biglot 
biglot (bi'glot), a. [< L. hi-, two-, + Gr. yAur 
tongue.] In two languages; bilingual. N.E.I). 
[Rare.] 
biglyt (big'li), adv. [< ME. bigly, powerfully, 
bravely; < big 1 + -?*] In a tumid, swelling, 
blustering manner; haughtily; arrogantly. 
He brawleth bigly. Sir T. More, Works, p. 701. 
bigmouth (big'mouth), n. A fish of the family 
f'cntrarcliida 1 , Chasnobryttusgiilosiis. Also called 
irnrmouth. See cut under Centrarchidce. 
bigness (big'nes), 11. [< bigl + -ness.'] The state 
or quality of being big; largeness of propor- 
tions; size, whether large or small; bulk, ab- 
solute or relative. 
Hayle of suche bygnesse that it slewe both men and 
beestys. Fabyan, I. 238. 
Their legs are both of a bigness. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 
The biijness and uncouth deformity of the camel. 
Sir R. L' Estrange. 
Large oak, walnut, hickory, ash, beech, poplar, and 
many other sorts of timber, of surprising bigness. 
Bcecdey, Virginia, ii. If 2. 
Bignonia (big-no'ni-a), n. [NL., named after 
Bignon, librarian to Louis XV.] A genus of 
plants of many species, natural order Bigno- 
niaceee, natives of the warmer portions of the 
new world. The species are characterized by a twin- 
ing or climbing stem, frequently in the tropics reaching 
the tops of the highest trees, with divided leaves and often 
magnificent trumpet-shaped flowers. In the stems of 
some species the wood is so arranged as to have a cross- 
like appearance in section. The most northern species, 
B. capreolata of the southern United States, is frequent- 
ly cultivated in gardens, and others are ornaments of 
greenhouses. B. Chica of South America yields an orange- 
red coloring matter called chico (which see). 
Bignoniacese (big-no-ni-a'se-e), n. pi. [NL., 
< Bignonia + -acea.] A natural order of mono- 
petalous dicotyledonous plants with irregular 
650 
ly and unreasonably wedded to a particular 
religious or other creed, opinion, practice, or 
ritual ; a person who is illiberally attached to 
any opinion, system of belief, or party organi- 
zation ; an intolerant dogmatist. 
In philosophy and religion the bigot* of all parties are 
generally the most positive. Watts. 
The bigotx of the iron time 
Had called his harmless art a crime. 
Scott, i. of L. It., Int. 
The existence of genuine piety amid serious errors is 
forgotten, or rather rejected, by certain illiberal minds, 
the bigots of exclusive ecclesiastical hypotheses, who, in 
maintaining that "out of the church there can be no salva- 
tion," would have us believe that there is none out of their 
own. Is. Taylor, Spiritual Despotism, 10. 
II. t ft. Same as bigoted. 
In a country more Urjot than ours. 
Dryden, Ded. of Limberham. 
bigoted (big'ot-ed), a. [< bigot + -ed 2 .] Having 
the character of a bigot ; obstinately and blind- 
ly wedded to a particular creed, opinion, prac- 
tice, or ritual ; unreasonably and intolerantly 
devoted to a system of belief, an opinion, or a 
party. Also rarely spelled bigottea. 
A more abject, slavish, and bigoted generation. Steele. 
So nursed and bigoted to strife. Byron. 
A bigoted Tory and High Churchman. 
Macaulay, Hist. Eng.,xvii. 
bigotedly (big'ot-ed-li), adv. In a bigoted 
manner; with irrational zeal. 
bigoticalt (bi-got'i-kal), a. [< bigot + -ical.] 
Bigoted. 
Some bigotieal religionists. 
Cudworth, Intellectual System, p. 18. 
bigotry (big'ot-ri), n. ; pi. bigotries (-riz) . [< F. 
bigoterie, < fagot.] The character or mode of 
thought of a bigot ; obstinate and unreasona- 
ble attachment to a particular creed, opinion, 
practice, ritual, or party organization; exces- 
sive zeal or warmth in favor of a party, sect, 
or opinion; intolerance of the opinions of 
others. 
Those biyvtriet which all good and sensible men despise. 
Pope. 
Were it not for a bigotry to our own tenets, we could 
hardly imagine that so many absurd, wicked, and bloody 
principles should pretend to support themselves by the 
gospel. Watts. 
