*Beanfielder*, _subs._ (Felsted: obsolete).—A long hit: at cricket. *Bearded Cad*, _subs._ (Winchester).—A porter employed by the College to convey luggage from the railway station to the school. [The term originated in an extremely hirsute individual, who, at one time, acted in the capacity.] *Beards!* _intj._ (The Leys: obsolete).—An ejaculation of surprise. *Beast*, _subs._ (Cambridge).—A student who, having left school, goes up to Cambridge to study before entering the university. [Because (so it is stated) he is neither man nor boy.] *Bedmaker* (or *Bedder*) _subs._ 1. (Cambridge).—A charwoman; a servant who makes beds and does other necessary domestic duties for residents in College. 1891. _Harry Fludyer at Cambridge_, 6. Remember me most kindly to Mrs. Bloggins. I shall never forget how good she was when we were at Cambridge last term.... These BEDMAKERS are kind souls after all. 2. (Oxford).—BEDDER = a bedroom. *Beef Row*, _subs._ (Shrewsbury).—_See_ quot. 1867. COLLINS, _The Public Schools_, 247. The dinners themselves [_c._ 1800-40] were fairly good, with the exception of the “boiled beef” days, which were highly unpopular. The beef was probably good enough, but it was cured with saltpetre, and the consequent redness was, in the boys’ eyes, objectionable. Remonstrances had been made in vain; and the result was something like a school rebellion, well remembered as the BEEF ROW. By concerted arrangement, on one day the boys in every hall rose from the table in a body, and left the masters and the boiled beef in sole occupation. Butler was indignant; he came into each of the halls after locking up, and demanded from the heads of the school a public apology for the insult, giving them an hour for consideration, and placing before them the alternative of immediate dismissal. The boys held together, and, early the next morning the whole of the Sixth Form, comprising no less than three who were to be future heads of Colleges, were started by chaise or coach for their respective homes. The rest of the boys declared themselves _en revolte_; they would not go into school, and the masters walked about the court alternately threatening and persuading. At last a gentleman in the town, an old Shrewsbury boy, much respected, harangued the rebels, and persuaded them to surrender. Some sort of concession seems almost to have been made by a portion of the absent Sixth Form under home influence, and the affair ended in the return of all the exiles. *Beeswaxers*, _subs._ (Winchester).—Thick boots for football. [Pronounced Bĕswaxers.]