Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)

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Bilobate

Bi*lo"bate (?), a. [Pref. bi- + lobate.] Divided into two lobes or segments.

Bilobed

Bi"lobed (?), a. [Pref. bi- + lobe.] Bilobate.

Bilocation

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

Bilocular

Bi*loc"u*lar (?), a. [Pref. bi- + locular: cf. F. biloculaire.] Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. Gray.

Bilsted

Bil"sted (?), n. (Bot.) See Sweet gum.

Biltong

Bil"tong (?), n. [S. African.] Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. H. R. Haggard.

Bimaculate

Bi*mac"u*late (?), a. [Pref. bi- + maculate, a.] Having, or marked with, two spots.

Bimana

Bim"a*na (?), n. pl. [NL. See Bimanous.] (Zoöl.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia.

Bimanous

Bim"a*nous (?), a. [L. bis twice + manus hand.] (Zoöl.) Having two hands; two-handed.

Bimarginate

Bi*mar"gin*ate (?), a. [Pref. bi- + marginate.] Having a double margin, as certain shells.

Bimastism

Bi*mas"tism (?), n. [Pref. bi- + Gr. breast.] (Anat.) The condition of having two mammæ or teats.

Bimedial

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

Bimembral

Bi*mem"bral (?), a. [L. bis twice + membrum member.] (Gram.) Having two members; as, a bimembral sentence. J. W. Gibbs.

Bimensal

Bi*men"sal (?), a. [Pref. bi- + mensal.] See Bimonthly, a. [Obs. or R.]

Bimestrial

Bi*mes"tri*al (?), a. [L. bimestris; bis twice + mensis month.] Continuing two months. [R.]

Bimetallic

Bi`me*tal"lic (?), a. [Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bimétallique.] Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency.

Bimetallism

Bi*met"al*lism (?), n. [F. bimétalisme.] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. &hand; The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [1869]. Littré.

Bimetallist

Bi*met"al*list (?), n. An advocate of bimetallism.

Bimonthly

Bi*month"ly (?), a. [Pref. bi- + monthly.] Occurring, done, or coming, once in two months; as, bimonthly visits; bimonthly publications. -- n. A bimonthly publication.

Bimonthly

Bi*month"ly, adv. Once in two months.

Bimuscular

Bi*mus"cu*lar (?), a. [Pref. bi- + muscular.] (Zoöl.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk.

Bin

Bin (?), n. [OE. binne, AS. binn manager, crib; perh. akin to D. ben, benne, basket, and to L. benna a kind of carriage ( a Gallic word), W. benn, men, wain, cart.] A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

Bin

Bin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Binned (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Binning.] To put into a bin; as, to bin wine.

Bin

Bin. An old form of Be and Been. [Obs.]

Bin

Bin*. A euphonic form of the prefix Bi-.

Binal

Bi"nal (?), a. [See Binary.] Twofold; double. [R.] Binal revenge, all this." Ford.

Binarseniate

Bin`ar*se"ni*ate (?), n. [Pref. bin- + arseniate.] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham.

Binary

Bi"na*ry (?), a. [L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire.] Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck. -- Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements. -- Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448. -- Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time. -- Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species. -- Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two. -- Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity. -- Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities.
Binary
Bi"na*ry, n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby.
Binate
Bi"nate (?), a. [L. bini two and two.] (Bot.) Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray.
Binaural
Bin*au"ral (?), a. [Pref. bin- + aural.] Of or pertaining to, or used by, both ears.
Bind
Bind (?), v. t. [imp. Bound (?); p. p. Bound, formerly Bounden (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Binding.] [AS. bindan, perfect tense band, bundon, p. p. bunden; akin to D. & G. binden, Dan. binde, Sw. & Icel. binda, Goth. bindan, Skr. bandh (for bhandh) to bind, cf. Gr. (for ) cable, and L. offendix. &root;90.]
1. To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.
2. To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind; as, attraction binds the planets to the sun; frost binds the earth, or the streams.
He bindeth the floods from overflowing. Job xxviii. 11.

Whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years. Luke xiii. 16.

3. To cover, as with a bandage; to bandage or dress; -- sometimes with up; as, to bind up a wound.
4. To make fast ( a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something; as, to bind a belt about one; to bind a compress upon a part.
5. To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action; as, certain drugs bind the bowels.
6. To protect or strengthen by a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
7. To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.
8. Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other.
Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.

9. (Law) (a) To bring (any one) under definite legal obligations; esp. under the obligation of a bond or covenant. Abbott. (b) To place under legal obligation to serve; to indenture; as, to bind an apprentice; -- sometimes with out; as, bound out to service. To bind over, to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. -- To bind to, to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife. -- To bind up in, to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in. Syn. -- To fetter; tie; fasten; restrain; restrict; oblige.
Bind
Bind (?), v. i.
1. To tie; to confine by any ligature.
They that reap must sheaf and bind. Shak.

2. To contract; to grow hard or stiff; to cohere or stick together in a mass; as, clay binds by heat. Mortimer.
3. To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
4. To exert a binding or restraining influence. Locke.
Bind
Bind, n.
1. That which binds or ties.
2. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, esp. a hop vine; a bine.
3. (Metal.) Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.
4. (Mus.) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
Binder
Bind"er (?), n.
1. One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books.
2. Anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building.
Bindery
Bind"er*y (?), n. A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.
Bindheimite
Bind"heim*ite (?), n. [From Bindheim, a German who analyzed it.] (Min.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.
Binding
Bind"ing (?), a. That binds; obligatory. Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. -- Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
Binding
Bind"ing, n.
1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
2. 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.
3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
Bindingly
Bind"ing*ly, adv. So as to bind.
Bindingness
Bind"ing*ness, n. The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.
Bindweed
Bind"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (C. Sepium); lesser bindweed (C. arvensis); the white, the blue, the Syrian, bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed.

The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson.

Bine

Bine (?), n. [Bind, cf. Woodbine.] The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

Binervate

Bi*nerv"ate (?), a. [L. bis twice + nervus sinew, nerve.]

1. (Bot.) Two-nerved; -- applied to leaves which have two longitudinal ribs or nerves.

2. (Zoöl.) Having only two nerves, as the wings of some insects.

Bing

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

Biniodide

Bin*i"o*dide (?), n. Same as Diiodide.

Bink

Bink (?), n. A bench. [North of Eng. & Scot.]

Binnacle

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

Binny

Bin"ny (?), n. (Zoöl.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

Binocle

Bin"o*cle (?), n. [F. binocle; L. bini two at a time + oculus eye.] (Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass.

Binocular

Bin*oc"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. binoculaire. See Binocle.]

1. Having two eyes. Most animals are binocular." Derham.

2. Pertaining to both eyes; employing both eyes at once; as, binocular vision.

3. Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope. Brewster.

Binocular

Bin*oc"u*lar (?), n. A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

Binocularly

Bin*oc"u*lar*ly, adv. In a binocular manner.

Binoculate

Bin*oc"u*late (?), a. Having two eyes.

Binomial

Bi*no"mi*al (?), n. [L. bis twice + nomen name: cf. F. binome, LL. binomius (or fr. bi- + Gr. distribution ?). Cf. Monomial.] (Alg.) An expression consisting of two terms connected by the sign plus (+) or minus (-); as, a+b, or 7-3.

Binomial

Bi*no"mi*al, a.

1. Consisting of two terms; pertaining to binomials; as, a binomial root.

2. (Nat. Hist.) Having two names; -- used of the system by which every animal and plant receives two names, the one indicating the genus, the other the species, to which it belongs. Binomial theorem (Alg.), the theorem which expresses the law of formation of any power of a binomial.

Binominal

Bi*nom"i*nal (?), a. [See Binomial.] Of or pertaining to two names; binomial.

Binominous

Bi*nom"i*nous (?), a. Binominal. [Obs.]

Binotonous

Bi*not"o*nous (?), a. [L. bini two at a time + tonus, fr. Gr. , tone.] Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry.