James was now a Roman Catholic. Religious bigotry 
had become the dominant sentiment of his narrow and 
stubborn mind. Macaiilay, Hist. Eng., ii. 
=Syn. Credulity, Fanaticism, etc. (see superstition), nar- 
row-mindedness, prejudice, intolerance. 
bigroot (big'rot), n. The name in California 
of species of Megarrhisa, a cucurbitaceous vine 
the roots of which grow to an immense size. 
big-SOUnding (big 'soun" ding), a. Having a 
pompous sound. 
Big-s 
unding sentences and words of state. 
Bp. Hall, Satires, i. 3. 
b "' 
BigHoniacea. 
. 
Flowering Branch of Trumpet-creeper ( Tecoma rtidicatu 
opened follicle of same, showing: seeds; t>. seed of Catalpa bi 
oides. 'From Le Maout and Decaisne's " Traiti general de ota- 
nique.") 
flowers, a pod-like fruit, and winged seeds 
without albumen. They ave trees or shrubby climb- 
ei-s or twiners, natives chiefly of warm regions, and are 
especially abundant in South America. Of the many 
genera, the best known are Bignonia, Tecoma (the trum- 
pet-creeper), including some trees that furnish hard and 
close-grained woods, Crescentia (the calabash-tree), and 
Catalpa of the United States. 
bignoniaceous (big-np-ni-a'shius), a. In hot., 
pertaining to or having the characters of the 
Bignonificetc. 
bigoldt (bi'gold), n. The yellow oxeye or corn- 
marigold, Chrysanthemum segetnm. Gerard. 
bigot (big'pt), n. and a. [First at end of 16th 
century, < F. bigot, a bigot, a hypocrite, < OF. 
liigot; of disputed origin. Under this form two 
or more independent words appear to have 
been confused, involving the etym. in a mass 
of fable and conjecture. Whatever its origin, 
bigot, as a vague term of contempt, came to be 
confused with Begiiin and Beghard. This con- 
fusion appears in ML. Bigutti, Biguttce, used in 
the 15th century as equivalents of Beghardi and 
Beguiiia;. See Beghard and Bcguin.] I. n. If. 
A hypocritical professor of religion; a hypo- 
crite; also, a superstitious adherent of reli- 
gion. N. E. D. 2. A person who is obstinate- 
big-swollen, big-swoln (big'swo'len, -swoln), 
a. Greatly inflated; swelled to great bulk; 
turgid; ready to burst. 
My big-ncoln heart. Shale., 3 Hen. VI., ii. 2. 
biguttate(bi-gut'at), a. [< M-2 + guttate.] 
In zool., marked with two small spots. 
bigwig (big'wig), 11. [< big 1 + wig, in refer- 
ence to the large wigs worn in Great Britain 
by judges and others in authority.] A great 
man ; a person of consequence ; one high in au- 
thority or rank. [Slang.] 
Her husband was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, 
a Conseiller d'Etat, or other French biy-ivig. 
Thackeray, Newcomes, xlvi. 
bigwigged (big'wigd), a. Pompous; solemnly 
authoritative. 
Towards nightfall comes the chariot of a physician and 
deposits its biyu'itiged and solemn burden. 
Hawthorm, Twice-Told Tales, 1. 
bihamate (bi-ha'mat), a. [< 6i- 2 + hamate.] 
Doubly hooked ; having two hooks. 
The bihamate "spicules of the sarcode" so character- 
istic of the genus Esperia and its allies. 
Sir C. W. Thomson, Depths of the Sea, p. 113. 
bihourly (bi-our'li), . and adv. [< 6i- 2 + 
hourly.] Every two hours; once every two 
hours: as, bihourly observations. 
bihydroguret (bi-hi-drog'u-ret), n. [< W-2 + 
hydrog(en) + -uret.] A compound of hydrogen 
with a non-metallic or negative element or 
radical, in the proportion of two atoms of hy- 
drogen to one atom or group of the other mem- 
ber of the compound. 
bijou (be-zho"), . [F. ; of unknown origin.] 
