bes

¹ American  

[beys] / beɪs /

noun

1. beth.

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Bes ² American  

[bes] / bɛs /

noun

Egyptian Religion.

1. the patron deity of music, dancing, and children, represented as a hairy dwarf having a tail and wearing a lion's skin.

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B.E.S. ³ American  

abbreviation

1. Bachelor of Engineering Science.

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Bes British  

/ bɛs /

noun

1. an ancient Egyptian god represented as a grotesque hairy dwarf: the patron of music and pleasure

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Example Sentences

The possible has long been the domain of science fiction, a genre that thrives on could bes and not yets.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2016

“I does de bes I kin,” she said.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

Lastly, the Venetians divide the bes into eight unciae.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

If it is thoroughly purified it is very white, and in a bes there is only a drachma of impurities.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Some make twenty-five needles, in order to be able to detect the two scripula of silver or copper which are in a bes of gold.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius