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

To one centumpondium of the alloy is added a bes or a libra and a third of the powder, according to whether it is more or less impure.

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

Thus the first and greatest unit of measurement, which is the bes, weighs twenty-four double sextulae.

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

The seventh method consists of heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth each of iron scales and filings, salt, stibium, and glass-galls.

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