Part 1102

<h1>Bicker</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Beaker</er>.]</ety> <def>A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Bicker</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bickered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bickering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bikeren</ets>, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. <ets>bicra</ets> to fight, bicker, <ets>bicre</ets> conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. <ets>beak</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.<tt>def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Two eagles had a conflict, and <b>bickered</b> together. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle.</def>

<blockquote>Petty things about which men cark and <b>bicker</b>. <i>Barrow.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame.</def>

<blockquote>They [streamlets] <b>bickered</b> through the sunny shade. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bicker</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A skirmish; an encounter.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A fight with stones between two parties of boys.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A wrangle; also, a noise,, as in angry contention.</def>

<h1>Bickerer</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who bickers.</def>

<h1>Bickering</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A skirmishing.</def> "Frays and <i>bickerings</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Altercation; wrangling.</def>

<h1>Bickerment</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"er*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Contention.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bickern</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bick"ern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bigorne</ets>. See <er>Bicorn</er>.]</ety> <def>An anvil ending in a beak or point (orig. in <i>two</i> beaks); also, the beak or horn itself.</def>

<h1>Bicolligate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*col"li*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>colligatus</ets>, p. p. See <er>Colligate</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt> ]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web.</def>

<h1>Bicolor, Bicolored</h1> <Xpage=143>