big 
4. Distended; full, as of grief, passion, cour- 
age, determination, goodness, etc. 
Thy heart is big ; get thce apart and weep. 
, J. (.'., iii. 1. 
Formyself, I tind my heart t<m /"'</; I fed I have not pa- 
tience to limk on, whilst you run these forbidden com -. s. 
l:,;m. BM /'''-, Kiim and V) King, iii. :i. 
5. Tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, 
haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughti- 
ness ; pompous ; proud ; boast fill : as, big looks ; 
bill words. 
.-, Ill 
The large white-heart cherry, red on one side 
and white on the other, 
bigaster (bi-gas'ti-r), n. [< L. bi-, two-, + Gr. 
-,ua->,i>, belly.] Same as biventer. 
big-bellied (big'bel'id), . 1. Having a large 
or protuberant belly. 
He [William Kufu] was in stature somewhat below the 
usuul stee, an<) /.//'" !>/ </. -'. Ui.it. Kng. 
2. Advanced in pregnancy. [Vulgar.] 
big-boned (big'bond), a. Having large bones; 
stout; very strong. 
Big-boned, and large of linii), with sinews strong. 
Itryilrn, Pal. and Are., Hi. 45. 
lie In ^an [o look hi'i, and take niiuhtily upon him. 
Hii-ij't, Tale of a Tub, Iv. 
6. viivMt us regards influence, standing, wealth, big-cornedt(big'k6rnd),a. Having large grains. and North". Eng.] 
ete. [Colloq.] ^ Big game. See .; i . Big tree, 
t hr mammoth tree, .sv./i/i/n( <//-M, if' ", l< mi iti on the slopes 
of the Sirira Nevada, central California, particularly ill 
the "big-tree grove" in ( 'alaveras county. =Syn. 2. Large, 
ete. (sec 'n't'"'). 1'iilky, huge, massive. 5. Loity, pompous, 
:l!TO._;l!lt, illl]lllltant. 
big 2 , bigg- (big), v. [< ME. biggen, byggen, < 
Icel. byggja, older form byggva (= Sw. bygga 
= Dan. bygge = AS. biiian), build, dwell in, in- 
biglandular 
biggin 1 ' (big'in), H. [Named from the inventor, 
Mr. I ii i ii 1 1 n, about 1800.] A kind of coffee-pot 
containing a strainer for the infusion of the 
coffee, without allowing the grounds to mix 
with the infusion. N. E. D. 
bigging (big'ing), n. [Also biggin, < ME. big- 
giiig, a building. < biggrit, build: see big^.] A 
building; a habitation; a home. [Scotch and 
North. Eng.] 
biggont, . An obsolete spelling of biggin 1 . 
biggonet (big'o-net), n. [Also bigonct, after 
eijuiv. OF. bi-i/iiiiii I ; dim. of biggnii, biggin 1 , a. 
v.] A cap or head-dress; a biggin. [Scotch 
The strength of big-corn d powder. 
Dryden, Annus Mirahilis, II. 149. 
Bigelovia (big-e-16'vi-a), H. [NL., named after 
Dr. Jacob liigelow (17(57-1879), a physician and 
botanist of Boston, U. 8. A.] A genus of Com- 
posite, nearly related to Solidago, containing 
over 30 species, natives of western North Amer- 
And gi'e to me my bijgonet, 
My bishop'* satin gown, 
For I maun tell the bailie's wlfo 
That Colln's come to town. 
Jean Adaiiu, There's noe Luck. 
habit, a secondary form of bua (pret. pi. bjoggn) 
= AS. buan, dwell: see IH-I, bmrt-r, boor.] I. 
trims. If. To inhabit; occupy. 2f. Reflex- 
ively, to locate one's self. 3. To build; erect; 
fashion. [Scotch and North. Eng.] 
ii /,/./-/.(/ liar they a higly bour 
Kast liy (lie roaring slrmi'L 
Kiine the Red, uiul White l.illii. in child's Ballads, V. 174. 
Il.t in traits. To dwell; have a dwelling. 
big", bige 3 (big), n. [Sc. and North. E., more 
commonly bigg, early mod. E. also bygg, byggc, 
late ME. byge, < Icel. bygg = Sw. bjitgg = Dan. 
byg, barley, = AS. beow, grain, ult., like the 
remotely related 6(</ 2 ( bigg*, < y bu, grow, be, 
Skt. y' ohu, be, Gr. tj>i>?o3ai, grow: see be 1 .] A 
kind of winter barley cultivated in northern 
Europe, especially in Scotland ; properly, four- 
rowed barley, Honleum vulgarc, inferior to but 
hardier than H. licxastichon, of which it is some- 
times called a variety. See bear 9 . 
biga (bi'gil), n. [L., sing, from earlier pi. 
bigiv, a pair of horses, a chariot or car drawn 
by them, contr. of bijugw, fern. pi. of bijugus, 
yoked two together, < bi-, two-, 4- jugum = E. 
yoke.] In Rom. antiq., a chariot or car drawn 
by two horses abreast. 
bigamt (big'am), n. [< ME. bigam, < OF. btg- 
(tinc, < LL. bigamus, twice maiiied: see big- 
amy.] A bigamist. 
