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2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid good morning, farewell, etc.

Neither bid him God speed. 2. John 10.

He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. Granrille.

3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !"

Gay.

4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.

That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. Pope

Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. Matt. xiv. 28

I was bid to pick up shells. D. Jerrold.

5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.

As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Matt. xxii. 9

To bid beads , to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.] -- To bid defiance to , to defy openly; to brave. -- To bid fair , to offer a good prospect; to make fair promise; to seem likely.

Syn. -- To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command; direct; charge; enjoin.

Bid <Xpage=143>

Bid (?) , imp. & p. p. of Bid .

Bid <Xpage=143>

Bid , n. An offer of a price, especially at auctions; a statement of a sum which one will give for something to be received, or will take for something to be done or furnished; that which is offered.

Bid <Xpage=143>

Bid , v. i. [See Bid , v. t. ] 1. To pray. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Bidale <Xpage=143>

Bid"ale` (?) , n. [ Bid + ale .] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]

Biddable <Xpage=143>

Bid"da*ble (?) , a. Obedient; docile. [Scot.]

Bidden <Xpage=143>

Bid"den (?) , p. p. of Bid .

Bidder <Xpage=143>

Bid"der (?) , n. [AS. biddere . ] One who bids or offers a price.

Burke.

Biddery ware <Xpage=143>

Bid"der*y ware` (?) . [From Beder or Bidar a town in India.] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree , bedery , beder .]

Bidding <Xpage=143>

Bid"ding , n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding ."

Shak.

2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

Bidding prayer <Xpage=143>

Bid"ding prayer` (?) . 1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

Biddy <Xpage=143>

Bid"dy (?) , n. [Etymology uncertain.] A name used in calling a hen or chicken.

Shak.

Biddy <Xpage=143>

Bid"dy , n. [A familiar form of Bridget .] An Irish serving woman or girl. [Colloq.]

Bide <Xpage=143>

Bide (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bided ; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding .] [OE. biden , AS. b\'c6dan ; akin to OHG. b\'c6tan , Goth. beidan , Icel. b\'c6<?/<?/ ; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid . See Bid , v. t. , and cf. Abide .] 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

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; to continue to be.

Shak.

Bide <Xpage=143>

Bide , v. t. 1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.

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 .

Bident <Xpage=143>

Bi"dent (?) , n. [L. bidens , -entis , having two prongs; bis twice + dens a tooth.] An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

Bidental <Xpage=143>

Bi*den"tal (?) , a. Having two teeth.

Swift.

Bidentate <Xpage=143>

Bi*den"tate (?) , a. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.

Bidet <Xpage=143>

Bi*det" (?) , n. [F. bidet , perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch.]

1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.

B. Jonson.

2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

Bidigitate <Xpage=143>

Bi*dig"i*tate (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + digitate .] Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

Biding <Xpage=143>

Bid"ing (?) , n. Residence; habitation.

Rowe.

Bield <Xpage=143>

Bield (?) , n. A shelter. Same as Beild . [Scot.]

Bield <Xpage=143>

Bield , v. t. To shelter. [Scot.]

Biennial <Xpage=143>

Bi*en"ni*al (?) , a. [L. biennalis and biennis , fr. biennium a space of two years; bis twice + annus year. Cf. Annual .] 1. Happening, or taking place, once in two years; as, a biennial election .

2. (Bot.) Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.

Biennial <Xpage=143>

Bi*en"ni*al , n. 1. Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.

2. (Bot.) A plant which exists or lasts for two years.

Biennially <Xpage=143>

Bi*en"ni*al*ly , adv. Once in two years.

Bier <Xpage=143>

Bier (?) , n. [OE. b\'91e , beere , AS. b<?/r , b<?/re ; akin to D. baar , OHG. b\'bera , G. bahre , Icel barar , D<?/ baare , L. feretrum , Gr. <?/ , from the same <?/<?/ bear to produce. See 1st Bear , and cf. Barrow .] 1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.

2. (Weaving) A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.

Knight.

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Bierbalk <Xpage=144>

Bier"balk` (?) , n. [See Bier , and Balk , n. ] A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals. [Obs.]

Homilies.

Biestings, Beestings <Xpage=144>

Biest"ings , Beest"ings (?) , n. pl. [OE. bestynge , AS. b<?/sting , fr. b<?/st , beost ; akin to D. biest , OHG. biost , G. biest ; of unknown origin.] The first milk given by a cow after calving.

