Part 1094

<h1>Biangulous</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi*an"gu*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>angulous</ets>.]</ety> <def>Biangular.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Biantheriferous</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi*an`ther*if"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>antherigerous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two anthers.</def>

<h1>Biarticulate</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi`ar*tic"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>articulate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having, or consisting of, tow joints.</def>

<h1>Bias</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi"as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Biases</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F. <ets>biasis</ets>, perh. fr. LL. <ets>bifax</ets> two-faced; L. <ets>bis</ets> + <ets>facies</ets> face. See <er>Bi-</er>, and cf. <er>Face</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.</def>

<blockquote>Being ignorant that there is a concealed <b>bias</b> within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination.</def>

<blockquote>Strong love is a <b>bias</b> upon the thoughts. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Morality influences men's lives, and gives a <b>bias</b> to all their actions. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A slant; a diagonal; <as>as, to cut cloth on the bias</as>.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See <er>Bent</er>.</syn>

<h1>Bias</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi"as</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i> Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.</def>

<h1>Bias</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi"as</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; <as>as, to cut cloth <ex>bias</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Bias</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi"as</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Biased</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Biasing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.</def>

<blockquote>Me it had not <b>biased</b> in the one direction, nor should it have <b>biased</b> any just critic in the counter direction. <i>De. Quincey.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Biauriculate</h1> <Xpage=142>

<hw>Bi`au*ric"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>au riculate</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.</def>

<h1>Biaxal, Biaxial</h1> <Xpage=142>