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Big*no"ni*a (&?;), n. [Named from the Abbé Bignon.] (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.

Big*no`ni*a"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

Big"ot (&?;), n. [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as Beguine, Beghard.]

1. A hypocrite; esp., a superstitious hypocrite. [Obs.]

2. A person who regards his own faith and views in matters of religion as unquestionably right, and any belief or opinion opposed to or differing from them as unreasonable or wicked. In an extended sense, a person who is intolerant of opinions which conflict with his own, as in politics or morals; one obstinately and blindly devoted to his own church, party, belief, or opinion.

To doubt, where bigots had been content to wonder and believe. Macaulay.

Big"ot, a. Bigoted. [Obs.]

In a country more bigot than ours. Dryden.

Big"ot*ed, a. Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. "Bigoted to strife." Byron.

Syn. -- Prejudiced; intolerant; narrow-minded.

Big"ot*ed*ly, adv. In the manner of a bigot.

Big"ot*ry (&?;), n. [Cf. F. bigoterie.] 1. The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.

2. The practice or tenets of a bigot.

Big"wig` (&?;), n. [Big, a. + wig.] A person of consequence; as, the bigwigs of society. [Jocose]

In our youth we have heard him spoken of by the bigwigs with extreme condescension. Dickens.

Big"-wigged` (&?;), a. characterized by pomposity of manner. [Eng.]

Bi`hy*drog"u*ret (&?;), n. [Pref. bi- + hydroguret.] (Chem.) A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance. [Obs.]

||Bi*jou" (&?;), n.; pl. Bijoux (&?;). [F.; of uncertain origin.] A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.

Bi*jou"try (&?;), n. [F. bijouterie. See Bijou.] Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.

Bij"u*gate (&?;), a. [L. bis twice + jugatus, p. p. of jugare to join.] (Bot.) Having two pairs, as of leaflets.

Bij"u*gous (&?;), a. [L. bijugus yoked two together; bis twice + jugum yoke, pair.] (Bot.) Bijugate.

Bike (&?;), n. [Ethymol. unknown.] A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

||Bikh (&?;), n. [Hind., fr. Skr. visha poison.] (Bot.) The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

Bi*la"bi*ate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + labiate.] (Bot.) Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.

Bi`la*cin"i*ate (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + laciniate.] Doubly fringed.

||Bi*la"lo (&?;), n. A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

{ Bi*lam"el*late (&?;), Bi*lam"el*la`ted (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + lamellate.] (Bot.) Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.

{ Bi*lam"i*nar (&?;), Bi*lam"i*nate (&?;), } a. [Pref. bi- + laminar, laminate.] Formed of, or having, two laminæ, or thin plates.