Part 1100

<h1>Bicalcarate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cal"ca*rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>calcarate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.</def>

<h1>Bicallose, Bicallous</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw><hw>Bi*cal"lose</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*cal"lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>callose</ets>, <ets>callous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two callosities or hard spots.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Bicameral</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cam"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>camera</ets>.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative branches.</def>

<i>Bentham.</i>

<h1>Bicapsular</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cap"su*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>capsular</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bicapsulaire</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two capsules; <as>as, a bicapsular pericarp</as>.</def>

<h1>Bicarbonate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*car"bon*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-+ carbonate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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 <i>supercarbonate</i>.</def>

<h1>Bicarbureted or -retted</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw><hw>Bi*car"bu*ret`ed</hw> or <hw>-ret`ted</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>carbureted</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.</def> <mark>[Obs. or R.]</mark>

<h1>Bicarinate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*car"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>carinate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having two keel-like projections, as the upper palea of grasses.</def>

<h1>Bicaudal</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cau"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>caudal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having, or terminating in, two tails.</def>

<h1>Bicaudate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*cau"date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>caudate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Two-tailed; bicaudal.</def>

<h1>Bicched</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bic"ched</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>Pecked; pitted; notched.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<cs><col>Bicched bones</col>, <cd>pecked, or notched, bones; dice.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bice, Bise</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw><hw>Bice</hw>, <hw>Bise</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bis</ets>, akin to It. <ets>bigio</ets> light gray, tawny.]</ety> <fld>(Paint.)</fld> <def>A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also <altname>blue bice</altname>.</def>

<cs><col>Green bice</col> <cd>is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper.</cd>

<i>Cooley.</i> <i>Brande & C.</i> </cs>