Part 641

2. To make a bid; to state what one will pay or take.

Bid"ale` (&?;), n. [Bid + ale.] An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief. [Prov. Eng.]

Bid"da*ble (&?;), a. Obedient; docile. [Scot.]

Bid"den (&?;), p. p. of Bid.

Bid"der (&?;), n. [AS. biddere. ] One who bids or offers a price. Burke.

Bid"der*y ware` (&?;). [From Beder or Bidar a town in India.] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder.]

Bid"ding, n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. "Do thou thy master's bidding." Shak.

2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction.

Bid"ding prayer` (&?;). 1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

Bid"dy (&?;), n. [Etymology uncertain.] A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak.

Bid"dy, n. [A familiar form of Bridget.] An Irish serving woman or girl. [Colloq.]

Bide (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] [OE. biden, AS. bdan; akin to OHG. btan, Goth. beidan, Icel. b&?;&?;; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.] 1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.

2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.

Bide, v. t. 1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.

Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.

2. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Bi"dent (&?;), n. [L. bidens, - entis, having two prongs; bis twice + dens a tooth.] An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

Bi*den"tal (&?;), a. Having two teeth. Swift.

Bi*den"tate (&?;), a. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two- toothed.

Bi*det" (&?;), n. [F. bidet, perh. fr. Celtic; cr. Gael. bideach very little, diminutive, bidein a diminutive animal, W. bidan a weakly or sorry wretch.]

1. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. B. Jonson.

2. A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

Bi*dig"i*tate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + digitate.] Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

Bid"ing (&?;), n. Residence; habitation. Rowe.

Bield (&?;), n. A shelter. Same as Beild. [Scot.]

Bield, v. t. To shelter. [Scot.]