-mouse. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > superfamily Myomorpha (mouse, rat, vole, or hamster) > [noun] > family Muridae > genus Apodemus (field-mouse) mygalea1382 field mouse?1440 ranny1559 hardishrew1601 wood mouse1601 nossro1686 bean-mouse1766 St. Kilda mouse1899 Fair Isle1906 1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. i. 49 They are called bean mice, from the havoke they make among beans when first sown. bean oil n. oil expressed from beans in the manufacture of bean cake, used as an illuminant. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > oils burnt in Camphine1842 bean oil1908 1908 Westm. Gaz. 15 Oct. 13/2 According to reports from Chefoo,..Bean-oil is giving place to kerosene. bean paste n. = bean curd n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared vegetables and dishes > [noun] > preparations of pulses bean-butter1552 tofu1704 succotash1751 baked beans1798 chana1838 Boston baked beans1853 accra1864 vada1882 bean cake1887 soy cheese1890 chana dal1895 soybean curd1895 refried beans1897 soya1897 natto1899 bean paste1904 bean curd1909 soya bean curd1911 soy1945 hummus1955 tempeh1966 tarka dal1984 1904 R. J. Farrer Garden of Asia 146 Buns stuffed with the cloying mustiness of bean-paste. beanpole n. one used for beans to twine round, figurative a lanky fellow. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > stake for plants fork1389 incrementc1420 stakingc1440 stay1577 stick1577 bean-wood1584 pea stick1745 beanpole1798 stickings1800 bean-stick1823 pea-stake1840 flower-stick1881 pea-bough1885 trainer2004 the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and thinness > person lungis1572 gangrel1582 slangrel1592 maypole1600 slangam1611 mackerel-back1674 spider-catcher1699 gilly-gaupus?1719 tangle1778 beanpole1798 windlestraw1818 lankyc1863 narrowback1921 leptosome1931 string-bean1936 streak1941 1798 T. B. Hazard Diary 10 May (1930) 210/2 I dugd up Dung for to Put on the Garden and gott Bean and Pee Poles. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 137 Mr. Jehiel, a bean-pole of a lawyer. 1900 E. Brucken N. Amer. Forests 61 Hop poles, bean poles, Christmas trees. bean-shatter n. ? bird-scarer. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > sowing and planting equipment > [noun] > bird-scarer scarlec1440 scare1530 blencher1531 shail1531 fray-boggard1535 crow-keeper1562 malkinc1565 clacket1594 scarecrow1606 clap-mill1613 field keeper1620 shaw-fowl1621 bean-shatter1639 clapper1660 dudman1670 clack1678 hobidy-booby?1710 worricow1711 cherry-clapper1763 flay-crake1788 potato-bogle1815 cherry-clack1824 feather-piea1825 flay-crow1824 gally-baggar1825 gally-crow1825 bogle1830 tatie-bogle1838 shewel1888 scare-string1889 1639 J. Shirley Ball iv. sig. F3v To Fright away crowes, and keepe the corne, beaneshatter. bean-shooter n. U.S. ‘a toy for shooting beans, shot, or other small missiles; a pea-shooter’ ( Cent. Dict. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1890 Congress. Rec. Mar. 1920/1 Some boy, with a bean-shooter..struck Mr. Benjamin. bean-shot copper n. that obtained in rounded grains, by pouring it, when melted, into hot water. bean sprouts n. (plural) the edible sprouting seeds of any of several varieties of legume (esp. the mung bean), used cooked or raw, originally in Chinese cookery; occasionally in singular. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > pulse > [noun] > bean > bean sprout bean sprouts1921 1921 China Med. Jrnl. 35 428 The mung bean sprout..has a larger calcium content than the original bean. 1922 Jrnl. Home Econ. 14 65 The soybean..is the source of a large number of products... The most important are the bean milk, bean curd, bean sauce (soy), bean sprouts, bean oil and bean cake. 1958 Catal. County Stores (Taunton) June 16 Chinese..Bean sprouts..a tin 1/7½, 2/4. 1984 M. Polunin New Cookbk. 18 Mustard and cress and beansprouts have the advantage that they are growing—and maintaining their food value—right up to the moment you eat them. beanstalk n. the stem of the bean-plant: so called in the fairy-tale of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > bean-plant > stalk or blossom bean-flower1610 beanstalk?c1800 ?c1800 (title) The Surprising History of Jack and the Bean Stalk. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. i. 74 Jack's beanstalk was nothing to it. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > stake for plants fork1389 incrementc1420 stakingc1440 stay1577 stick1577 bean-wood1584 pea stick1745 beanpole1798 stickings1800 bean-stick1823 pea-stake1840 flower-stick1881 pea-bough1885 trainer2004 1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 54 Thrust a bean-stick into the ground. bean-straw n. the dried stems of the bean-plant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animal food > [noun] > fodder > hay or straw hayc825 strawc1000 pease-strawa1325 bean-strawc1386 hard meat1481 quitch?1523 meadow1557 pease-bolt1573 salt hay1648 stover1669 barley-straw1678 marsh hay1728 pea straw1735 chaff1772 long forage1794 bog-hay1799 bhusa1829 peavine hay1846 tibbin1900 slough hay1934 c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 178 [A] woman thirty yere of age..is but bene-straw. bean-vine n. common name of Phaseolus diversifolius. See also bean-feast n., bean-goose n., bean-tree n., bean-trefoil n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > pulses or plants producing pulses > [noun] > bean > other types of bean-plant horse-bean1684 Angola pea1756 pole bean1770 Congo pea1812 Canavalia1828 no-eye pea1837 overlook1837 bean-vine1838 asparagus-bean1856 sword-bean1875 jack bean1885 horse-gram1886 winged bean1910 tepary1912 adzuki1914 siratro1962 1838 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 27 July in Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 88 Bean vines &c running up round the doors. bean weevil n. any of various small beetles of the subfamily Bruchinae (family Chrysomelidae), spending most of their lives inside a single bean seed; also called seed beetle.Formerly placed in their own family, Bruchidae. