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2. (Bot.) Dividing into two parts at one extremity; having two heads or two supports; as, a bicipital tree.

Bi*cip"i*tous (&?;), a. Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T. Browne.

Bick"er, n. [See Beaker.] A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub. [Prov. Eng.]

Bick"er (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.] [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker, bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.] 1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.]

Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland.

2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.

Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.

3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.

They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.

Bick"er, n. 1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]

2. A fight with stones between two parties of boys. [Scot.] Jamieson.

3. A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.

Bick"er*er (&?;), n. One who bickers.

Bick"er*ing, n. 1. A skirmishing. "Frays and bickerings." Milton.

2. Altercation; wrangling.

Bick"er*ment (&?;), n. Contention. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bick"ern (&?;), n. [F. bigorne. See Bicorn.] An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in two beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.

Bi*col"li*gate (&?;), a. [L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.

{ Bi"col`or (&?;), Bi"col`ored (&?;), } a. [L. bicolor; bis twice + color color.] Of two colors.

Bi*con"cave (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + concave.] Concave on both sides; as, biconcave vertebræ.

Bi*con"ju*gate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + conjugate, a.] (Bot.) Twice paired, as when a petiole forks twice. Gray.

Bi*con"vex (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + convex.] Convex on both sides; as, a biconvex lens.

{ Bi"corn (&?;), Bi"corned (&?;), Bi*cor"nous (&?;), } a. [L. bicornis; bis twice + cornu horn: cf. F. bicorne. Cf. Bickern.] Having two horns; two-horned; crescentlike.

Bi*cor"po*ral (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + corporal.] Having two bodies.

Bi*cor"po*rate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + corporate.] (Her.) Double-bodied, as a lion having one head and two bodies.

Bi*cos"tate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + costate.] (Bot.) Having two principal ribs running longitudinally, as a leaf.

Bi*cre"nate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + crenate.] (Bot.) Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.

Bi`cres*cen"tic (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + crescent.] Having the form of a double crescent.