Big″gin (�), n. [F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon.] A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.
An old woman's biggin for a nightcap.
Massinger.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.