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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. 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…
  2. Bīne, n.p. 133The running or climbing stem of a plant. Gardner.
  3. 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.
  4. Bĭng, n.p. 133(Manuf.) A heap of alum thrown together in order to drain.
  5. Bĭn'na-cle, n.p. 133(Naut.) A box containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten.
  6. 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.
  7. 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…
  8. Bī-nŏc'ū-late, a.p. 134Having two eyes.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Bī-nōm'i-nal or Bī-nōm'i-noüs, a.p. 134Having two names. Fuller.
  12. Bī-nŏt', n.p. 134(Agr.) A kind of plow having a double moldboard. London.
  13. Bī-nōt'o-noüs, a.p. 134Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.
  14. Bī'noüs, a.p. 134The same as BINATE.
  15. Bī-nōx'ide or Bī-nōx'yd, n.p. 134(Chem.) Same as DEUT-OXIDE, q. v.
  16. 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.
  17. Bī-nū'cle-ar, a.p. 134Having two nuclei, or central points.
  18. Bī-ŏ'cel-late, a.p. 134(Entom.) Dotted with two eye-like spots, as a wing.
  19. Bī'o-dý-nām'ies, n.p. 134The doctrine of the vital activity or forces. Dunglison.
  20. 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.
  21. Bī'o-grăph'ic, a.p. 134Pertaining to biography;
  22. Bī'o-grāph'ie-alp. 134containing biography. “Biographical writings.” Watson.
  23. Bī'o-grăph'ie-al-ly, adv.p. 134In the manner of a biography.
  24. Bī-ŏg'ra-phīze, v. a.p. 134To write a history of the life of. Southey.
  25. 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.
  26. Bī'o-lōg'ie-al, a.p. 134Pertaining to biology.
  27. 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…
  28. Bī'o-lyt'ic, a.p. 134Relating to the destruction of life; as, a biolytic agent. Dunglison.
  29. Bī'o-tī'nā or Bī'o-tīne, n.p. 134(Min.) A variety of anorthite found among the volcanic debris of Vesuvius.
  30. Bī-păl'mate, a.p. 134(Bot.) Having a palmate arrangement on secondary petioles which are palmately arranged on the primary petiole. Henslow.
  31. Bī-pā'roūs or Bīp'a-roūs, a.p. 134Bringing forth two at a birth.
  32. Bī-pār'ti-ble or Bī-pār'tīle, a.p. 134That may be divided into two parts.
  33. Bĭ-pār'tient, a.p. 134Dividing into two parts. Ash.
  34. 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…
  35. Bĭ′pār′tĭ′tion, n.p. 134The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts.
  36. Bī-pĕc'ti-nate, a.p. 134(Bot.) Having two margins toothed like a comb.
  37. Bi′ped, n.p. 134An animal having two feet, as man.
  38. 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.
  39. Bi-pĕl'tate, a.p. 134Having a defense like a double shield.
  40. Bi-pĕn'nate or Bi-pĕn'nā-ted, a.p. 134Having two wings. “Bipinnated insects.” Derham.
  41. Bi-pĕt'al-oŭs, a.p. 134(Bot.) Having two flower-leaves or petals.
  42. Bi-pīn'nate or Bi-pīn'nā-ted, a.p. 134(Bot.) Twice pinnate. Gray.
  43. Bi′pin-nāt′i-fid, a.p. 134(Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid. A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments pinnatifid.
  44. Bi-pli'cate, a.p. 134Twice folded together. Henslow.
  45. Bī-plic'i-ty, n.p. 134The state of being twofold; reduplication. [Rare.] Roget.
  46. Bi-pō'lar, a.p. 134Doubly polar; having two poles. Coleridge.
  47. Bi’pont or Bi-pōnt’ine, a.p. 134(Bibliography.) Relating to books printed at Deuxponts, or Bipontium, in Holland. Clarke.
  48. Bi-pū'net'ate, a.p. 134Having two punctures, or spots.
  49. Bi-pŭnct'ū-al, a.p. 134Having two points.
  50. Bi-pū'pil-lāte, a.p. 134(ENTOM.) Having an eye-like spot on the wing, with two dots or pupils within it of a different color, as in some butterflies.
  51. Bi-py̆-răm'i-dal, a.p. 134Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; as, a bipyramidal dodecahedron; having a pyramid at each of the extremities in a prism, as in quartz crystals. Dana.
  52. Bī-quad'rate, n.p. 134(Math.) The fourth power, arising from the multiplication of a square number or quantity by itself. Thus 4 × 4 = 16, which is the square of 4, and 16 × 16 = 256, the biquadrate of that number.
  53. Bī'quad-răt'ic, n.p. 134The same as BIQUADRATE.
  54. Bī'quad-răt'ic, a.p. 134Pertaining to the biquadratic, or fourth power. Biquadratic equation (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or one in which the unknown quantity is raised to the fourth power. Davies.—Biquadratic…
  55. Bī-quĭn'tīle, n.p. 134(Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle—that is, 144 degrees, or twice 72 degrees.
  56. Bi-rā'di-āte or Bi-rā'di-ā'ted, a.p. 134Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.
  57. Birch (18), n.p. 134A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula, as the white or common birch (B. alba); the dwarf birch (B. nana); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea). The smaller branches of the…
  58. Birch, or Birch'en,, a.p. 134Made of birch; consisting of birch; as, birchen scepter. “Looks out from Yarrow's birchen tower.” W. Scott.
  59. Birch'-wine, n.p. 134Wine made of the vernal juice of the birch.
  60. Bird, n.p. 134Properly, a chicken; the young of a fowl; and hence (Modern), a feathered flying animal. (Nat. Hist.) A species of the class Aves, the second among the vertebrates, characterized by a double heart…