Some parts thereof teach us ordinances of some apostle, 
as the law of bigamy, or St. Paul's ordaining that a biyain 
should not be a deacon or priest. 
Bp. J'ecock, in his Life by J. Lewis, p. 286. 
bigamist (big'a-mist), n. [< bigamy + -ist.] 
Oue who has committed bigamy, or had two 
or more wives or husbands at once. 
Lantech the prime bigamist and corrupter of marriage. 
Donne, Hist, of the Septuagint, p. 202. 
bigamous (big'a-mus), a. [< LL. bigamus: 
see bigamy. ] Of or pertaining to bigamy; 
guilty of bigamy ; involving bigamy : as, a big- 
IIIIUHIX marriage. 
And very good reading they (the novels of our grand- 
motheral were too in their way, though ft was not the 
way of the bigammm und murderous school that has come 
after them. A'. A. Rec., CXXIII. 223. 
bigamy (big'a-mi), H. [< ME. bigamie, < OF. 
liii/iimic, < ML. bigumia, bigamy, < LL. bif/<im/<x, 
twice married, a bigamist (equiv. to Gr. mya/ioc, 
> Styajiia, bigamy), < L. bi- (= Gr. it-), twice, + 
yiipof, marriage.] 1. Literally, double mar- 
riage ; remarriage during the existence of a 
former marriage ; in late, the offense of having 
two or more wives or husbands at the same 
time. To constitute the offense, which by statute law 
is a felony, it is necessary, by the law of many jurisdic- 
tions, that tiie accused should have actual or constructive 
knowledge that the tlrst wife or husband was still living 
when tile second one was taken, and that the second mar- 
riage should have lu-i'll one solemnised under tile forms of 
la, and not merely an informal marriage resting on the 
contract of the parties, or their holding out each other to 
the world us himliand and wife. Where these elements of 
knowledge ami of formality are wanting, the second mar- 
riage is still generally invalid, but not bigamous in the 
criminal sense. 
2f. Second marriage ; remarriage of a widow 
Ol 1 ' widower. In the er.rly church, before the establish- 
ment of clerical celibacy, such remarriage on the part of 
a man was generally regarded as an impediment to holy 
order*. Marriage with a widow is called bigamy by .sliak- 
spere in Iticlmtd III., iii. 7. 
bigarade (big'a-rad), n. [F.] The bitter or 
Seville orange, I'itrus Aiirtintitini, variety />/</"- 
ratlin. 
bigaroon (big-a-rou'), H. [With term, altered 
in E., < F. hii'/iirri'ini. white-heart cherry (cf. 
liiijurnin; motley, medley, mixture). < liii/'iirn-r, 
Mveak, checker, variegate; of disputed origin.] 
lea. They are mostly fiuffrutesceut or shrubby, with nar- 
row and entire leaves, and small rayless heads of yellow 
iln\\i is. />', <> n-'ta, from the Iwrders of Mexico, is one 
of the sources of a drug calli il //niiitna. 
bigemina, . Plural of bigeminitm. 
bigeminate, bigeminated (bi-jem'i-nat, -na- 
ted), a. [< bi-'f+ geminate. Cf. L. bigeminus, 
doubled.] Twin-forked; doubly paired; bi- 
conjugate: in hot., said of a decompound leaf 
having a forked petiole, with a pair of leaflets 
at the end of each division. 
bigeminum (bl-jem'i-num), n.; pi. bigcmina 
(-nii). [NL., neut. of L. bigeminus, doubled, < 
bi-, twice, + gcminus, twin.] One of the cor- 
pora bigemina or twin bodies of the brain ; one 
of the anterior pair (nates cerebri) of the cor- 
pora quadrigemina ; one of the optic lobes, 
when there are only two, instead of four as in 
the higher mammals. Wilder. 
big-endian (big-en'di-an), n. and o. I. n. A 
member of the Lilliputian party in Swift's 
"Gulliver's Travels" who maintained, in op- 
position to the little-endians, that boiled eggs 
should be cracked at the big end ; hence, one of 
any corresponding set of disputers about trifles. 
II. a. Pertaining or relating to the big end 
of an egg, or any equally foolish matter, as a 
subject of controversy. 
bigener (bi'je-ner), n. [L., hybrid, mongrel, < 
61-, two-, + genus (gener-), kind: see genus.] A. 
cross between two species of different genera ; 
a mule. 
bigeneric (bl-je-ner'ik), a. [As bigener + -ic : 
see 6(- 2 and generic.] Having the characters 
of two different genera ; having the character 
of a bigener. 
bigential (bl-jen'shal), a. [< ML. bigen(t-)s, of 
two nations, < bi-, two-, + gen(t-)s, a nation.] 
