Part 1145

<h1>Bishoply</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op*ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bishoplike; episcopal.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bishoply</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the manner of a bishop.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bishopric</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op*ric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bisceopr\'c6ce</ets>; <ets>bisceop</ets> bishop + <ets>r\'c6ce</ets> dominion. See <er>-ric</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.</def>

<i> Acts i. 20.</i>

<h1>Bishop's cap</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op's cap`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Mitella</spn>; miterwort.</def>

<i>Longfellow.</i>

<h1>Bishop sleeve</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op sleeve`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A wide sleeve, once worn by women.</def>

<h1>Bishop's length</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op's length`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.</def>

<h1>Bishop-stool</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op-stool`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A bishop's seat or see.</def>

<h1>Bishop's-weed</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op's-weed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An umbelliferous plant of the genus <spn>Ammi.</spn></def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Goutweed (<spn>\'92gopodium podagraria</spn>).</def>

<h1>Bishop's-wort</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bish"op's-wort`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Wood betony (<spn>Stachys betonica</spn>); also, the plant called fennel flower (<spn>Nigella Damascena</spn>), or devil-in-a-bush.</def>

<h1>Bisie</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bis"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To busy; to employ.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bisilicate</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bi*sil"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Min. Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.</def>

<h1>Bisk</h1> <Xpage=148>

<hw>Bisk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bisque</ets>.]</ety> <def>Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.</def>

<i>King.</i>