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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Big'-bōn'ed, a.p. 132Having large bones. Herbert.
  2. Big'-côrnēd, a.p. 132Having large grains. Dryden.
  3. Bi-gĕm'i-nate, a.p. 132(Bot.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division;—said of a decompound leaf.
  4. Bigg, n.p. 132(Bot.) A kind of barley (Hordeum hexastichon) cultivated in the north of Europe. Loudon.
  5. Big'gin, n.p. 132A child's cap or hood, or something worn about the head. “An old woman's biggin for a night-cap.” Massinger. 2. [O. Eng. bigging, from big, to build; A.-S. byggan.] A building. [Obs.] Shak. 3. [See…
  6. Big'gon or Big'gon-net, n.p. 132A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.
  7. Bight, n.p. 132(Geog.) A bend in the sea-coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin. 2. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not…
  8. Bi-glānd'ū-lar, a.p. 132(Bot.) Having two glands, as a plant.
  9. Big'ly, adv.p. 132In a big, tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily. “He brawleth bigly.” T. More.
  10. Big'-nāmĕd, a.p. 132Having a great and famous name. “Some big-named composition.” Croaker.
  11. Big'ness, n.p. 132The quality of being big, especially in the literal sense; largeness of dimensions, implying expansion in breadth, as well as height, and thus distinguished from tallness. “The bigness and uncouth…
  12. Big'ot, n.p. 132[Fr. bigot, a bigot or hypocrite, a name originally given to the Normans in France. “Rollo, the first duke of Normandy, was obliged to kiss the foot of King Charles in return for the Province of…
  13. Big'ot or Big'ot-ed, a.p. 132Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion, practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. [Bigot is obs.] In a country more…
  14. Big'ot-ed-ly, adv.p. 132In the manner of a bigot; pertinaciously.
  15. Big'ot-ry, n.p. 132Perverse or blind attachment to a particular creed, or to certain tenets; unreasonable zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, or opinion; excessive prejudice. “Were it not for a bigotry to our own…
  16. Big'-sound-ing, a.p. 132Having a pompous sound.
  17. Big'-swōllen, a.p. 132
  18. Big'-swōlnp. 132Swelled to a large size; turgid; greatly swelled; ready to burst. “Big-swollen heart.” “Big-swollen face.” Shak.
  19. Big'-wig, n.p. 132A person of consequence; as, the big-wigs of society. [Cant.] In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the big-wigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.
  20. Big'-wigged, a.p. 132Distinguished by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]
  21. Bĭ'hy-drōg'ū-ret, n.p. 132(Chem.) A compound of two atoms of hydrogen, as the electro-negative ingredient, with one of some other substance, as the electro-positive ingredient.
  22. Bi-jou' or BI-JOUX', n.p. 132A trinket, or a little box; a jewel.
  23. Bi-jou'try, n.p. 132Small articles of vertu, such as jewelry, trinkets, &c. Simmonds.
  24. Bi-jū'gate, a.p. 132(Bot.) Having two pairs, as of leaflets. Gray.
  25. Bij'u-gous or Bi-jü'gous, a.p. 132(Bot.) Bijugate.
  26. Bik'h or Bish, n.p. 132(Bot.) The Aconitum ferox, growing in India, and the poison extracted from it.
  27. Bi-lā′bi-ate, a.p. 132(Bot.) Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.
  28. Bi-lā'lo, n.p. 132A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, of peculiar construction, used only in the bay of Manilla.
  29. Bī-lām’el-late or Bī-lām’el-lā'ted, a.p. 132(Bot.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus. Gray.
  30. Bil'an-der, n.p. 132(Naut.) A small merchant-vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use on canals, as in Holland. Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden.
