Beaumont
['bəumɔnt]
Definition
(noun.) a city of southeastern Texas near Houston.
(noun.) English dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher (1584-1616).
(noun.) United States surgeon remembered for his studies of digestion (1785-1853).
Edited by Antony--From WordNet
Examples
- Did you see me play the methodist parson, in a tub, at Mrs. Beaumont's masquerade last Thursday? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- A year ago I sent some cream from Beaumont College dairy to the Rev. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The boys and teachers of Beaumont College drank milk preserved with it without distinguishing the taste or suffering any ill effects. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Another article which Father Porter sent me was an uncooked Jamaica pigeon; it was roasted at Beaumont College. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Beaumont Neilson, of Glasgow, and was covered by him in British patent No. 5,701 of 1828. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Beaumont’s discoveries in Digestion (Alexis San Martin 1825-32). Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Tom Sheridan would have liked to have copied it, when he played the methodist in a tub, at Mrs. Beaumont's masquerade. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The cream which rises will keep, and the skim-milk will remain sweet for several weeks; this I have tried in the dairy at Beaumont College. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
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