beche
91tête-bêche — [tet′besh′] adj. [Fr < tête, head + bêche, contr. < béchevet, the head of one at the feet of the other (in bed)] designating a pair of postage stamps printed, purposely or in error, so that one is inverted in relation to the other …
92tête-bêche — (ˈ)tāt|bāsh adjective Etymology: French, noun, pair of inverted stamps, from tête head + bêche, short for obsolete French bechevet double bedhead, from French bes (from Latin bis ) + chevet bedhead, chevet more at …
93tête-bêche — adjective Etymology: French, noun, pair of inverted stamps, from tête head + bêche, alteration of Middle French bechevet head against foot Date: circa 1913 of or relating to a pair of stamps inverted in relation to one another either through a… …
94De la Bèche — (spr. bǟsch ), Sir Henry Thomas, Geolog, geb. 1796 in London, gest. 13. April 1855, machte, nachdem er eine Zeitlang im Militärdienst gestanden, 1819 eine geologische Reise durch die Schweiz und Italien, unternahm dann mit Conybeare in England… …
95tête-bêche — /tet besh /, adj. Philately. of or pertaining to a pair of stamps that have been printed with one stamp inverted. [1880 85; < F, equiv. to tête head + bêche, reduced from béchevet placed with the head of one against the foot of the other] * * * …
96de la Beche, Sir Henry Thomas — De la Beche , Sir Henry Thomas …
97tête-bêche — [ˌtɛt bɛʃ] adjective (of a postage stamp) printed upside down or sideways relative to another. Origin Fr., from tête head and bêche, contr. of obs. béchevet double bedhead …
98bo|bèche — «b BEHSH», noun. French. a disk or shallow cup with a hole in it, placed about a candle at the base to catch melted wax …
99TÊTE-BÊCHE — loc. adv. Dans la position de deux personnes dont l’une a la tête du côté où l’autre a les pieds …
100tête-bêche — adjective /tɛtˈbɛʃ/ Of a postage stamp, printed upside down relative to the following stamp of the same row or column …
