BICORN
BI'CORN, noun [Latin bis, twice, and cornu, a horn, bicornis.]A plant whose anthers have the appearance of two horns.BI'CORN
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BICORNOUS
BICORN'OUS, adjective Having two horns.
BID
BID, verb transitivepreterit tensebid or bade; participle passivebid bidden. [Latin peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to desire, to beseech, anciently beto; impetus. Applied...
BIDALE
BID'ALE, noun [bid and ale.] In England, an invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity; an ancient and still a local custom.
BIDDER
BID'DER, noun One who offers a price.Bidders at the auction of popularity.
BIDDING
BID'DING, participle present tense Inviting; offering; commanding.BID'DING, noun Invitation; command; order; a proclamation or notifying.
BIDE
BIDE, verb intransitive To dwell; to inhabit.1. To remain; to continue or be permanent, in a place or state. [Nearly antiquated.]BIDE, verb transitive To endure; to suffer. [See...
BIDENS
BI'DENS, noun A plant, bur marigold.
BIDENTAL
BIDENT'AL, adjective [Latin bidens, of bis, twice, and dens, a tooth.] Having two teeth.
BIDET
BIDET', noun A small horse, formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.
BIDING
BI'DING, participle present tense Dwelling; continuing; remaining. [See Abiding.]BI'DING, noun Residence; habitation.
BIDON
BID'ON, noun A measure of liquids, of about five quarts, wine measure, used by seamen.
BIENNIAL
BIEN'NIAL, adjective [Latin biennis, of bis, twice, and annus, a year.]1. Continuing for two years and then perishing; as plants, whose root and leaves are formed the first year...
BIENNIALLY
BIEN'NIALLY, adverb Once in two years; at the return of two years.
BIER
BIER, noun [Latin feretrum, from fero. See Bear.]A carriage or frame of wood for conveying dead human bodies to thegrave.
BIER-BALK
BIE'R-BALK, noun The church road for burials. [Not used in America.]
BIESTINGS
BIE'STINGS, nounplural The first milk given by a cow after calving.
BIFARIOUS
BIFA'RIOUS, adjective [Latin bifarius; bis and fero, or Teutonic, faran, to go.]Two-fold. In botany, pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch.
BIFARIOUSLY
BIFA'RIOUSLY, adverb In a bifarious manner. A stem or branch is bifariously hairy, when the hairs between any two joints come out on the front and back, and in the two adjoining...
BIFEROUS
BIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin bifer, biferus; of bis, twice, and fero, to bear.]Bearing fruit twice a year, as plants do in warm climates.
BIFID
BIF'IDBIF'IDATE, adjective [Latin bifidus, bifidatus, of bis, twice, and findo, fidi, to split or cleave. See Divide and Wide.]In botany, two-cleft; divided; opening with a clef...
BIFIDATE
BIF'IDATE, a. [L. bifidus, bifidatus, of bis, twice, and findo, fidi, to split or cleave. See Divide and Wide.]In botany, two-cleft; divided; opening with a cleft; divided by a ...
BIFLOROUS
BIF'LOROUS, adjective [Latin bis, twice, and floreo.] Bearing two flowers.
BIFOLD
BI'FOLD, adjective [Latin bis, twice, and fold.] Two-fold; double; of two kinds, degrees, etc.
BIFORM
BI'FORM, adjective [Latin biformis, of bis, twice, and forma, form.]Having two forms, bodies or shapes.
BIFORMED
BI'FORMED, adjective Compounded of two forms.
BIFORMITY
BIFORM'ITY, noun A double form.