bee

name

1. A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice.
2. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Probably from Old English bēah (“ring”). Compare bow.

1. Any of the pieces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through.

verb

Etymology: Variant spellings.

1. Obsolete spelling of be.

   “held that a ‘Nicholaitan is an heretike, like Nicholas, who held that wiues should bee common to all alike.’”

2. past participle of be; been

   “His Lady sad to see his sore constraint, / Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee / Add faith vnto your force, and be not faint: / Strangle her, els she sure will strangle thee.”