Bede \Bede\, n. (Mining) A kind of pickax. Bede \Bede\, v. t. [See {Bid}, v. t.] To pray; also, to offer; to proffer. [Obs.] --R. of Gloucester. Chaucer.
Bede n : (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) [syn: {Saint Bede}, {St. Bede}, {Baeda}, {Saint Baeda}, {St. Baeda}, {Beda}, {Saint Beda}, {St. Beda}, {the Venerable Bede}]