Webster's Dictionary 1828

1567

BISCUIT

BIS'CUIT, noun bis'kit. [Latin bis, twice, and cuit, baked.]1. A kind of bread, formed into cakes, and baked hard for seamen.2. A cake, variously made, for the use of private fa...

1568

BISDIAPASON

DISDIAPASON, BISDIAPASONnoun [See Diapason.] In music, a compound concord in the quadruple ratio of 4:1 or 8:2.

1569

BISECT

BISECT', verb transitive [Latin bis, twice, and seco, sectum, to cut. See Section.]To cut or divide into two parts. In geometry, one line bisects another when it crosses it, lea...

1570

BISECTED

BISECT'ED, participle passive Divided into two equal parts.

1571

BISECTING

BISECT'ING, participle present tense Dividing into two equal parts.

1572

BISECTION

BISEC'TION, noun The act of cutting into two equal parts; the division of any line or quantity into two equal parts.

1573

BISEGMENT

BISEG'MENT, noun [bis and segment.] One of the parts of a line, divided into two equal parts.

1574

BISEXOUS

BISEX'OUS, adjective Consisting of both sexes.

1575

BISHOP

BISH'OP, noun [Latin episcopus; Gr. of, over, and inspector, or visitor; to view, or inspect; whence, to visit; also, to view. This Greek and Latin word accompanied the introduc...

1576

BISHOPLIKE

BISH'OPLIKE, adjective Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.

1577

BISHOPRIC

BISH'OPRIC, noun [bishop and ric, jurisdiction.]1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of bishop extends. in England, are twenty-four bishoprics, besides that of...

1578

BISHOPSWEED

BISH'OPSWEED, noun [bishop and used.] A genus of plants, with the generic name Ammi.

1579

BISHOPSWORT

BISH'OPSWORT, noun A plant.

1580

BISK

BISK, noun Soup or broth, made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.

1581

BISKET

BISK'ET, a biscuit. This orthography is adopted by many respectable writers.

1582

BISMUTH

BIS'MUTH, noun s as z. A metal of a yellowish or reddish white color, and a lamellar texture. It is somewhat harder than lead, and scarcely, of at all, malleable, being so britt...

1583

BISMUTHAL

BIS'MUTHAL, adjective Consisting of bismuth, or containing it.

1584

BISMUTHIC

BIS'MUTHIC, adjective Pertaining to bismuth; as bismuthic acid.

1585

BISON

BIS'ON, noun [Latin A quadruped of the bovine genus, usually but improperly called the buffalo. The proper buffalo is a distinct species, peculiar to the warmer climates of the ...

1586

BISSEXTILE

BISSEX'TILE, noun [Latin bissextilis, leap year, from bissextus, [bis and sextus] the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice e...

1587

BISSON

BIS'SON, adjective Blind. [Not used.]

1588

BISTER

BIS'TER, noun Among painters, the burnt oil extracted from the soot of wood; a brown pigment. To prepare it, soot [that os beach is the best' is put into water, in the proportio...

1589

BISTORT

BIS'TORT, noun [Latin bistorta, bis and tortus, twisted.]A plant, a species of polygonum, or many-knotted or angled. In popular language, it is called snake-weed.

1590

BISTOURY

BIS'TOURY, noun bis'tury. A surgical instrument for making incisions. It is either straight and fixed in a handle like a knife, or its blade turns like a lancet, or it is crooke...

1591

BISULCOUS

BISULC'OUS, adjective [Latin bisulcus, of bis and sulcus, a furrow.]Cloven footed, as swine or oxen.

1592

BISULPHURET

BISUL'PHURET, noun [bis and sulphuret.] In chimistry, a sulphuret, with a double proportion of sulphur.

1593

BIT

BIT, noun The iron part of a bridle which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and its appendages, to which the reins are fastened. It includes the bit mouth, the branches, the ...