Part 1106

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Angl. Ch.)</fld> <def>The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.</def>

<h1>Biddy</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymology uncertain.]</ety> <def>A name used in calling a hen or chicken.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Biddy</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"dy</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A familiar form of <ets>Bridget</ets>.]</ety> <def>An Irish serving woman or girl.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bide</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bided</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Biding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>biden</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'c6dan</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>b\'c6tan</ets>, Goth. <ets>beidan</ets>, Icel. <ets>b\'c6<?/<?/</ets>; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to <ets>bid</ets>. See <er>Bid</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Abide</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.</def>

<blockquote>All knees to thee shall bow of them that <b>bide</b> In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bide</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bide</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.</def>

<blockquote>Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That <b>bide</b> the pelting of this pitiless storm. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To wait for; <as>as, I <ex>bide</ex> my time</as>. See <er>Abide</er>.</def>

<h1>Bident</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi"dent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bidens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, having two prongs; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>dens</ets> a tooth.]</ety> <def>An instrument or weapon with two prongs.</def>

<h1>Bidental</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*den"tal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having two teeth.</def>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Bidentate</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*den"tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.</def>

<h1>Bidet</h1> <Xpage=143>

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

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.</def>

<h1>Bidigitate</h1> <Xpage=143>