Webster's Dictionary 1913

2431

Biforine

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 Araceæ. It has...

2432

Biforked

Bi″forked (�), a. Bifurcate.

2433

Biform

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

2434

Biformed

Bi″formed (�), a. [Pref. bi- + form.] Having two forms. Johnson.

2435

Biformity

Bi‐form″i‐ty (�), n. A double form.

2436

Biforn

Bi‐forn″ (�), prep. & adv. Before.

2437

Biforous

Bif″o‐rous (�), a. [L. biforis having two doors; bis twice, two + foris door.] See Biforate.

2438

Bifronted

Bi‐front″ed (�), a. [Pref. bi- + front.] Having two fronts. “Bifronted Janus.” Massinger.

2439

Bifurcate

{ Bi‐fur″cate (�), Bi‐fur″ca‐ted (�), } a. [Pref. bi- + furcate.] Two-pronged; forked.

2440

Bifurcate (2)

Bi‐fur″cate (�), v. i. To divide into two branches.

2441

Bifurcation

Bi′fur‐ca″tion (�), n. [Cf. F. bifurcation.] A forking, or division into two branches.

2442

Bifurcous

Bi‐fur″cous (�), a. [L. bifurcus; bis twice + furca fork.] See Bifurcate, a.Coles.

2443

Big

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. biggili...

2444

Big (2)

{ 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...

2445

Big (3)

{ 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. Sir W. Scott.

2446

Big Bend State

Big Bend State. Tennessee; — a nickname.

2447

Big-bellied

Big″–bel′lied (�), a. Having a great belly; as, a big-bellied man or flagon; advanced in pregnancy.

2448

Big-wigged

Big″–wigged′ (�), a. characterized by pomposity of manner.

2449

Biga

‖Bi″ga (�), n.(Antiq.) A two-horse chariot.

2450

Bigam

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

2451

Bigamist

Big″a‐mist (�), n. [Cf. Digamist.] One who is guilty of bigamy. Ayliffe.

2452

Bigamous

Big″a‐mous (�), a. Guilty of bigamy; involving bigamy; as, a bigamous marriage.

2453

Bigamy

Big″a‐my (�), n. [OE. bigamie, fr. L. bigamus twice married; bis twice + Gr. � marriage; prob. akin to Skt. jāmis related, and L. gemini twins, the root meaning to bind, join: c...

2454

Bigarreau

{ Big′ar‐reau″ (�), Big′a‐roon″ (�), } n. [F. bigarreau, fr. bigarré variegated.] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry.

2455

Bigeminate

Bi‐gem″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 decompou...

2456

Bigential

Bi‐gen″tial (�), a. [Pref. bi- + L. gens, gentis, tribe.] (Zoöl.) Including two tribes or races of men.

2457

Bigeye

Big″eye′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye.