Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume AB

2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.

3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Bez`-ant"ler (?), n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes) + E. antler.] The second branch of a stag's horn.

Bez"el (bĕz"ĕl), n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi-.] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

Bé·zique" (b·zēk"), n. [F. bésigue.] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

Be"zoar (?), n. [F. bézoard, fr. Ar. bāzahr, bādizahr, fr. Per. pād-zahr bezoar; pād protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.

-- Bezoar antelope. See Antelope.

-- Bezoar goat (Zoöl.), the wild goat (Capra ægagrus).

-- Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. Ure.

Bez`o·ar"dic (?), a. [Cf. F. bézoardique, bézoartique.] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n. A medicine containing bezoar.

Bez`o·ar"tic (?), Bez`o·ar"tic·al (?), a. [See Bezoardic.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]

Be·zo"ni·an (?), n. [Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno.] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.