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Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search. Addison.

Syn. -- To perplex; puzzle; entangle; confuse; confound; mystify; embarrass; lead astray.

Be*wil"dered (&?;), a. Greatly perplexed; as, a bewildered mind.

Be*wil"dered*ness (&?;), n. The state of being bewildered; bewilderment. [R.]

Be*wil"der*ing (&?;), a. Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.

Be*wil"der*ment (&?;), n. 1. The state of being bewildered.

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion.

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne.

Be*win"ter (&?;), v. t. To make wintry. [Obs.]

Bew"it (&?;), n. [Cf. OF. buie bond, chain, fr. L. boja neck collar, fetter. Cf. Buoy.] A double slip of leather by which bells are fastened to a hawk's legs.

Be*witch" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewitched (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewitching.] 1. To gain an ascendency over by charms or incantations; to affect (esp. to injure) by witchcraft or sorcery.

See how I am bewitched; behold, mine arm Is like a blasted sapling withered up. Shak.

2. To charm; to fascinate; to please to such a degree as to take away the power of resistance; to enchant.

The charms of poetry our souls bewitch. Dryden.

Syn. -- To enchant; captivate; charm; entrance.

Be*witch"ed*ness (&?;), n. The state of being bewitched. Gauden.

Be*witch"er (&?;), n. One who bewitches.

Be*witch"er*y (&?;), n. The power of bewitching or fascinating; bewitchment; charm; fascination.

There is a certain bewitchery or fascination in words. South.

Be*witch"ing, a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.

Be*witch"ment (&?;), n. 1. The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched. Tylor.

2. The power of bewitching or charming. Shak.

Be*won"der (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewondered (&?;).] 1. To fill with wonder. [Obs.]

2. To wonder at; to admire. [Obs.]

Be*wrap" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewrapped (&?;).] To wrap up; to cover. Fairfax.

Be*wray" (b*r"), v. t. To soil. See Beray.

Be*wray", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bewrayed (-rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Bewraying.] [OE. bewraien, biwreyen; pref. be- + AS. wrgan to accuse, betray; akin to OS. wrgian, OHG. ruogn, G. rügen, Icel. rægja, Goth. wrhjan to accuse.] To expose; to reveal; to disclose; to betray. [Obs. or Archaic]

The murder being once done, he is in less fear, and in more hope that the deed shall not be bewrayed or known. Robynson (More's Utopia. )

Thy speech bewrayeth thee. Matt. xxvi. 73.

Be*wray"er (-r), n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [Obs. or Archaic] Addison.

Be*wray"ment (-ment), n. Betrayal. [R.]

Be*wreck" (&?;), v. t. To wreck. [Obs.]

Be*wreke" (&?;), v. t. [Pref. be- + wreak.] To wreak; to avenge. [Obs.] Ld. Berners.

Be*wrought" (&?;), a. [Pref. be- + wrought, p. p. of work, v. t. ] Embroidered. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Bey (b), n. [See Beg a bey.] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

Bey"lic (&?;), n. [Turk.] The territory ruled by a bey.

Be*yond" (&?;), prep. [OE. biyonde, bieonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder.] 1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.

Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher.

2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.

A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope.

3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." Barrow.

Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney.

Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. -- To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6.

Be*yond" (&?;), adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.

Be*zant" (&?;), n. [See Byzant.] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [Written also besant, byzant, etc.]

2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke.

3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another.

Bez`-ant"ler (&?;), n. [L. bis twice (OF. bes) + E. antler.] The second branch of a stag's horn.

Bez"el (bz"l), n. [From an old form of F. biseau sloping edge, prob. fr. L. bis double. See Bi-.] The rim which encompasses and fastens a jewel or other object, as the crystal of a watch, in the cavity in which it is set.

Bé*zique" (b*zk"), n. [F. bésigue.] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points.

Be"zoar (&?;), n. [F. bézoard, fr. Ar. bzahr, bdizahr, fr. Per. pd- zahr bezoar; pd protecting + zahr poison; cf. Pg. & Sp. bezoar.] A calculous concretion found in the intestines of certain ruminant animals (as the wild goat, the gazelle, and the Peruvian llama) formerly regarded as an unfailing antidote for poison, and a certain remedy for eruptive, pestilential, or putrid diseases. Hence: Any antidote or panacea.

