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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bī-mā'noŭs, a. p. 133(Zoöl.) Having two hands; as, man is bimanous.Bī-mär'ġi-nate, a. p. 133(Conch.) Having a double margin as far as the tip, as certain shells.Bī-mē'di-al, a. p. 133(Geom.) When two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square) are added together, and the sum is incommensurable in respect to either, the sum is called by Euclid a…Bī-mĕm'bral, a. p. 133(Gram.) Having two members, as a sentence. J. W. Gibbs.Bī-mĕn'sal or Bī-mĕs'tri-al or Bī-mȯnth'ly, a. p. 133Occurring once in two months.Bī-mŭs'cu-lar, a. p. 133(Compar. Anat.) Having two attaching muscles, and two muscular impressions, as a bivalve mollusk. Kirby.Bĭn, n. p. 133A box or inclosed place, used as a repository of any commodity; as, a corn-bin, a wine-bin, a coal-bin.Bĭn p. 133An old word for be and been.Bī'nal, a. p. 133Twofold; double. [Obs. and rare.] “Binal revenge, all this.” Ford.Bĭn'är-sē'ni-ate, n. p. 133(Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.Bī'na-ry, a. p. 133Compounded of two. Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of two; the cipher multiplying every…Bī'na-ry, n. p. 133The constitution of two. Fotherby.Bī'nate, a. p. 133(Bot.) Being double or in couples; growing in pairs; as, a binate leaf. Gray.Bīnd, v. t. p. 133To tie together, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, &c.; as, to bind grain; to bind a captive; — sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound. 2. In a more general sense, to confine…Bīnd, v. i. p. 133To contract; to grow hard or stiff; as, clay binds by heat. 2. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action. 3. To be obligatory. Locke.Bīnd, n. p. 133A stalk of hops, so called from its winding round a pole or tree, or being bound to it. 2. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan. 3. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for the…Bīnd'er, n. p. 133A person who binds; one whose trade is to bind, as books. A man, with a binder, may reap an acre of wheat in a day. Mortimer. 2. Any thing that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage.Bīnd'er-y, n. p. 133A place where books or other articles are bound. [An Americanism.]Bīnd'ing, a. p. 133Having power to bind or oblige; obligatory; as, the binding force of a moral duty, or of a command. Binding joists (Arch.), the joists of a floor into which the trimmers of staircases, or well-holes…Bīnd'ing, n. p. 133The act of fastening with a band. 2. Any thing that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, with the sewing and accompanying work; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling. 3. (Fencing.)…Bīnd'ing-ly, adv. p. 133So as to bind.Bīnd'ing-ness, n. p. 133The condition or property of being binding or obligatory; as, the unconditional bindingness of the practical reason. Coleridge.Bīnd'-weed, n. p. 133(Bot.) A plant of different species, of the genus Convolvulus; as the white, the blue, the Syrian bind-weed, &c. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bind-weed; and the Smilax is called rough…Bīne, n. p. 133The running or climbing stem of a plant. Gardner.Bī-nĕrv'ate, a. p. 133(Bot.) Two-nerved;— applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves. 2. (Entom.) Supported by only two nerves, as the wing of an insect. Brande.Bĭng, n. p. 133(Manuf.) A heap of alum thrown together in order to drain.Bĭn'na-cle, n. p. 133(Naut.) A box containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.Bīn'o-cle, n. p. 134(Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once.Bī-nŏc'ū-lar, a. p. 134Having two eyes. “Most animals are binocular.” Derham. 2. With, or pertaining to, both eyes; as, binocular vision. Carpenter. 3. Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or…Bī-nŏc'ū-late, a. p. 134Having two eyes.Bī-nō'mi-al, n. p. 134(Alg.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus or minus; as, a + b, or 7 − 3.Bī-nō'mi-al, a. p. 134Consisting of two terms;—pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root. Binomial theorem, the theorem which demonstrates the law of formation of any power of a binomial. Davies & Peck.Bī-nōm'i-nal or Bī-nōm'i-noüs, a. p. 134Having two names. Fuller.Bī-nŏt', n. p. 134(Agr.) A kind of plow having a double moldboard. London.Bī-nōt'o-noüs, a. p. 134Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.Bī'noüs, a. p. 134The same as BINATE.Bī-nōx'ide or Bī-nōx'yd, n. p. 134(Chem.) Same as DEUT-OXIDE, q. v.Bīn′tu-rong, n. p. 134(Zoöl.) An Asiatic animal of the genus Arctictis. A. binturong, or albifrons, is about the size of a cat, and inhabits Nepál. Baird.Bī-nū'cle-ar, a. p. 134Having two nuclei, or central points.Bī-ŏ'cel-late, a. p. 134(Entom.) Dotted with two eye-like spots, as a wing.Bī'o-dý-nām'ies, n. p. 134The doctrine of the vital activity or forces. Dunglison.Bī-ōg'ra-pher, n. p. 134One who writes an account or history of the life and actions of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.Bī'o-grăph'ic, a. p. 134Pertaining to biography;Bī'o-grāph'ie-al p. 134containing biography. “Biographical writings.” Watson.Bī'o-grăph'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 134In the manner of a biography.Bī-ŏg'ra-phīze, v. a. p. 134To write a history of the life of. Southey.Bi-ōg'ra-phy, n. p. 134<br>1. The history of the life and character of a particular person.<br>2. Biographical writings in general.<br>No species of writing seems more worthy of cultivation than biography. Langhorne.Bī'o-lōg'ie-al, a. p. 134Pertaining to biology.Bī-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 134The science of life; that part of physiology which treats of life in general, or of the different forces of life. ☞ This term is now also applied to a theory based on the assumption that there is a…Bī'o-lyt'ic, a. p. 134Relating to the destruction of life; as, a biolytic agent. Dunglison.Bī'o-tī'nā or Bī'o-tīne, n. p. 134(Min.) A variety of anorthite found among the volcanic debris of Vesuvius.Bī-păl'mate, a. p. 134(Bot.) Having a palmate arrangement on secondary petioles which are palmately arranged on the primary petiole. Henslow.Bī-pā'roūs or Bīp'a-roūs, a. p. 134Bringing forth two at a birth.Bī-pār'ti-ble or Bī-pār'tīle, a. p. 134That may be divided into two parts.Bĭ-pār'tient, a. p. 134Dividing into two parts. Ash.Bī-pār'tite or Bīp'ar-tite, a. p. 134In two parts; having two correspondent parts, as a legal contract or writing, one for each party; as, a bipartite treaty. “The divine fate is also bipartite.” Cudworth. 2. Divided into two parts to…Bĭ′pār′tĭ′tion, n. p. 134The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts.Bī-pĕc'ti-nate, a. p. 134(Bot.) Having two margins toothed like a comb.Bi′ped, n. p. 134An animal having two feet, as man.Bī-pĕ'dal or Bī'ped, a. p. 134Having two feet, or the length of two feet. By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased, Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. Byron.