Part 1107

<hw>Bi*dig"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>digitate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.</def>

<h1>Biding</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bid"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Residence; habitation.</def>

<i>Rowe.</i>

<h1>Bield</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bield</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A shelter. Same as <er>Beild</er>.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Bield</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bield</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To shelter.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Biennial</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*en"ni*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>biennalis</ets> and <ets>biennis</ets>, fr. <ets>biennium</ets> a space of two years; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>annus</ets> year. Cf. <er>Annual</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Happening, or taking place, once in two years; <as>as, a <ex>biennial</ex> election</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Continuing for two years, and then perishing, as plants which form roots and leaves the first year, and produce fruit the second.</def>

<h1>Biennial</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*en"ni*al</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Something which takes place or appears once in two years; esp. a biennial examination.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant which exists or lasts for two years.</def>

<h1>Biennially</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bi*en"ni*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Once in two years.</def>

<h1>Bier</h1> <Xpage=143>

<hw>Bier</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>b\'91e</ets>, <ets>beere</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/r</ets>, <ets>b<?/re</ets>; akin to D. <ets>baar</ets>, OHG. <ets>b\'bera</ets>, G. <ets>bahre</ets>, Icel <ets>barar</ets>, D<?/ <ets>baare</ets>, L. <ets>feretrum</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, from the same <?/<?/ <ets>bear</ets> to produce. See 1st <er>Bear</er>, and cf. <er>Barrow</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

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<h1>Bierbalk</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bier"balk`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bier</er>, and <er>Balk</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Homilies.</i>

<h1>Biestings, Beestings</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw><hw>Biest"ings</hw>, <hw>Beest"ings</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bestynge</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/sting</ets>, fr. <ets>b<?/st</ets>, <ets>beost</ets>; akin to D. <ets>biest</ets>, OHG. <ets>biost</ets>, G. <ets>biest</ets>; of unknown origin.]</ety> <def>The first milk given by a cow after calving.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

<blockquote>The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called <b>biestings</b>. <i>Newton. (1574).</i></blockquote>