Beeve

Beeve
Beeve Beeve, n. [Formed from beeves, pl. of beef.] A beef; a beef creature. [1913 Webster]

They would knock down the first beeve they met with. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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