  31. Bi-lāt’er-al, a.p. 132Having two sides; pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals. Dana.
  32. Bi-lāt'er-āl'i-ty, n.p. 132The state or quality of being bilateral.
  33. Bil'ber-ry, n.p. 132(Bot.) (a.) A shrub of the Vaccinium or whortleberry family; the species of American bilberry are referred to the sub-genus Euvaccinium. (b.) The fruit or berry, which has a blue color. There pinch…
  34. Bĭl'bo, n.p. 132A rapier; a sword; so named, it is said, from Bilboa, in Spain, where the best are made. Shak.
  35. Bil’bō, n.p. 132A long bar or bolt of iron with a shackle sliding on it, and a lock at the end; used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders on board of ships. Scott. Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in…
  36. Bĭl'bo-quet, n.p. 132The toy called cup and ball.
  37. Bild'stein, n.p. 132Same as AGALMATOLITE.
  38. Bile, n.p. 132A yellow, greenish, bitter, viscid, nauseous fluid secreted by the liver. 2. Bitterness of feeling; ill-humor; as, to stir one's bile.
  39. Bile, n.p. 132An inflamed tumor; a boil.
  40. Bile'dūct, n.p. 132A vessel or canal to convey bile;—a term applied to the hepatic duct and its branches. Darwin.
  41. Bile'stōne, n.p. 132A gall-stone, or biliary calculus, which see. Darwin.
  42. Bilge, n.p. 132The protuberant part of a cask, which is usually in the middle. 2. (Naut.) That part of a ship's bottom or floor which is broadest and most nearly flat, and on which she would rest if aground. Hence…
  43. Bilge, v. t.p. 132(Naut.) To suffer a fracture in the bilge; to spring a leak by a fracture in the bilge; to let in water. Mar. Dict.
  44. Bilged, p. a.p. 132Having a fracture in the bilge; having the bottom stove in.
  45. Bilge'-pūmp, n.p. 132(Naut.) A pump to draw the bilge-water from a ship. Totten.
  46. Bilge'-wa/ter, n.p. 132(Naut.) Water which enters a ship, and lies upon her bilge or bottom, becoming, ordinarily, very offensive. Totten.
  47. Bilge'-ways, n.p. 132(Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted together and placed under the bilge of a vessel to support her in launching. R. H. Dana.
  48. Bil'gy, a.p. 132Having the smell, &c., of bilge-water.
  49. Bĭl'ia-ry, a.p. 132(Med.) Pertaining to the bile; conveying the bile; as, a biliary duct. Biliary calculus (Med.), a gall-stone, or a concretion formed in the gall-bladder or its duct. — Biliary duct, the hepatic duct.
  50. Bil-iā'tion, n.p. 132The excretion of bile. Dunglison.
  51. Bĭl'ings-gāte, n.p. 132See BILLINGSGATE.
  52. Bī-lĭn'gual or Bī-lĭn'guar, a.p. 132Containing two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.
  53. Bi-lin'guous, a.p. 132Having two tongues, or speaking two languages.
  54. Bil'ious, a.p. 132Pertaining to the bile; disordered in respect to the bile; as, a bilious patient; dependent on an excess of bile; as, bilious temperament; bilious symptoms. “A bilious old nabob.” Macaulay.
  55. Bi-lit'er-al, a.p. 132Consisting of two letters; as, a biliteral root in language. Sir W. Jones.
  56. Bilk, v. t.p. 132To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by non-fulfillment of engagement; as, to bilk a creditor.
  57. Bilk, n.p. 132A cheat; a trick. [Rare.] Hudibras. 2. Nonsense; vain words. B. Jonson.
  58. Bill, n.p. 132The beak of a fowl. “In his bill An olive-leaf he brings.” Milton. 2. The note of a bird. “The bittern’s hollow bill was heard.” Wordsworth.
  59. Bill, n.p. 132A cutting instrument, curved forward, or hook-shaped, toward the point, and fitted with a handle, like a hatchet; — used in pruning, &c.; when short called a hand-bill, when long a hedge-bill. 2. A…
  60. Bill, n.p. 132(Law.) (a.) A declaration in writing, expressing some wrong the complainant has suffered from the defendant, or a fault committed by some person against a law. (b.) In England, an obligation or…