B. Jonson.

The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings . Newton. (1574).

Bifacial <Xpage=144>

Bi*fa"cial (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + facial .] Having the opposite surfaces alike.

Bifarious <Xpage=144>

Bi*fa"ri*ous (?) , a. [L. bifarius ; bis twice + fari to speak. Cf. Gr. <?/ twofold; <?/ twice + <?/ to say.] 1. Twofold; arranged in two rows.

2. (Bot.) Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.

Bifariously <Xpage=144>

Bi*fa"ri*ous*ly , adv. In a bifarious manner.

Biferous <Xpage=144>

Bif"er*ous (?) , a. [L. bifer ; bis twice + ferre to bear.] Bearing fruit twice a year.

Biffin <Xpage=144>

Bif"fin (?) , n. [Cf. Beaufin .] 1. A 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 pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.

Dickens.

Bifid <Xpage=144>

Bi"fid (?) , a. [L. bifidus ; bis twice + root of findere to cleave or split: cf. F. bifide .] Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.

Bifidate <Xpage=144>

Bif"i*date (?) , a. [L. bifidatus .] See Bifid .

Bifilar <Xpage=144>

Bi*fi"lar (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + filar .] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance.

Bifilar micrometer (often called a bifilar ), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a filar micrometer .

Biflabellate <Xpage=144>

Bi`fla*bel"late (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + flabellate .] (Zo\'94l.) Flabellate on both sides.

Biflagellate <Xpage=144>

Bi`fla*gel"late (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + flagellate .] Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.

Biflorate, Biflorous <Xpage=144>

Bi*flo"rate (?) , Bi*flo"rous (?) , a. [L. bis twice + flos , floris , flower.] (Bot.) Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.

Bifold <Xpage=144>

Bi"fold (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + fold .] Twofold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.

Shak.

Bifoliate <Xpage=144>

Bi*fo"li*ate (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + foliate .] (Bot.) Having two leaves; two-leaved.

Bifoliolate <Xpage=144>

Bi*fo"li*o*late (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + foliolate .] (Bot.) Having two leaflets, as some compound leaves.

Biforate <Xpage=144>

Bif"o*rate (?) , a. [L. bis twice + foratus , p. p. of forare to bore or pierce.] (Bot.) Having two perforations.

Biforine <Xpage=144>

Bif"o*rine (?) , n. [L. biforis , biforus , having two doors; bis twice + foris door.] (Bot.) An oval sac or cell, found in the leaves of certain plants of the order Arace\'91 . It has an opening at each end through which raphides, generated inside, are discharged.

Biforked <Xpage=144>

Bi"forked (?) , a. Bifurcate.

Biform <Xpage=144>

Bi"form (?) , a. [L. biformis ; bis twice + forma shape: cf. F. biforme .] Having two forms, bodies, or shapes.

Croxall.

Biformed <Xpage=144>

Bi"formed (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + form .] Having two forms.

Johnson.

Biformity <Xpage=144>

Bi*form"i*ty (?) , n. A double form.

Biforn <Xpage=144>

Bi*forn" (?) , prep. & adv. Before. [Obs.]

Biforous <Xpage=144>

Bif"o*rous (?) , a. [L. biforis having two doors; bis twice, two + foris door.] See Biforate .

Bifronted <Xpage=144>

Bi*front"ed (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + front .] Having two fronts. " Bifronted Janus."

Massinger.

Bifurcate, Bifurcated <Xpage=144>

Bi*fur"cate (?) , Bi*fur"ca*ted (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + furcate .] Two-pronged; forked.

Bifurcate <Xpage=144>

Bi*fur"cate (?) , v. i. To divide into two branches.

Bifurcation <Xpage=144>

Bi`fur*ca"tion (?) , n. [Cf. F. bifurcation .] A forking, or division into two branches.

Bifurcous <Xpage=144>

Bi*fur"cous (?) , a. [L. bifurcus ; bis twice + furca fork.] See Bifurcate , a. [R.]

Coles.

Big <Xpage=144>

Big (?) , a. [ compar. Bigger ; superl. Biggest .] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog , beichiawg , pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h ; or cf. OE. bygly , Icel. biggiligr , (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent, fr. OE. biggen , Icel. byggja , to dwell, build, akin to E. be .] 1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there."

Shak.

2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

[Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome. Addison.

3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big . As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.

God hath not in heaven a bigger argument. Jer. Taylor.

