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

Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a quarter of refined salt, one and a half unciae of saltpetre, an uncia of sal-ammoniac, and half an uncia of rock salt.

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

His "in-honor-ofs," and his "blessed bes" were known, not only in Kabtzonivke, but all over Kamenivke, and as for his singing—!

From Yiddish Tales by Various

The animal whose skin he wears is the cynaelurus guttatus, whose name is bes.

From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir