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• bes
  bes

  noun

  beth.
• Bes
  Bes

  noun

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

  abbreviation

  Bachelor of Engineering Science.

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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bes Bes

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

The sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium.

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

The needles are made in accordance with the lesser weights, and each set corresponds to a bes, which, in our own vocabulary, is called a mark.

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

Then take a bes of the granules, or an equal weight of the leaves, and likewise take another bes in the same way.

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

Published Wednesday in Nature's Scientific Reports, the study sheds light on an ancient Egyptian mystery: The secret of how Bes mugs were used about 2,000 years ago.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 15, 2024

She escorted Matt Stanley, her client, and his Parisian date, Salomé Bes, 30, past the long lines at the museum’s entrance and toward the Code of Hammurabi.

From New York Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

Synonymous with music and dancing, depictions of Bes often adorned the walls of houses, or as amulets worn around the neck.

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019

Junior Kata Bes, a third-year Spanish student, said they learned so much more from being there.

From Washington Times ● May 1, 2015

For information as to Ammon, Anubis, Apis, Bes, Bubastis, Buto, Isis and Thoth, reference must be made to the special articles on these gods.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various