&hand; Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big- boned; big- sounding; big- named; big- voiced.

To talk big , to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.

I talked big to them at first. De Foe.

Syn. -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.

Big, Bigg <Xpage=144>

Big , Bigg , n. [OE. bif , bigge ; akin to Icel. bygg , Dan. byg , Sw. bjugg .] (Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.

"Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg ." New English Dict.

Big, Bigg <Xpage=144>

Big , Bigg , v. t. [OE. biggen , fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b<?/a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor , and Bound .] To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.]

Sir W. Scott.

Biga <Xpage=144>

Bi"ga (?) , n. [L.] (Antiq.) A two-horse chariot.

Bigam <Xpage=144>

Big"am (?) , n. [L. bigamus twice married: cf. F. bigame . See Bigamy. ] A bigamist. [Obs.]

Bigamist <Xpage=144>

Big"a*mist (?) , n. [Cf. Digamist .] One who is guilty of bigamy.

Ayliffe.

Bigamous <Xpage=144>

Big"a*mous (?) , a. Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage .

Bigamy <Xpage=144>

Big"a*my (?) , n. [OE. bigamie , fr. L. bigamus twice married; bis twice + Gr. <?/ marriage; prob. akin to Skt. j\'bemis related, and L. gemini twins, the root meaning to bind , join : cf. F. bigamie . Cf. Digamy .] (Law) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.

Wharton.

&hand; It is not strictly correct to call this offense bigamy : it more properly denominated polygamy , i. e., having a plurality of wives or husbands at once, and in several statutes in the United States the offense is classed under the head of polygamy .

In the canon law bigamy was the marrying of two virgins successively, or one after the death of the other, or once marrying a widow. This disqualified a man for orders, and for holding ecclesiastical offices. Shakespeare uses the word in the latter sense.

Blackstone. Bouvier.

Base declension and loathed bigamy . Shak.

Bigarreau, Bigaroon <Xpage=144>

Big`ar*reau" (?) , Big`a*roon" (?) , n. [F. bigarreau , fr. bigarr\'82 variegated.] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry.

Big-bellied <Xpage=144>

Big"-bel`lied (?) , a. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon ; advanced in pregnancy.

Bigaminate <Xpage=144>

Bi*gam"i*nate (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + geminate .] (Bot.) Having a forked petiole, and a pair of leaflets at the end of each division; biconjugate; twice paired; -- said of a decompound leaf.

Bigential <Xpage=144>

Bi*gen"tial (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + L. gens , gentis , tribe.] (Zo\'94l.) Including two tribes or races of men.

Bigeye <Xpage=144>

Big"eye` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus , remarkable for the large size of the eye.

Bigg <Xpage=144>

Bigg (?) , n. & v. See Big , n. & v.

Biggen <Xpage=144>

Big"gen (?) , v. t. & i. To make or become big; to enlarge. [Obs. or Dial.]

Steele.

Bigger <Xpage=144>

Big"ger (?) , a. , compar. of Big .

Biggest <Xpage=144>

Big"gest (?) , a. , superl. of Big .

Biggin <Xpage=144>

Big"gin (?) , n. [F. b\'82guin , prob. from the cap worn by the B\'82guines . Cf. Beguine , Biggon .] A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.

An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

Biggin <Xpage=144>

Big"gin , n. A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin , the inventor.

Biggin, Bigging <Xpage=144>

Big"gin , Big"ging , n. [OE. bigging . See Big , Bigg , v. t. ] A building. [Obs.]

Biggon, Biggonnet <Xpage=144>

Big"gon (?) , Big"gon*net (?) , n. [F. b\'82guin and OF. beguinet , dim of b\'82guin . See Biggin a cap.] A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.

Bigha <Xpage=144>

Big"ha (?) , n. A measure of land in India, varying from a third of an acre to an acre.

Bighorn <Xpage=144>

Big"horn` (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The Rocky Mountain sheep (Ovis or Caprovis montana) .

Bight <Xpage=144>

Bight (?) , n. [OE. bi<?/t a bending; cf. Sw. & Dan. bugt bend, bay; fr. AS. byht , fr. b<?/gan . &root;88. Cf. Bout , Bought a bend, and see Bow , v .] 1. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse's knee; the bight of an elbow.

2. (Geog.) A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin .

3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

Biglandular <Xpage=144>

Bi*glan"du*lar (?) , a. [Pref. bi- + glandular .] Having two glands, as a plant.

Bigly <Xpage=144>