Two kinds were particularly esteemed, the Bezoar orientale of India, and the Bezoar occidentale of Peru.

Bezoar antelope. See Antelope. -- Bezoar goat (Zoöl.), the wild goat (Capra ægagrus). -- Bezoar mineral, an old preparation of oxide of antimony. Ure.

Bez`o*ar"dic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. bézoardique, bézoartique.] Pertaining to, or compounded with, bezoar. -- n. A medicine containing bezoar.

{ Bez`o*ar"tic (&?;), Bez`o*ar"tic*al (&?;), } a. [See Bezoardic.] Having the qualities of an antidote, or of bezoar; healing. [Obs.]

Be*zo"ni*an (&?;), n. [Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno.] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar.

Great men oft die by vile bezonians. Shak.

Bez"zle (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bezzled (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bezzling (&?;).] [OF. besillier, besiler, to maltreat, pillage; or shortened fr. embezzle. Cf. Embezzle.] To plunder; to waste in riot. [Obs.]

Bez"zle, v. i. To drink to excess; to revel. [Obs.]

Bhang (&?;), n. [Per. bang; cf. Skr. bhang hemp.] An astringent and narcotic drug made from the dried leaves and seed capsules of wild hemp (Cannabis Indica), and chewed or smoked in the East as a means of intoxication. See Hasheesh.

||Bhun"der (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus.

Bi- (&?;). [L. bis twice, which in composition drops the -s, akin to E. two. See Bis-, Two, and cf. Di-, Dis-.]

1. In most branches of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two- toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

2. (Chem.) In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.

Bi*ac"id (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + acid.] (Chem.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.

Bi`a*cu"mi*nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + acuminate.] (Bot.) Having points in two directions.

Bi*an"gu*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + angular.] Having two angles or corners.

{ Bi*an"gu*late (&?;), Bi*an"gu*la`ted (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + angulate, angulated.] Biangular.

Bi*an"gu*lous (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + angulous.] Biangular. [R.]

Bi*an`ther*if"er*ous (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + antherigerous.] (Bot.) Having two anthers.

Bi`ar*tic"u*late (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + articulate.] (Zoöl.) Having, or consisting of, tow joints.

Bi"as (b"as), n.; pl. Biases (-z). [F. biasis, perh. fr. LL. bifax two-faced; L. bis + facies face. See Bi-, and cf. Face.] 1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.

Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

2. A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.

Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South.

Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke.

3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.

4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.

Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent.

Bi"as, a. 1. Inclined to one side; swelled on one side. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.

Bi"as, adv. In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Bi"as, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Biased (b"ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing.] To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.

Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction. De Quincey.

Bi`au*ric"u*late (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + auriculate.] 1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.

{ Bi*ax"al (&?;), Bi*ax"i*al (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + axal, axial.] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization. Brewster. -- Bi*ax"i*al*ly, adv.

Bib (&?;), n. [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.] 1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.

2. (Zoöl.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; -- called also pout and whiting pout.

3. A bibcock.

{ Bib, Bibbe } (&?;), v. t. [L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.]

This miller hath . . . bibbed ale. Chaucer.

Bib, v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple.

He was constantly bibbing. Locke.

Bi*ba"cious (&?;), a. [L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking.

Bi*bac"i*ty (&?;), n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount.

Bi*ba"sic (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + basic.] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of acids. See Dibasic.

Bibb (bb), n. A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.

Bib"ber (&?;), n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; -- chiefly used in composition; as, winebibber.

Bib"ble-bab"ble (&?;), n. [A reduplication of babble.] Idle talk; babble. Shak.

Bibbs (bbz), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.

Bib"cock` (bb"kk), n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight.

Bi*bi"rine (&?;), n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine.

Bib"i*to*ry (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.

Bi"ble (b"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book, prop. Egyptian papyrus.] 1. A book. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical Bible.

3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan Bible.

Bible Society, an association for securing the multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible. -- Douay Bible. See Douay Bible. -- Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.

Bib"ler (bb"lr), n. [See Bib, v. t.] A great drinker; a tippler. [Written also bibbler and bibbeler.]

Bib"li*cal (bb"l*kal), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the Bible; as, biblical learning; biblical authority.

