<h1>Bijou</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi*jou"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bijoux</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[F.; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A trinket; a jewel; -- a word applied to anything small and of elegant workmanship.</def>
<h1>Bijoutry</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi*jou"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bijouterie</ets>. See <er>Bijou</er>.]</ety> <def>Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc.</def>
<h1>Bijugate</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bij"u*gate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>jugatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>jugare</ets> to join.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two pairs, as of leaflets.</def>
<h1>Bijugous</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bij"u*gous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bijugus</ets> yoked two together; <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>jugum</ets> yoke, pair.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Bijugate.</def>
<h1>Bike</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bike</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ethymol. unknown.]</ety> <def>A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>
<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>
<h1>Bikh</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bikh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Hind., fr. Skr. <ets>visha</ets> poison.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from <i>Aconitum ferox</i> or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.</def>
<h1>Bilabiate</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi*la"bi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>labiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.</def>
<h1>Bilaciniate</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi`la*cin"i*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>laciniate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Doubly fringed.</def>
<h1>Bilalo</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi*la"lo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.</def>
<h1>Bilamellate, Bilamellated</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw><hw>Bi*lam"el*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*lam"el*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>lamellate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Formed of two plates, as the stigma of the Mimulus; also, having two elevated ridges, as in the lip of certain flowers.</def>
<h1>Bilaminar, Bilaminate</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw><hw>Bi*lam"i*nar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bi*lam"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>laminar</ets>, <ets>laminate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Formed of, or having, two lamin\'91, or thin plates.</def>
<h1>Biland</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bi"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A byland.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Holland.</i>
<h1>Bilander</h1> <Xpage=144>
<hw>Bil"an*der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>bijlander</ets>; <ets>bij</ets> by + <ets>land</ets> land, country.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small two-masted merchant vessel, fitted only for coasting, or for use in canals, as in Holland.</def>
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