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fnat inhabits America. The abdomen is brown, with five 

 whitifii belts ; vent biJtntatcd. Fabrlcius. 



BiDESTATA, a fpecies of Phaljesa (Nodiia). This 

 is a native of Europe, and has brown winfjs ; ftigmate fpot 

 on the tirft wings, and inner margin white ; a bideutated 

 ftreak in the middle. Lin. Muf. Le(l<. 



BiDF.-iTATA, a fpcciesof Chrysis, that inhabits Europe. 

 This infect is glabrous; fliining blue; thorax armed witii- 

 two teeth, and with the two fir II figments of the abdomen 

 golden. Fabricius. At the vent are three very fhort 

 tetth. 



BIDENTATUS, a fpecies of Bostrichus, defcribed 

 by Fabricius, Hcrbil, &c. It is black, and tellaceous, re- 

 tufe at the extremity, and armed with two hooked fpines. 



Bidentatvs, afpeciesof Cryp ro( ephalus [Ciioceris), 

 of a yellow colour : wing cafes black, ycilowilh at the tip. 

 Fabricius. Inhabits Africa. 



BiDENTATUS, a fpccics of Cerambyx, that inhabits 

 South America. The thorax is flightly fpinous; wing- 

 cafes bidentated, rough, cinereous, and brown. Fabri- 

 cius. 



BiDENTATL's, a fpecics of Ichneumon, that inhabits Eu- 

 rope. It is black, fcutel, and polleritir part of the thorax 

 yellow; on the latter two teeth, and the two firft; fegments 

 of the abdomen ferruginous. Linn. is:c. The four anterior 

 legs are rufous brown ; rell black ; tips white. 



BiDENTATis, a fpecies of CiMtx (S/>itto/us), found in 

 France. This is long and brown ; fnout bent ; thorax, be- 

 neneath armed with two teeth on the anttrior part. Gcoi- 

 frcy, Gmchn. 



BiuENTATUs, a fpecics of Tabanus, that inhabits Auf- 

 tria. This is of a ferruginous colour, with two yellow fpots 

 on each fide, and fcutel bidentated. Fabricius. 



BIDENTES, in AR.We Jj^e IVnlas, denote two year- 

 lings, or (heep of the fccond vear. The wool of thefe bidentes, 

 or two year old (heep, being the firll fliecring, was fometimes 

 claimed as a heriot to the king, on the death of an abbot. 

 Among the ancient Romans, the word was extended farther 

 to any fort of beatls ufed for victuals, efpecially thofe of 

 that age, whence we meet withyi/rj bidentes. 



BIDENTI Simi/is, in Bolanx. See SiEGESDECKr A. 

 BIDET, a nag, or httle horfe, formerly allowed each 

 trooper and dragoon, for his baggage, and other occafions. 

 Bidets are now difufed, on accoui;t of the expences of 

 ihem, and the difoiders frequently arifing from thofe who 

 attended on them, &c. 



BIDETTO, in Geography, a town of Italy, in the king- 

 dom of Naples, and count i-y of Bari, the fee of a bilhop, 

 fuQVagan of Bari ; 1 18 miles eaft of Naples. 



BIDGOST, or BiGoDSEz, a town of PiulTia, in 

 Pomerelia, 64 miles fouth of Danf/ick. 



BlDli£I, in Antiquity, an order of magifti-ates at Sparta, 

 five in iriunber, whofe bufmefs it was to fuperlntend the 

 rphfb'u and be prcftnt at their excrcifes, wredhng?, &c. 



BIDI-BIDI, in Orn/V/^o/opj', one of the fynonymous names 

 ot t!ie Junaica rail, rnllus ynmiiirenjis of L?.tham. 



BIDJIGUR, in Geography, a town of Hindollan, in the 

 country of Benares, feated on the river Soane, 45 miles fouth 

 of Benares, and 12S S: W. of I'atna. N. lat. 24*^ 3c'. 

 E. long. 83"^ 26'. 



BIDIN. See WiDiN. 



BIDIS.in Ancient Geographjy, sow S. Giovanni de Bidin'i, 

 a town of Sicily, fouth- weft of Syraci;fc, and about 15 miles 

 from it. It is mentioned by Cicero, and alfo by Steph. Byz. 

 who calls it Ridos. The people who inhabited the eaftern 

 pirt of the in.uul, at fome dillance from Syracufe, were hence 

 called B'ldim. 