Bib`li*cal"i*ty (-kl"*t), n. The quality of being biblical; a biblical subject. [R.]

Bib"li*cal*ly (&?;), adv. According to the Bible.

Bib"li*cism (&?;), n. [Cf. F. biblicisme.] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [R.]

Bib"li*cist (&?;), n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures.

Bib"li*o*graph` (&?;), n. Bibliographer.

Bib`li*og"ra*pher (&?;), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?; book + &?; to write : cf. F. bibliographe.] One who writes, or is versed in, bibliography.

{ Bib`li*o*graph"ic (&?;), Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al (&?;), } a. [Cf. F. bibliographique.] Pertaining to bibliography, or the history of books. -- Bib`li*o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Bib`li*og"ra*phy (&?;) n.; pl. Bibliographies (&?;). [Gr. &?;: cf. F. bibliographie.] A history or description of books and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, etc.

{ Bib`li*ol"a*ter (&?;), Bib`li*ol"a*trist (&?;), } n. [See. Bibliolatry.] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey.

Bib`li*ol"a*try (-tr), n. [Gr. bibli`on book + latrei`a service, worship, latrey`ein to serve.] Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divines to the exaltation of the authority of the Bible over that of the pope or the church, and by Protestants to an excessive regard to the letter of the Scriptures. Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

Bib`li*o*log"ic*al (&?;), a. Relating to bibliology.

Bib`li*ol"o*gy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + -logy.]

1. An account of books; book lore; bibliography.

2. The literature or doctrine of the Bible.

Bib"li*o*man`cy (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + -mancy: cf. F. bibliomancie.] A kind of divination, performed by selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning future events.

Bib`li*o*ma"ni*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + &?; madness: cf. F. bibliomanie.] A mania for acquiring books.

Bib`li*o*ma"ni*ac (&?;), n. One who has a mania for books. -- a. Relating to a bibliomaniac.

Bib`li*o*ma*ni"ac*al (&?;), a. Pertaining to a passion for books; relating to a bibliomaniac.

Bib`li*o*peg"ic (-pj"k), a. [Gr. bibli`on book + phgny`naito make fast.] Relating to the binding of books. [R.]

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Bib`li*op"e*gist (bb`l*p"*jst), n. A bookbinder.

Bib`li*op`e*gis"tic (-p`*js"tk), a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [R.] Dibdin.

Bib`li*op"e*gy (&?;), n. [See Bibliopegic.] The art of binding books. [R.]

Bib"li*o*phile (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + &?; to love: cf. F. bibliophile.] A lover of books.

Bib`li*oph"i*lism (&?;), n. Love of books.

Bib`li*oph"i*list (&?;), n. A lover of books.

Bib`li*o*pho"bi*a (&?;), n. [Gr. &?; book + &?; to fear.] A dread of books. [R.]

Bib"li*o*pole (&?;), n. [L. bibliopola, Gr. &?;; &?; book + &?; to sell: cf. F. bibliopole.] One who sells books.

{ Bib`li*o*pol"ic (&?;), Bib`li*op"o*lar } (&?;), a. [See Bibliopole.] Of or pertaining to the sale of books. "Bibliopolic difficulties." Carlyle.

Bib`li*op"o*lism (&?;), n. The trade or business of selling books.

Bib`li*op"o*list (&?;), n. Same as Bibliopole.

Bib`li*op`o*lis"tic (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to bibliopolism. Dibdin.

{ Bib"li*o*taph (&?;), Bib`li*ot"a*phist (&?;), } n. [Gr. &?; book + &?; a burial.] One who hides away books, as in a tomb. [R.] Crabb.

Bib"li*o*thec (&?;), n. A librarian.

||Bib`li*o*the"ca (&?;), n. [L. See Bibliotheke.] A library.

Bib`li*o*the"cal (&?;), a. [L. bibliothecalis. See Bibliotheke.] Belonging to a library. Byrom.

Bib`li*oth"e*ca*ry (&?;), n. [L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. bibliothécaire.] A librarian. [Obs.] Evelin.

Bib"li*o*theke (&?;), n. [L. bibliotheca, Gr. &?;; &?; book + &?; a case, box, fr. &?; to place: cf. F. bibliothèque.] A library. [Obs.] Bale.

