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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Bi'rec-tan'/gu-lar, a. p. 135Containing two right-angles; as, a birectangular spherical triangle.Bī'rēme, n. p. 135A vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.Bĭr'gan-der, n. p. 135A wild goose.Bī'rhom-boid'al, a. p. 135Having a surface composed of twelve rhombic faces, which, being taken six and six, and prolonged in idea till they intercept each other, would form two rhombohedrons.Bîrk'en, v. t. p. 135To beat with a birch or rod. [Obs.]Bîrk'en, a. p. 135Birchen; as, birken groves. Burns.Bîrl, v. t. p. 135To pour out; to give to drink. [Obs.] Dame Elynour entreat To byrle them of the best. Skelton.Bîr'law, n. p. 135(Law.) A law made by husbandmen respecting rural affairs. Burrill.Bī-rŏs'trate or Bī-rŏs'tra-ted, a. p. 135Having a double beak, or process resembling a beak. The capsule is bilocular and birostrated. Ed. Encyc.Birr, v. i. p. 135To make a whirring noise, as of wheels in motion. Ogilvie.Bir'rus, n. p. 135A coarse kind of thick, woolen cloth, worn by the poor in the middle ages; also, a woolen cap or hood worn over the shoulders or over the head as a cowl. Ogilvie.Birt, n. p. 135A fish, called also turbot.Birth, n. p. 135The act of coming into life, or of being born. Except in poetry, it is generally applied to human beings; as, the birth of a son. 2. Lineage; extraction; descent; sometimes high birth; noble…Bĭrth, n. p. 135A station in which a ship rides. See BERTH.Birth'day, n. p. 135The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next The birthday of invention. Cooper. 2. The same day of the month, in which a person was…Birth'day, a. p. 135Pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday ode; birthday festivities.Birth'dòm, n. p. 135Privilege of birth. [Obs.] Shak.Birth'ing, n. p. 135(Naut.) Any thing added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey.Birth'-märk, n. p. 135Some peculiar mark or blemish on the body at birth. Most part of this noble lineage carried upon their body for a natural birth-mark, from their mother's womb, a snake. North.Birth'night, n. p. 135The night in which a person is born; and the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. The angelic song in Bethlehem field, On thy birthnight that sung thee Savior-born. Milton.Birth'place, n. p. 135The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense. “The birth-place of valor.” Burns.Birth’right (-rīt), n. p. 135Any right or privilege to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution. “Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his…Birth'root, n. p. 135(Bot.) The Trillium erectum.Birth'sin, n. p. 135Original sin.Birth’sōng, n. p. 135A song sung at a person’s birth.Birth'-străn'gled, a. p. 135Strangled or suffocated in being born. Shak.Birth'wort, n. p. 135A genus of plants, Aristolochia, of many species. Loudon.Bĭs, adv. p. 135Twice. See Bi.Bĭ'sa or Bĭ'za, n. p. 135A coin of Pegu, of the value of half a ducat; also, a weight.Bi-săc'eate, a. p. 135(Bot.) Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches. Loudon.Bis-cāy'an, n. p. 135(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of Biscay.Bis-cāy'an, a. p. 135(Geog.) Pertaining to Biscay or its people.Bis'co-tin, n. p. 135A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs.Bis'cuit, n. p. 135A kind of unfermented bread, formed into flat cakes, and baked hard. According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven. Gibbon. 2. A kind of small…Meat biscuit p. 135an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, combined with flour, so as to form biscuits. Danglison.Bi-scu'tate, a. p. 135(Bot.) Resembling two bucklers placed side by side.Bise, n. p. 135A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean, nearly the same as the mistral. Landor.Bī-sĕct′, v. t. p. 135To cut or divide into two parts. 2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts.Bi-sĕc'tion, n. p. 135The act of cutting into two equal parts; the division of any line or magnitude into two equal parts.Bi-sēct′rix, n. p. 135In bi-axial polarization, the line bisecting the angle between the two axes of polarization. Dana.Bī-sĕg'ment, n. p. 135One of the parts of a line, or other magnitude, divided into two equal parts.Bī-sē′ri-al or Bī-sē′ri-ate, a. p. 135(Bot.) Occupying two rows, one within the other. Gray.Bi-sĕr'rate, a. p. 135(Bot.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves. Gray.Bi-sē'tōse or Bi-sē'tōus, a. p. 135Having two bristles.Bi-sĕx'ōŭs, a. p. 135Consisting of both sexes. Browne.Bi-sĕx'ŭ-al, a. p. 135(Bot.) Being of both sexes, as a flower containing both stamens and pistils within the same envelope.Bish'op, n. p. 135An overseer; a spiritual superintendent, ruler, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray, but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. I Pet. ii. 25. The same persons are in…Bish'op, n. p. 135A mixture of wine, oranges, and sugar. Swift. 2. An article of a lady’s dress, being a pad or cushion worn on the back of the waist, under the skirts, to give prominence to the latter; a bustle; a…Bĭsh'op, v. t. p. 135To confirm; to admit solemnly into the church; hence, to receive formally to favor. And chose to bear The name of fool confirmed and bishoped by the fair. Dryden. They are profane, imperfect, oh! too…Bĭsh'op-dôm, n. p. 135Jurisdiction of a bishop. “Divine right of bishopdom.” Milton.Bĭsh'op-līke or Bĭsh'op-ly, a. p. 135Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke. “Bishoply office.” Hardinge. [Bishoply is obs.]Bĭsh'op-ly, adv. p. 135In the manner of a bishop. [Obs.]Bĭsh'op-ric, n. p. 135A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends. “Almost every bishopric was spoiled by their ravenous power.” Hallam. 2. The charge of instructing and governing in spiritual…Bish'op's-căp, n. p. 135(Bot.) A plant of the genus Mitella; miter-wort.Bish'op's-weed, n. p. 135(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of different species of the genus Ammi.Bish'op's-wort, n. p. 135A plant.Bisk, n. p. 135Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King. 2. A stroke which is allowed to the weaker party to equalize the players, in the game of tennis.Bĭs-mĭl'lah or Bĭz-mĭl'lah p. 135An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.Bis'muth, n. p. 135A metal of a reddish-white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons which look nearly like cubes. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken…Bis'muth-al, a. p. 135Consisting of bismuth, or containing it.