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Phytophaga or Chrysomeloidea > family Bruchiidae or Lariidae > member of genus Bruchus > bruchus varicornis (bean-weevil) seed beetle1771 bean weevil1870 bruchid1890 1870 in Mass. Agric. Rep. i. 370 I sent specimens of the bean weevil..to Dr. G. A. Horn..who pronounces it to be..a native species (B. varicornis of Leconte). 1959 E. F. Linssen Beetles Brit. Isles II. 176 (title) Phytophaga, Bruchidae—Pea ‘Weevils’ and Bean ‘Weevils’. bean-wood n. = beanpole n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > equipment and buildings > [noun] > stake for plants fork1389 incrementc1420 stakingc1440 stay1577 stick1577 bean-wood1584 pea stick1745 beanpole1798 stickings1800 bean-stick1823 pea-stake1840 flower-stick1881 pea-bough1885 trainer2004 1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. Miiij Some bucklit on a benwod, & some on a bene. Draft additions July 2011 bean aphid n. (more fully black bean aphid) a black or dark green aphid, Aphis fabae, which is a common pest of many cultivated plants. ΚΠ 1905 Farmers' Bull. (Orange River Colony Dept. Agric.) No. 8 14 Pea and Bean aphids. 1951 C. L. Metcalf & W. P. Flint Destructive & Useful Insects (ed. 3) xx. 827 Species of importance in the flower garden include: bean aphid, Aphis fabae. 1967 T. Lewis & L. R. Taylor Introd. Exper. Ecol. iv. 180 Aggregation and regular migration can both be clearly seen in the life cycle of the Black Bean Aphid, Aphis fabae..in U.K. 2009 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 1 June 88 With your runner beans, for example, black bean aphids like nasturtiums even more than they like beans, so planting nasturtiums nearby can be an effective measure. bean aphis n. now rare = bean aphid n. ΚΠ 1796 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties (ed. 2) II. 386 Smother fly; the bean aphis. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses xii. 244 The bean or dock aphis (Aphis rumicis) is probably our most common and abundant plant louse. 1965 J. D. Carthy Behaviour of Arthropods vii. 96 The bean aphis..makes such movements from spindle trees to bean plants in the spring and in the reverse way in the autumn. Draft additions July 2011 bean beetle n. any of various beetles which feed on bean plants; esp. a bean weevil (family Chrysomelidae), or (in North America) the Mexican bean beetle, Epilachna varivestis. ΚΠ 1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Agric. 340 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 2) VI Bruchidæ, (the pea and bean beetles). Peas and beans are often inoculated in the field by a group of beetles, called improperly ‘bugs’ by farmers. 1889 U.S. Bureau Entomol. 20/1 Natural enemies of the bean beetle have not been a factor in the control of this insect in any part of this country. 1931 K. M. Smith Textbk. Agric. Entomol. ix. 131 These beetles are known variously as Bean Beetles, Broad Bean Beetles and, erroneously, as Pea and Bean Weevils. 1990 Monographiae Biol. 65 230 The bean beetle (Anthoscelides obtectus) with its..unique use of two habitats..is a very exciting model to study colonization by insects. 2001 Org. Gardening May 71/1 If hordes of Mexican bean beetles are defoliating your wax beans, you can bet that nearby mantises will be munching beetles. Draft additions September 2013 beanburger n. a burger made from (esp. kidney) beans and other vegetables, rather than from meat; such a burger served in a bread roll. ΚΠ 1943 Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 4 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) XXXVIII. 225/2 Tetley beanburger soy dinner mix. 1966 Observer 13 Feb. (Suppl.) 28/1 Brunchbars (have a beanburger?) have made their appearance. 1993 R. Lowe & W. Shaw Travellers 132 That first year I mainly sold beanburgers. 2007 BBC Good Food: Vegetarian Summer 50/1 My beanburgers are nutritious, delicious and the kids love to prepare them. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2022). beanv. slang (chiefly U.S.). transitive. To hit on the head. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > severely visita1382 to-punisha1400 overpunisha1639 to give (a person) hell1836 to give a person what for1852 slate1854 to give it in the neck1881 to come down1888 bean1910 scrub1911 cane1925 to gie (or give) (someone) laldy1935 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking on specific part of the body > strike on specific part of body [verb (transitive)] > on the head mazer1596 mazard1616 nope1684 snabble1725 crown1746 jow1802 nob1811 bean1910 skull1945 1910 Amer. Mag. 398/2 He is in extreme danger of being ‘beaned’, which, in baseball, means hit in the head. 1924 P. G. Wodehouse Bill the Conqueror v. 93 Why did you not bean him with a shoe before he could make his getaway? 1939 C. Morley Kitty Foyle xii. 124 She was beaned by a copy of A Girl of the Limberlost that fell from the third floor. 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