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LIDLOO, Godfrey, in Biography, a celcbi-ated Dutch 

 anatomift, born at Amfterdam, 1649, applied early to the 

 ftudy of furgery, which he pi-aftifed feveral years at his 

 native city ; hs was alfo furfr-on to the army, and at length 

 phyfician to William III. with whom he contiiuisd in great 

 favour to the time of his death, which happened in lyca. 

 In 1 694, he was made profefTor of anatomy and fui-ger-y at 

 Leydcn. He was a man of confidei-able learning, Ilaller 

 fav3, but moi-e attached to the plcafures of the table, than to 

 ftijdy, to wliich he attributes the numci-ous errors and inac- 

 curacies in hi;; otherwife fplendid and valuable anatomical 

 tables, which wei-e criticifed, perhaps, with too much fevcrity 

 by Ruyfch, who had been his pupil. Our countryman, 

 ^Villiam Cowper, purchafed 300 copies of the plates, in the 

 life-time of Bidl,)o, and publificed them as his own, only 

 giving new explanations, of which our author, with reafon, 

 complained in his " Guhelmus Cowper citatus coram tribu- 

 nal," Leydcn, 1700, 4to. Befides his great anatomical 

 work, confining of 105 tables, with explanations, fol. 1685, 

 and his controverfial papers, he publilhed, " Obfcrvationes 

 de animalculis in hepate ovillo detedtis," 1698, 410. "_De 

 oculis et vifu variorum animallum," 1712, 410. " Exercita- 

 tiones anatomico-chirurgicas," 1 780, 4to. Thefe, with vari- 

 ous other differtations, were colledted, and pubbfiied in 

 1715, 4to. two years after his death. Hailei". Bib. Anat. 

 Chirurcr. ct Med. Hii nephew, Nicholas Bidloo, was phy- 

 fician to the great czar Peter I. 



BIDON, a liquid meafure of about five quarts Englifli 

 meafure ; fcldom ufed except among fhip's crews. 



BIDOURLE, in Geography, a river of France, which 

 padVs bv S. H'ppolytc, Sauve, Sommieres, &c. and runs into 

 thcLike'of Peraut, 3 leagues eaft of Montpellier. 



BIDOUZE, a river of France, which runs into the 

 Adour, near the junAion of that river with the gaves of 

 Pace and Olcrcn. 



BIDUMI, a country of Afiatic Turkey, the fouth part 

 of Syria, bounded on the north by Paleiline, on the weft by 

 Egypt, and on the eaft and fouth by Arabia ; it is nearly 

 defert, and has only a few fcattcred villages. 



BIE, Adrian de, in Biographiy, a painter of poi-traits 

 and oi-namental architefture, was born at Liere, in 1594, 

 and after being initiated in the rudiments of his art by 

 Wouter Abts, became the difciple of Rodolph Schoof, a 

 painter of confiderablc reputation at Paris. He perfefted 

 himfelf at Rome, where he fpent fix years in the ftudy of the 

 beft mafters, and received great encouragement from per- 

 fons of the firft diftmdion. He fo much excelled in the 

 ncatnefs of his pencilling, and in the delicacy of his touch 

 and colouring, that he was frequently employed to paint on 

 jafpei-, agatt, porphyry, and other pi-ecious m-aterials. The 

 place and time of iiis death are not afctrtained. Pilkington. 

 See BvE. 



BIEBER, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the cir- 

 cle of the Upper Rhine, and county of Hanau Munzenberg, 

 1 6 miles eaft of Hanau. Near this town are a mine of copper 

 and filver, and fome woi"ks of iron and cobalt, in which the 

 latter is prepared into a beautiful fmalt. 



BIEBERICH, a fmall but handfome town of Germany, 

 feated on the borders of the Rhine, and in the vicinity of 

 Mentz. It belongs to a prince of the fame name. 



BIEBERSBACH, a town of Germany, in the cii'cle of 

 Franconia, and principality of Bayreuth. 



BIEBRA, a river of Poland, which runs into the Narew, 

 near Wiezna, in Mafovia. 



BIECZ, a town of Poland, in th.e palatinate of Cracow, 

 feated on the river Wafaloke, and famous for its mines of 

 vitrioL N. lat. 49° jC. E. long. 21° 40'. 



BIEDA, 