Binous

Bi"nous (?), a. Same as Binate.

Binoxalate

Bin*ox"a*late (?), n. [Pref. bin- + oxalate.] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

Binoxide

Bin*ox"ide (?), n. [Pref. bin- + oxide.] (Chem.) Same as Dioxide.

Binturong

Bin"tu*rong (?), n. (Zoöl.) A small Asiatic civet of the genus Arctilis.

Binuclear, Binucleate

Bi*nu"cle*ar (?), Bi*nu"cle*ate (?), a. [Pref. bi- + nuclear, nucleate.] (Biol.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells.
Binucleolate
Bi*nu"cle*o*late (?), a. [Pref. bi- + nucleolus.] (Biol.) Having two nucleoli.
Bioblast
Bi"o*blast (?), n. [Gr. life + -blast.] (Biol.) Same as Bioplast.
Biocellate
Bi*oc"el*late (?), a. [L. bis twice + ocellatus. See Ocellated.] (Zoöl.) Having two ocelli (eyelike spots); -- said of a wing, etc.
Biochemistry
Bi`o*chem"is*try (?), n. [Gr. life + E. chemistry.] (Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.
Biodynamics
Bi`o*dy*nam"ics (?), n. [Gr. life + E. dynamics.] (Biol.) The doctrine of vital forces or energy.
Biogen
Bi"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. life + -gen.] (Biol.) Bioplasm.
Biogenesis, Biogeny
Bi`o*gen"e*sis (?), Bi*og"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. life + , , birth.] (Biol.) (a) A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis. (b) Life development generally.
Biogenetic
Bi`o*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to biogenesis.
Biogenist
Bi*og"e*nist (?), n. A believer in the theory of biogenesis.
Biognosis
Bi`og*no"sis (?), n. [Gr. life + investigation.] (Biol.) The investigation of life.
Biographer
Bi*og"ra*pher (?), n. One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.
Biographic, Biographical
Bi"o*graph"ic (?), Bi`o*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to biography; containing biography. -- Bi`o*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Biographize
Bi*og"ra*phize (?), v. t. To write a history of the life of. Southey.
Biography
Bi*og"ra*phy (?), n.; pl. Biographies (#). [Gr. ; life + to write: cf. F. biographie. See Graphic.]
1. The written history of a person's life.
2. Biographical writings in general.
Biologic, Biological
Bi`o*log"ic (?), Bi`o*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or relating to biology. -- Bi`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Biologist
Bi*ol"o*gist (?), n. A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology.
Biology
Bi*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. life + -logy: cf. F. biologie.] The science of life; that branch of knowledge which treats of living matter as distinct from matter which is not living; the study of living tissue. It has to do with the origin, structure, development, function, and distribution of animals and plants.
Biolysis
Bi*ol"y*sis (?), n. [Gr. life + a dissolving.] (Biol.) The destruction of life.
Biolytic
Bi`o*lyt"ic (?), a. [Gr. life + to destroy.] Relating to the destruction of life.
Biomagnetic
Bi`o*mag*net"ic (?), a. Relating to biomagnetism.
Biomagnetism
Bi`o*mag"net*ism (?), n. [Gr. life + E. magnetism.] Animal magnetism.
Biometry
Bi*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. life + -metry.] Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.
Bion
Bi"on (?), n. [Gr. living, p. pr. of to live.] (Biol.) The physiological individual, characterized by definiteness and independence of function, in distinction from the morphological individual or morphon.
Bionomy
Bi*on"o*my (?), n. [Gr. life + law.] Physiology. [R.] Dunglison.
Biophor Biophore
Bi"o*phor` Bi"o*phore` (?), n. [Gr. life + bearing, fr. to bear.] (Biol.) One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement.
Bioplasm
Bi"o*plasm (?), n. [Gr. life + form, mold, fr. to mold.] (Biol.) A name suggested by Dr. Beale for the germinal matter supposed to be essential to the functions of all living beings; the material through which every form of life manifests itself; unaltered protoplasm.