Part 1115

<blockquote>Why choose we, then, like <b>bilanders</b> to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep? <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bilateral</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*lat"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>lateral</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bilat\'82ral</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; <as>as, <ex>bilateral</ex> symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body</as>.</def>

<h1>Bilaterality</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bi*lat`er*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being bilateral.</def>

<h1>Bilberry</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bil"ber*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bilberries</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Cf. Dan. <ets>b\'94lleb\'91r</ets> bilberry, where <ets>b\'94lle</ets> is perh. akin to E. <ets>ball</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The European whortleberry (<spn>Vaccinium myrtillus</spn>); also, its edible bluish black fruit.</def>

<blockquote>There pinch the maids as blue as <b>bilberry</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the species <spn>Vaccinium myrtilloides</spn>, <spn>V. c\'91spitosum</spn> and <spn>V. uliginosum</spn>.</def>

<h1>Bilbo</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bil"bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bilboes</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rapier; a sword; so named from <i>Bilbao</i>, in Spain.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A long bar or bolt of iron with sliding shackles, and a lock at the end, to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, esp. on board of ships.</def>

<blockquote>Methought I lay Worse than the mutines in the <b>bilboes</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bilboquet</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bil"bo*quet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>The toy called <altname>cup and ball</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bilcock</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bil"cock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The European water rail.</def>

<h1>Bildstein</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bild"stein</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[G., fr. <ets>bild</ets> image, likeness + <ets>stein</ets> stone.]</ety> <def>Same as <er>Agalmatolite</er>.</def>

<h1>Bile</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bile</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bile</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; <as>as, to stir one's <ex>bile</ex></as>.</def>

<i>Prescott.</i>

<note>&hand; The ancients considered the bile to be the "humor" which caused irascibility.</note>

<h1>Bile</h1> <Xpage=144>

<hw>Bile</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>byle</ets>, <ets>bule</ets>, <ets>bele</ets>, AS. <ets>b<?/le</ets>, <ets>b<?/l</ets>; skin to D. <ets>buil</ets>, G. <ets>beule</ets>, and Goth. <ets>ufbauljan</ets> to puff up. Cf. <er>Boil</er> a tumor, <er>Bulge</er>.]</ety> <def>A boil.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Archaic]</mark>