Dictionary
An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Bī-ĕn'ni-al, a. p. 131Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election. 2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants whose roots and leaves are formed the first year, and which…Bi-ēn'ni-al, n. p. 131(Bot.) A plant that lasts for two years, and then perishes.Bī-ēn'ni-al-ly, adv. p. 131Once in two years; at the return of two years.Bier, n. p. 131A carriage or frame of wood for conveying dead human bodies to the grave.Bier'-balk, n. p. 131The church road for burials. [Obs.] Homilies.Biĕst'ings, n. pl. p. 131The first milk given by a cow after calving. [Written also beestings.] B. Jonson.Bi-fā'cial, a. p. 131Having the opposite surfaces alike. Dana.Bĭ-fā'ri-ous, a. p. 131Twofold; in two rows. 2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch.Bi-fā'ri-ōus-ly, adv. p. 131In a bifarious manner. A stem or branch is bifariously hairy when the hairs between any two joints come out on the front and back, and in the two adjoining internodes on the right and left sides.Bi'fer, n. p. 131(Bot.) A plant producing fruit twice in one year.Biʹfer-ous, a. p. 131Bearing fruit twice a year, as plants do in warm climates.Bif'fin, n. p. 131A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng. [Sometimes called beaufin; but properly beefin (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.] Wright. 2. A baked apple crushed down into a flat, round…Bi'fid or Bi'fid-ate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Two-cleft; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.Bif'i-lar, a. p. 131Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension, a bifilar balance. Bifilar micrometer (often called a bifilar), an instrument for measuring minute distances or angles by means…Bi-flō'rate or Bi-flō'rous, a. p. 131(Bot.) Bearing two flowers.Bĭ′fold, a. p. 131Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, &c. “Bi-fold authority.” Shak.Bī-fō'li-ate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Having two leaves.Bi-fō'li-o-late, a. p. 131(Bot.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves. Gray.Bi-fō'rate, a. p. 131(Bot.) Having two perforations, as the anthers of the Rhododendron. Brande.Bif'o-rīne, n. p. 131(Bot.) A minute oval sac found in the green pulpy part of the leaves of some plants;—so called because they discharge their contents by an opening at each extremity. Brande.Bĭ′fŏrm or Bĭ′fŏrmed, a. p. 131Having two forms, bodies, or shapes. Croxall.Bi-fōrm'i-ty, n. p. 131A double form. Henry More.Bi-frōnt'ed, a. p. 131Having two fronts. “Bifronted Janus.” Massinger.Bi-fūr′cate or Bi-fūr′că-ted, a. p. 131Forked; divided into two branches.Bi-fur-cā′tion, n. p. 131A forking, or division into two branches. Browne.