Webster's Dictionary 1913

2593

Bimonthly (2)

Bi‐month″ly, adv. Once in two months.

2594

Bimuscular

Bi‐mus″cu‐lar (�), a. [Pref. bi- + muscular.] (Zoöl.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

2595

Bin

Bin (�), n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage (a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.] A box, frame,...

2596

Bin (2)

Bin, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Binned (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Binning.] To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

2597

Bin (3)

Bin. An old form of Be and Been.

2598

Bin-

Bin–. A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

2599

Binal

Bi″nal (�), a. [See Binary.] Twofold; double. “Binal revenge, all this.” Ford.

2600

Binarseniate

Bin′ar‐se″ni‐ate (�), n. [Pref. bin- + arseniate.] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

2601

Binary

Bi″na‐ry (�), a. [L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire.] Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; chara...

2602

Binary (2)

Bi″na‐ry, n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby.

2603

Binate

Bi″nate (�), a. [L. bini two and two.] (Bot.) Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray.

2604

Binaural

Bin‐au″ral (�), a. [Pref. bin- + aural.] Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.

2605

Binbashi

‖Bin‐bash″i (?), n. [Turk., prop., chief of a thousand; bin thousand + bash head.] (Mil.) A major in the Turkish army.

2606

Bind

Bind (�), v. t. [imp.Bound (�); p. p.Bound, formerly Bounden (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. bi...

2607

Bind (2)

Bind (�), v. i. 1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.They that reap must sheaf and bind.Shak.2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, c...

2608

Bind (3)

Bind, n. 1. That which binds or ties.2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan...

2609

Binder

Bind″er (�), n. 1. One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.2. Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage;...

2610

Bindery

Bind″er‐y (�), n. A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.

2611

Bindheimite

Bind″heim‐ite (�), n. [From Bindheim, a German who analyzed it.] (Min.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

2612

Binding

Bind″ing (�), a. That binds; obligatory.Binding beam(Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. — Binding joist(Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.Syn. — Ob...

2613

Binding (2)

Bind″ing, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that se...

2614

Binding post

Bind″ing post′. (Elec.) A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

2615

Binding screw

Bind″ing screw′. A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.

2616

Bindingly

Bind″ing‐ly, adv. So as to bind.

2617

Bindingness

Bind″ing‐ness, n. The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.

2618

Bindweed

Bind″weed′ (�), n.(Bot.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black ...

2619

Bine

Bine (�), n. [Bind, cf. Woodbine.] The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.