Comprising two tribes or peoples. 
big-eye (big'I), n. A fish of the genus Priacan- 
tnus and family Priaeanthida; : so called from 
its very large round eyes. 
big-foot (big'fiit), . [Tr. of the generic name 
Megapodius.] A book-name of a mound-bird 
of the genus Megapodius. 
bigg 1 !, . An obsolete spelling of big 1 . 
bigg 2 , v. Seeing*. 
bigg 3 , n. See big 3 . 
biggah, H. See bega. 
biggen (big'n), v. [< big 1 + -en 1 .] I.f trans. 
To make big ; increase. 
II. mtraits. 1. To grow big; become larger. 
[Dialectal.] 2. To gain strength after con- 
. linemen!. [North. Eng.] 
The gossips regularly wish the lady a good biggening. 
Brodcett, North Country Words, p. 16. 
bigger (big'er), . [< big*, bigg*, + -er 1 .] A 
builder. [Scotch.] 
biggin 1 (big'in), n. [Also written biggen, big- 
i/nii, early mod. E. also bt/ggen, begin, < OF. be- 
ij HI n, mod. F. bfyuin = It. beghino, a cap, so 
named from that worn by the nuns called Re- 
giiines, ME. begine, bcggin (early mod. E. bigin, 
biggayne, etc.): see Beguin.] I. A child's cap. 
2. A nightcap. 
Brow with homely biggin bound. 
'Shak., 2 Hen. IV., iv. 4. 
An old woman's big-jin for a nightcap. 
Massinger, The Picture, iv. 2. 
3. In England, the coif of a Serjeant at law. 
4. A head-dress worn in the later middle ages, 
and throughout the seventeenth century, by 
both men and women. That worn by women 
was broad at the top, with projecting corners, 
like ears. 
biggin 2 (big'in), n. [Another form of piggin, 
q. v.] A small wooden vessel ; a can. 
bigha (big'ii), n. Same as bega. 
bighead (blg'hed), . A local name of a Cali- 
fornian species of sculpin, AorpflMMMbyi mar- 
moratus, a fish of the family Cottidtr. Also call- 
ed l-llbf-OH. 
bighorn (big'hfirn), n. 1. The Rocky Moun- 
tain sheep, Ofis montana: so called from the 
immense size of the horns, which resemble those 
of the argali, but are shorter and comparatively 
stouter and not so spiral. The animal In other re- 
spects resembles and is closely related to the argali, of 
Bighorn of the Rocky Mountains (Ovis montana). 
which It is the American representative. In color it Is 
grayish-brown, with whitish buttocks, like the other wild 
sheep. It stands altout 3i feet high at the withers, and 
is very stoutly built. It inhabits the higher mountain 
ranges of the western Tnited States from New Mexico 
and southern California northward, down nearly or quite 
to sea-level in the higher latitudes, and is abundant in 
suitable localities in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, 
etc. It is much hunted for its nesh, which makes excel- 
lent mutton. Like other wild sheep, ft is gregarious. 
2. The great fossil Irish elk of the peat-bogs, 
Cervus megaeeros. [Rare.] 
bight (bit), n. [< ME. byeht, b>/gt, < AS. byht, 
a bend, a corner (=D. bocht = Q. bueht, a bay, 
bight, = Sw. Dan. bugt, bend, bight of a rope, 
a bay) ; cf. byge, a bend, angle, < bfigan (pp. 
bogen), bend, bow: see bow 1 , and cf. the ult. 
identical E. bought 1 , bout 1 , and the related bail 1 , 
a ring, hoop: see bout 1 .] If. Abend or bend- 
ing; an angle, especially in a living body, as 
of the elbow, or the inward bend of a horse's 
chambrel, or the bend of the fore knees. 2. 
A loop of a rope, in distinction from the ends; 
any bent part or turn of a rope between the 
ends. 
They put the bight of a rope round Ben's neck and slung 
him right up to the yard-arm. 
S. 0. Jeuxtt, Deephnven, p. 95. 
3. A narrow bay or recess in a sea-coast be- 
tween comparatively distant headlands ; a long 
and gradual bend of a coast-line : used especial- 
ly in the names Bight of Benin and of Biafra 
in Africa, and the Great Australian Bight (on 
the south coast). 
The spangle dances In lii'jhi and bay. 
Tennyton, .Sea-Fairies. 
On the warm bight* of the Florida shores. 
D. Q. Mitchell. Bound Together, ill. 
4. A similar bend in the shore of a river or a 
bav, or recess in a mountain ; a bay-like inden- 
tation. [Rare.] 
In the very bite or nook of the bay there was a great 
Inlet of water. 
De Foe, Voyage around the World. (JV. K. D.) 
Bowline on a bight See incline. 
bight (bit), r. t. [<%//,,.] To fold or double 
so as to make one or more bights, 
biglandular (bi-glan'du-lar), a. [< W-2 + 
Having two glands. 
