Part 1127

<cs><col>Binding beam</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the main timber in double flooring.</cd> -- <col>Binding joist</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>the secondary timber in double-framed flooring.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.</syn>

<h1>Binding</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bind"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <tt>pl.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.</def>

<h1>Bindingly</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bind"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to bind.</def>

<h1>Bindingness</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bind"ing*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Bindweed</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bind"weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <i>Convolvulus</i>; <as>as, greater <ex>bindweed</ex> <spn>(C. Sepium)</spn>; lesser <i>bindweed</i> <spn>(C. arvensis)</spn>; the white, the blue, the Syrian, <i>bindweed</i>. The black bryony, or <i>Tamus</i>, is called <i>black bindweed</i>, and the <i>Smilax aspera</i>, <i>rough bindweed</i>.</def>

<blockquote>The fragile <b>bindweed</b> bells and bryony rings. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bine</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<er>Bind</er>, cf. <er>Woodbine</er>.]</ety> <def>The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.</def>

<h1>Binervate</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bi*nerv"ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bis</ets> twice + <ets>nervus</ets> sinew, nerve.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.</def>

<h1>Bing</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>bingr</ets>, Sw. <ets>binge</ets>, G. <ets>beige</ets>, <ets>beuge</ets>. Cf. Prov. E. <ets>bink</ets> bench, and <ets>bench coal</ets> the uppermost stratum of coal.]</ety> <def>A heap or pile; <as>as, a <ex>bing</ex> of wood</as>.</def> "Potato <i>bings</i>." <i>Burns</i>. "A <i>bing</i> of corn." <i>Surrey</i>. <mark>[Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Biniodide</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bin*i"o*dide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Diiodide</er>.</def>

<h1>Bink</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bink</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bench.</def> <mark>[North of Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Binnacle</h1> <Xpage=146>

<hw>Bin"na*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>bittacle</ets>, corrupted (perh. by influence of <ets>bin</ets>) fr. Pg. <ets>bitacola</ets> binnacle, fr. L. <ets>habitaculum</ets> dwelling place, fr. <ets>habitare</ets> to dwell. See <er>Habit</er>, and cf. <er>Bittacle</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>