Webster's Dictionary 1913

2809

Bisetose

{ Bi‐se″tose (�), Bi‐se″tous (�), } a. [Pref. bi- + setose, setous.] Having two bristles.

2810

Bisexous

Bi‐sex″ous (�), a. [L. bis twice + sexus sex: cf. F. bissexe.] Bisexual. Sir T. Browne.

2811

Bisexual

Bi‐sex″u‐al (�), a. [Pref. bi- + sexual.] (Biol.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.

2812

Bisexuous

Bi‐sex″u‐ous (�), a. Bisexual.

2813

Biseye

Bi‐seye″ (�), p. p. of Besee. Chaucer.Evil biseye, ill looking.

2814

Bish

Bish (�), n. Same as Bikh.

2815

Bishop

Bish″op (�), n. [OE. bischop, biscop, bisceop, AS. bisceop, biscop, L. episcopus overseer, superintendent, bishop, fr. Gr. �, � over + � inspector, fr. root of �, �, to look to,...

2816

Bishop (2)

Bish″op, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bishoped (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bishoping.] To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.

2817

Bishop (3)

Bish″op (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bishoped (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bishoping.] [From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt.] (Far.) To make seem younger, by operati...

2818

Bishop sleeve

Bish″op sleeve′ (�). A wide sleeve, once worn by women.

2819

Bishop-stool

Bish″op–stool′ (�), n. A bishop's seat or see.

2820

Bishop's cap

Bish″op's cap′ (�). (Bot.) A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow.

2821

Bishop's length

Bish″op's length′ (�). A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

2822

Bishop's-weed

Bish″op's–weed′ (�), n.(Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. (b) Goutweed (Ægopodium podagraria).

2823

Bishop's-wort

Bish″op's–wort′ (�), n.(Bot.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.

2824

Bishopdom

Bish″op‐dom (�), n. Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate. “Divine right of bishopdom.” Milton.

2825

Bishoplike

Bish″op‐like′ (�), a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke.

2826

Bishoply

Bish″op‐ly, a. Bishoplike; episcopal.

2827

Bishoply (2)

Bish″op‐ly, adv. In the manner of a bishop.

2828

Bishopric

Bish″op‐ric (�), n. [AS. bisceoprīce; bisceop bishop + rīce dominion. See -ric.] 1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.2. The office of a sp...

2829

Bisie

Bis″ie (�), v. t. To busy; to employ.

2830

Bisilicate

Bi‐sil″i‐cate (�), n.(Min. Chem.) A salt of metasilicic acid; — so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicat...

2831

Bisk

Bisk (�), n. [F. bisque.] Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King.

2832

Bisk (2)

Bisk, n. [F. bisque.] (Tennis) See Bisque.

2833

Biskara boil

{ Bis″ka‐ra boil′, Bis″ka‐ra but″ton }. [Named after the town Biskara, in Algeria.] (Med.) Same as Aleppo boil.

2834

Bismare

{ Bi‐smare″ (�), Bi‐smer″ } (�), n. [AS. bismer.] Shame; abuse. Chaucer.

2835

Bismer (2)

Bis″mer (�), n. 1. A rule steelyard.2. (Zoöl.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).