That which besets, surrounds, compasses, or affects; situation; circumstance.
verb
(archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
(obsolete except in set phrases) To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
(obsolete) To clothe, dress.
(rare, humoristic or faux-archaic) To go away, to disappear.
begs
begs
noun
plural of beg
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beg
belg
beng
berg
berg
noun
(chiefly South Africa) mountain
An iceberg.
bsge
cegb
egba
egbo
gabe
gelb
gerb
gerb
noun
A firework that produces a fountain of sparks
gibe
gibe
noun
Alternative spelling of gybe
Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”)
verb
Alternative spelling of jibe
greb
gybe
gybe
noun
(by extension) A sudden change in approach or direction; vacillation.
A manoeuvre in which the stern of a sailing vessel crosses the wind, typically resulting in the forceful and sudden sweep of the boom from one side of the vessel to the other.
A sudden shift of a sail's angle, or a sudden change in the direction that a vessel is sailing in.
Alternative spelling of jibe (“taunt”)
verb
(by extension, obsolete) Often as gybe at: to balk, hesitate, or vacillate when faced with a course of action, plan, or proposal.
(intransitive, nautical) Generally of a small sailing vessel: to change tack with the wind crossing behind the vessel.
(intransitive, nautical) Of a fore-and-aft sail or its boom: to shift, often forcefully and suddenly, from one side of a sailing vessel to the other.
(transitive, nautical) To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a sailing vessel to the other, while sailing before the wind.