Part 1108

<h1>Bifacial</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*fa"cial</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>facial</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having the opposite surfaces alike.</def>

<h1>Bifarious</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*fa"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bifarius</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>fari</ets> to speak. Cf. Gr. <?/ twofold; <?/ twice + <?/ to say.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Twofold; arranged in two rows.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Pointing two ways, as leaves that grow only on opposite sides of a branch; in two vertical rows.</def>

<h1>Bifariously</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*fa"ri*ous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a bifarious manner.</def>

<h1>Biferous</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bif"er*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bifer</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>ferre</ets> to bear.]</ety> <def>Bearing fruit twice a year.</def>

<h1>Biffin</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bif"fin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Beaufin</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sort of apple peculiar to Norfolk, Eng.</def> <note>[Sometimes called <i>beaufin</i>; but properly <i>beefin</i> (it is said), from its resemblance to raw beef.]</note>

<i>Wright.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A baked apple pressed down into a flat, round cake; a dried apple.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Bifid</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi"fid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bifidus</ets>; <ets>bis</ets> twice + root of <ets>findere</ets> to cleave or split: cf. F. <ets>bifide</ets>.]</ety> <def>Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins.</def>

<h1>Bifidate</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bif"i*date</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bifidatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Bifid</er>.</def>

<h1>Bifilar</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*fi"lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>filar</ets>.]</ety> <def>Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; <as>as, <ex>bifilar</ex> suspension; a <ex>bifilar</ex> balance.</as></def>

<cs><mcol><col>Bifilar micrometer</col> (often called <col>a bifilar</col></mcol>), <cd>an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which, at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a <altname>filar micrometer</altname>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Biflabellate</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi`fla*bel"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>flabellate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Flabellate on both sides.</def>

<h1>Biflagellate</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi`fla*gel"late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>flagellate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages.</def>

<h1>Biflorate, Biflorous</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw><hw>Bi*flo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*flo"rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>flos</ets>, <ets>floris</ets>, flower.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bearing two flowers; two-flowered.</def>

<h1>Bifold</h1> <Xpage=144>