Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bib'li-ŏph'i-lĭsm, n. p. 130Love of books or of bibliography.Bib'li-ŏph'i-lĭst, n. p. 130A lover of books.Bib'li-o-phō'bi-ă, n. p. 130A dread of books. [Rare.]Bib'li-ŏp'o-lar or Bib'li-o-pōl'ic, a. p. 130Pertaining to the sale of books. “Bibliopolic difficulties.” Carlyle.Bĭb'li-ŏp'o-lĭsm, n. p. 130The business of selling books.Bib'li-ŏp'o-līst or Bib'li-o-pōle, n. p. 130One who sells books.Bib'li-ŏp'o-lĭst'ic, a. p. 130Pertaining to bibliopolism.Bĭb'li-o-thē'cal, a. p. 130Belonging to a library. Byron.Bĭb'li-ŏth'e-ca-ry, n. p. 131A librarian. [Obs.] Evelyn.Bĭb'li-o-thēke, n. p. 131A library. [Obs.] Bale.Bĭb'list, n. p. 131One who makes the Scriptures the sole rule of faith. 2. One who is conversant with the Bible; a biblical scholar. I. Taylor.Bī-brāc'te-ate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Doubly bracteate. Eaton.Bĭb′ū-lōŭs, a. p. 131Having the quality of imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy. Thomson.Bĭb'ŭ-loŭs-ly, adv. p. 131In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. De Quincey.Bī-căl'ca-rate, a. p. 131Armed with two spurs, as the limb of an animal. Brande.Bī-căl'lōse, a. p. 131Bī-căl'lŏus p. 131Having two callosities or hard spots. Gray.Bī-căm'er-al, a. p. 131Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.Bī-căp'su-lar, a. p. 131(Bot.) Having two capsules, containing seeds, to each flower; as, a bicapsular pericarp.Bī-căr'bo-nate, n. p. 131(Chem.) A carbonate containing two equivalents of carbonic acid to one of base; one of the supercarbonates.Bī-căr'i-nate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper paleæ of grasses. Gray.Bīce, n. p. 131Bīce (Paint.) A pale blue color, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt. ☞ Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green…Bī-cĕph'a-lōŭs, a. p. 131Having two heads.Bī'ceps, n. p. 131(Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins.Bī-chrō'mate, a. p. 131(Chem.) Containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, bichromate of potash. Gregory.Bī-cĭp′i-tal or Bī-cĭp′i-tous, a. p. 131Having two heads; double-headed. “Bicipitous serpents.” Browne. 2. (Anat.) Having two heads or origins, as a muscle. 3. (Bot.) Dividing into two parts at the top or bottom. Gray.Bĭck'er, v. i. p. 131To skirmish; to fight off and on; to make repeated attacks. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland. 2. Especially, to quarrel; to contend in words; to scold; to contend in…Bĭck'er p. 131m. A small wooden dish made of staves and hoops, like a tub; a beaker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Bĭck'er-er, n. p. 131One who bickers, or engages in a petty quarrel.Bĭck'er-ment, n. p. 131Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.Bĭck'ern, n. p. 131An iron ending in a beak or point.Bĭ-cōl'li-gate, a. p. 131(Ornith.) Having the anterior toes connected by a web.Bĭ-cōl'or, a. p. 131[Lat. bicolor; bis, twice, and co-Bĭ-cōl'or'ed p. 131Of two colors.Bi-cŏn'cāve, a. p. 131Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebræ. Carpenter.Bī-cōn'ju-gate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.Bĭ'cōrn or Bĭ'cōrned, a. p. 131Bĭ-cōr'noŭs p. 131Having two horns or antlers; crescent-like. “The letter Y, or bicornous element of Pythagoras.” Browne.Bĭ-côr'po-ral, a. p. 131Having two bodies.Bĭ-côr'po-rate, a. p. 131(Her.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies. Ogilvie.Bi-erē'nate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Crenate, or toothed, in two respects, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.Bī'cres-cēn'tic, a. p. 131Having the form of a double crescent.Bi-cru'ral, a. p. 131Having two legs. Hooker.Bī-cūs'pid or Bī-cūs'pid-ate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Two-pointed. Loudon. 2. (Anat.) Having two points or fangs, as the molar teeth. Dunglison.Bid, v. t. p. 131To offer; to propose; to make an offer of; specifically, to offer to pay, as for a thing put up at auction. 2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, and the…Bĭd or Bĭd'den, p. p. p. 131of bid. Invited; offered; commanded.Bĭd, n. p. 131An offer of a price, especially at auctions.Bĭd'āle, n. p. 131An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity. [Prov. Eng.]Bĭd'der, n. p. 131One who bids or offers a price. “Bidders at the auction of popularity.” Burke.Bĭd'der-y-wâre, n. p. 131A kind of metallic ware made at Biddery in Hindostan, composed of copper, lead, tin, and spelter.Bid'ding, n. p. 131Command; order; a proclamation or notifying; offer; proposal of a price. Shak.Bid'ding-prāy'er, n. p. 131(Rom. Cath. Church.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors said before the sermon. Nares.Bĭd'dy, n. p. 131A domestic fowl; a chicken. [Collog.] 2. A domestic, or servant girl. [Collog.]Bīde, v. i. p. 131To dwell permanently; to inhabit. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or, under earth, in hell. Milton. 2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state.…Bīde, v. t. p. 131To remain firm under or endure; to suffer. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe’er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak. 2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See ABIDE. Shak.Bi-dĕn′tal, a. p. 131Having two teeth. Swift.Bi-dĕn′tate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Two-toothed. 2. (Zoöl.) Having two teeth, or two tooth-like processes.Bĭ-det', n. p. 131A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. B. Jonson. 2. An article of bedroom furniture, used in washing the body.Bīd'ing, n. p. 131Residence; habitation. Rowe.Bĭd'-stănd, n. p. 131One who bids a traveler stand and deliver; a highwayman; a robber. [Obs.] B. Jonson.