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<h1>Bilobate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*lo"bate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>lobate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divided into two lobes or segments.</def>

<h1>Bilobed</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi"lobed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>lobe</ets>.]</ety> <def>Bilobate.</def>

<h1>Bilocation</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi`lo*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>location</ets>.]</ety> <def>Double location; the state or power of being in two places at the same instant; -- a miraculous power attributed to some of the saints.</def>

<i>Tylor.</i>

<h1>Bilocular</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*loc"u*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>locular</ets>: cf. F. <ets>biloculaire</ets>.]</ety> <def>Divided into two cells or compartments; <as>as, a <ex>bilocular</ex> pericarp</as>.</def>

<i>Gray.</i>

<h1>Bilsted</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bil"sted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>See <er>Sweet gum</er>.</def>

<h1>Biltong</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bil"tong</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[S. African.]</ety> <def>Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried.</def>

<i>H. R. Haggard.</i>

<h1>Bimaculate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*mac"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>maculate</ets>, a.]</ety> <def>Having, or marked with, two spots.</def>

<h1>Bimana</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bim"a*na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Bimanous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of <i>Mammalia</i>.</def>

<h1>Bimanous</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bim"a*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>manus</ets> hand.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having two hands; two-handed.</def>

<h1>Bimarginate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*mar"gin*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>marginate</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having a double margin, as certain shells.</def>

<h1>Bimastism</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*mas"tism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + Gr. <ets><?/</ets> breast.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The condition of having two mamm\'91 or teats.</def>

<h1>Bimedial</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*me"di*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>bi-</ets> + <ets>medial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>Applied to a line which is the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (as the side and diagonal of a square).</def>

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