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2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.

Bib"u*lous*ly, adv. In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. De Quincey.

Bi*cal"ca*rate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.

{ Bi*cal"lose (&?;), Bi*cal"lous (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or hard spots. Gray.

Bi*cam"er*al (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches. Bentham.

Bi*cap"su*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp.

Bi*car"bon*ate (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; -- sometimes called supercarbonate.

{Bi*car"bu*ret`ed or -ret`ted } (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carbureted.] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]

Bi*car"i*nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.

Bi*cau"dal (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.] Having, or terminating in, two tails.

Bi*cau"date (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.] Two-tailed; bicaudal.

Bic"ched (&?;), a. [Of unknown origin.] Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bicched bones, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.

{ Bice, Bise } (&?;), n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice.

Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.

Bi*cen"te*na*ry (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.

Bi`cen*ten"ni*al, a. [Pref. bi- + centennial.] 1. Consisting of two hundred years.

2. Occurring every two hundred years.

Bi`cen*ten"ni*al, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

Bi*ceph"a*lous (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + cephalous: cf. F. bicéphale.] Having two heads.

||Bi"ceps (&?;), n. [L., two-headed; bis twice + caput head. See Capital.] (Anat.) A muscle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

||Bi*chir" (&?;), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

Bi*chlo"ride (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + chloride.] (Chem.) A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride.

Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate.

||Bi"cho (&?;), n. [Sp.] (Zoöl.) See Jigger.

Bi*chro"mate (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + chromate.] (Chem.) A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

Bi*chro"ma*tize (&?;), v. t. To combine or treat with a bichromate, esp. with bichromate of potassium; as, bichromatized gelatine.

Bi*cip"i*tal (&?;), a. [L. biceps, bicipitis: cf. F. bicipital. See Biceps.] 1. (Anat.) (a) Having two heads or origins, as a muscle. (b) Pertaining to a biceps muscle; as, bicipital furrows, the depressions on either side of the biceps of the arm.