Bib"list (&?;), n. [Cf. F. bibliste. See Bible.] 1. One who makes the Bible the sole rule of faith.

2. A biblical scholar; a biblicist. I. Taylor.

Bi*brac"te*ate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + bracteate.] (Bot.) Furnished with, or having, two bracts.

Bib"u*lous (&?;), a. [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See Bib, v. t. ] 1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous blotting paper.

2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

Bib"u*lous*ly, adv. In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. De Quincey.

Bi*cal"ca*rate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

{ Bi*cal"lose (&?;), Bi*cal"lous (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots. Gray.

Bi*cam"er*al (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

Bi*cap"su*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.

Bi*car"bon*ate (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

{Bi*car"bu*ret`ed or -ret`ted } (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carbureted.] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]

Bi*car"i*nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

Bi*cau"dal (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.] Having, or terminating in, two tails.

Bi*cau"date (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.] Two-tailed; bicaudal.

Bic"ched (&?;), a. [Of unknown origin.] Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bicched bones, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.

{ Bice, Bise } (&?;), n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.

Bi*cen"te*na*ry (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.

Bi`cen*ten"ni*al, a. [Pref. bi- + centennial.] 1. Consisting of two hundred years.

2. Occurring every two hundred years.

Bi`cen*ten"ni*al, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

Bi*ceph"a*lous (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + cephalous: cf. F. bicéphale.] Having two heads.

||Bi"ceps (&?;), n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

||Bi*chir" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

Bi*chlo"ride (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + chloride.] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate.

||Bi"cho (&?;), n. [Sp.] (Zoöl.) See Jigger.

Bi*chro"mate (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + chromate.] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

Bi*chro"ma*tize (&?;), v. t. To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

Bi*cip"i*tal (&?;), a. [L. biceps, bicipitis: cf. F. bicipital. See Biceps.] 1. (Anat.) (a) Having two heads or origins, as a muscle. (b) Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.

2. (Bot.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

Bi*cip"i*tous (&?;), a. Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T. Browne.

Bick"er, n. [See Beaker.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]

Bick"er (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]

Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland.

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.

Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.

They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.

Bick"er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]

2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson.

3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.

Bick"er*er (&?;), n. One who bickers.

Bick"er*ing, n. 1. A skirmishing. "Frays and bickerings." Milton.

2. Altercation; wrangling.

Bick"er*ment (&?;), n. Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bick"ern (&?;), n. [F. bigorne. See Bicorn.] An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

Bi*col"li*gate (&?;), a. [L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

{ Bi"col`or (&?;), Bi"col`ored (&?;), } a. [L. bicolor; bis twice + color color.] Of two colors.

Bi*con"cave (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + concave.] Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebræ.

Bi*con"ju*gate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + conjugate, a.] (Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.

Bi*con"vex (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + convex.] Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

{ Bi"corn (&?;), Bi"corned (&?;), Bi*cor"nous (&?;), } a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern.] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Bi*cor"po*ral (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + corporal.] Having two bodies.

Bi*cor"po*rate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + corporate.] (Her.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

Bi*cos"tate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + costate.] (Bot.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

Bi*cre"nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + crenate.] (Bot.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

Bi`cres*cen"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + crescent.] Having the form of a double crescent.

Bi*cru"ral (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + crural.] Having two legs. Hooker.

{ Bi*cus"pid (&?;), Bi*cus"pid*ate (&?;), } a. [See pref. Bi-, and Cuspidate.] Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; -- said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.

Bi*cus"pid, n. (Anat.) One of the two double-pointed teeth which intervene between the canines (cuspids) and the molars, on each side of each jaw. See Tooth, n.

Bi*cy"a*nide (&?;), n. See Dicyanide.

Bi"cy*cle (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + cycle.] A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

Bi"cy*cler (&?;), n. One who rides a bicycle.

Bi*cyc"lic (&?;), a. Relating to bicycles.

Bi"cy*cling (&?;), n. The use of a bicycle; the act or practice of riding a bicycle.

Bi"cy*clism (&?;), n. The art of riding a bicycle.

Bi"cy*clist (&?;), n. A bicycler.

Bi*cyc"u*lar (&?;), a. Relating to bicycling.