To frighten; to strike with sudden fear; to alarm.
Fright; esp., sudden fright produced by a trifling cause, or
originating in mistake.
1. Made of hemp; as, a hempen cord. 2. Like hemp. "Beat into a hempen state." Cook.
The second letter of the Greek alphabet, B, b. See B, and cf. etymology of Alphabet. Beta (B, b) is used variously for classifying, as: (a) (Astron.)...
