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description of books as to their dates, 

 editions, form, type, and other particulars 

 connected with their publication. The 

 term is now sometimes used to denote the 

 arrangement and classification of the par- 

 ticulars, facts, or objects of some depart- 

 ment of science, as the bibliography of 

 the mammalia. 



BIBLOMA'NIA, from pt{3}.s;, a book, and 

 u&viet, madness, book-madness, a dis- 

 ease which manifests itself in an over- 

 anxiety to obtain old and scarce editions 

 of books, without much regard to the 

 value of their contents. 



BICAL'CARATE, Lat. bis and calcar, a 

 spur. When a limb or part is armed with 

 two spurs. 



BICAP'SULAR, Lat. bicapsularis , having 

 two capsules ; e.g. a. bicapsular pericarp. 



^ICAR'BONATE, a carbonate containing 

 two equivalents of the acid to one of the 

 base. 



BICE, BISE. A bine colour used in paint- 

 ing, and prepared from the/xipt Armenus 

 (Armenian stone). It is a smalt reduced 

 to a fine powder by levigation. 



BICEPS, Lat. 61* and capnt, head. Ap- 

 plied to muscles having a double insertion. 



BICHROMATE, a chromate containing 

 two equivalents of the acid, for one of the 

 base. 



BICIP'ITAT,, ) Lat. biceps, having two 



BICIP'ETOUS, J heads. A term applied to 

 muscles which have two distinct origins. 



BICOL'LIGATE, Lat. bis, and colligo, I bind 

 together. In ornithology, the connexion 

 of all the anterior toes by a basal web. 



BI'CORN, ) from Lat. bis and cornu, a 



BICOR'XCS, i horn, two-horned. Applied 

 to parts of plants from their shape, 

 as the anthers of the Erica vidgaris. 



BICBS'PIDATE, } Lat. bieuspidatus, two- 



BICCS'PID, 1 pointed, two-fanged 

 (ctispis,n spear). Applied,!. To leaves 

 that terminate in two points. 2. To teeth 

 which have double fangs. 



BID'ALE (bid and ale). A local custom in 

 some parts, of inviting friends to a poor 

 person's house to drink ale, and make up 

 a charitable reckoning. 



BIDEN'TATE, Lat. bidentatus, furnished 

 with two teeth. Applied to parts of 

 plants. 



BIDIO'ITATE, Lat. bidigitatus (Us and 

 digitns, a finger) . Applied to leaves, the 

 common petiole of which has two leaflets 

 at its extremity. 



BIDIGITI-PFNNAIE, Lat. bidigiti-pfti- 

 natus. ApplU-d in botany to bidigitate 

 leaves, the leasts of which are pinnate. 



BIDKT, a kind of basin supported on 

 logs : used in washing the lower part of 

 the body. 



BIER-BALK, the church-road for burials. 



Bi'rzR,Lat. bi/erus(bii, twice, and/ero, 

 10 bemrj. A plant that bears fruit twice 



a year, which is the case with many tro- 

 pical plants. 



BIF'ID, forked, Lat. bifidus, divided into 

 two. Applied chiefly in botany, as to seed- 

 vessels, petals, &c., which are two-cleft, 

 but not deeply divided. 



BIFLO'RATE, Lat. biflorus, two- flowered. 

 Applied to a pedicle having two flowers. 



BIF'ORATE, Lat, biforattts(bis, and/oris), 

 a door. Having two apertures or pores. 



BIF'ORMES, singular bodies, minute 

 oval sacs, lately discovered in the interior 

 of the green pulpy part of the leaves of 

 some plants. 



BIG, a kind of barley (Scotch barley), 

 more commonly written bigg. See BAR- 

 LET. 



BI'OA. In old records, a cart or vehicle 

 with two wheels, drawn by two horses. 

 Bis andjujum. 



BIG'AMY, from bis and y^tta?, marriage. 

 A hybrid term meaning double marriage, 

 or the having of two wives at once, 

 which is felony by statute. The term is 

 frequently used synonymously with poly- 

 gamy, and in this sense means the crime 

 of having a plurality of wives. In the 

 canon laic, the term was formerly applied 

 to marriage with a second wife after the 

 death of the first, or once marrying a 

 widow, which disqualified a man for or- 

 ders, and holding ecclesiastical oflices. 



BiQAs'TER,from bis and '/ourrr,^, a belly, 

 A hybrid term sometimes used for bit-en- 

 ter (q. v.). 



BIGEM'INATE, Lat. bigeminatus, double- 

 paired (bis and gemini, twins). Applied 

 to a leaf, when near the apex of the com- 

 mon petiole there is a straight pair of 

 secondary petioles, each of whkh is sup- 

 ported by a pair of opposite leaflets ; e. g. 

 Mimosa unguiscati. 



BIGHT, L>an. boyt, a bend, coil, r turn- 

 ing. 1. The double part of a rope, where 



it is folded, in distinction to the ends. 



2. The inward bent of a horse's chambreb, 

 and of the fore knees. 



BIGNO'NIA, the trumpet-flower. A very 

 extensive genus of plants, most of which 

 are shrubs. Didynamia Angiospermia. 

 Inhabit warm climates. Named la honour 

 of Bignon, by Tournefort. 



BIGNONIA'CE^E, a natural family of 

 plants. The genus Jtiyonta-i& the typo. 



BI-HYDRO-CARBQN, ciirburettcd hydro- 

 gen, or olefiant gas, is sometimes so 

 named. It is composed of two equiva- 

 lents of carbon, and two of hydrogen. 



BI-HTDROG'CRET OF CARBON, sub-car- 

 buretted hydrogen gas, called also heavy 

 inflammable air, and fire-damp, C f 

 2 H. See HTDHOOURET. 



BIHIRAK', ) a Persian intercalary 



BIHURAK' I month, introduced once in 

 120 years. It serves the same pirpose M 

 our leap year intercalations. 