1. A jewel; specifically, a jewel of gold richly 
wrought in the metal itself without the aid of 
precious stones. See bijouterie. Hence 2. 
bilander 
An object of beauty of small size ; something 
delicately pretty ; any relatively small charm- 
ing object. 
bijouterie (be-zhb'tre), . [F., < bijou.] Jew- 
elry ; small ornaments for personal decoration ; 
specifically, jewelry of gold richly adorned In 
the metal itself, with little or no use of precious 
stones. 
bijoutry (be-zho'tri), it. Same as bijouterie. 
bijugate (bi-jo'gat), a. [< W-2 + jugate.] 1. 
In mi mis., bearing two profile heads, one of 
them overlapping the other. See cut under ac- 
eolated. 2. In bot., having two pairs of leaf- 
lets or pinnse : used of pinnated leaves. 
bijUgOUS (bi-jb'gus), a. [< L. bijiigus, yoked 
two together: see biga.] Same as bijugate. 
bijugue (bi'jog), n. [< L. bijugus, yoked two to- 
gether: see bijugous.] A double bottle consist- 
ing of two complete vessels attached to each 
other by strips of the same material, so that 
they form one piece. 
bike (bik), n. [Sc., also written byte, < ME. 
bike, Injke, a hive.] A nest of wild bees, hor- 
nets, or wasps. 
The smelle of my son is lyke 
To a feld with flouris. or hony byke. 
Ttiirneley Mysteries, p. 4.3. 
bikh (bik), n. The name given by the natives 
of Nepal to a most virulent poison derived 
from the roots of Aconitum fcrox and proba- 
bly other species of aconite, and to the roots 
themselves ; Nepal aconite. Also called high, 
bixlnita, or bixk. 
bikos (bi'kos), n. ; pi. bikoi (-koi). [Gr. /Time,: 
see beaker.] In Gr. antiq., a form of earthen- 
ware vase, usually of large size, used, like other 
large vases of similar character, for storing pro- 
visions, liquids, etc. It was shaped like a stamnos 
with handles, and is mentioned also as made of small 
size, sometimes in glass, to serve as a drinking-vessel or 
a perfume-jar. 
bikshu (bik'sho), . [Skt. bMTtshu.] A Bud- 
dhist mendicant monk. 
bikshuni (bik'sho-ne), . [Skt. bliikxHiini.] A 
Buddhist nun. 
bil (bil), n. [Also called billard and billet ; ori- 
gin obscure ; perhaps connected with billet?, a, 
stick or club.] A local English name of the 
coal-fish, Follaehius virens. 
bilabe (bi'lab), n. [< L. bi-, two-, + labium, lip.] 
In stirg., an instrument for removing small for- 
eign bodies from the bladder through the ure- 
thra. 
bilabiate (bi-la'bi-at), a. [< 6-2 + labiate.] 
1. Possessing, or having the appearance- of 
possessing, two lips: in bot., 
applied to an irregular corolla 
or calyx whose lobes are so 
arranged as to form an upper 
and a lower lip. This character 
prevails in the natural order Labiates, 
and is frequent in some other orders. 
2. In conch., having the outer 
lip doubled by a thickening 
behind the margin or true lip. 
bilabiation (bl-la-bi-a'shon), 
n. [< bilabiate + -ion.] The 
quality or condition of being 
two-lipped, or having two lips ; 
a bilabiate formation. Amer. 
Jour. fSci., 3d ser., XXIX. 319. 
bilaciniate (bi-la-sin'i-at), a. 
iatc.] In bot., doubly laciniate. 
bilalo (bi-la'16), n. '[Also written gttilala; a 
native name.] A two-masted passenger-boat, 
about 65 feet long and 10 feet broad, peculiar 
to Manila bay. It carries an outrigger for use when 
the wind blows fresh, and has a large cabin behind the 
mainmast. 
bilainellate (bi-lam'e-lat), a. [< bi- 2 + lamel- 
late.] Doubly lamellate ; having two lamellae ; 
specifically, in bot., composed of two plates and 
as many stigmas and placentas, or bearing two 
plates, as the lip of some orchids. 
bilamellated (bi-lam'e-la-ted), a. Same as bi- 
lamellate. 
bilaminar (bl-lam'i-nar), a. [< fii- 2 + laminar.] 
Consisting of two thin plates or lamina' ; two- 
layered. 
bilaminate (bi-lam'i-nat), a. [< bi-" + lami- 
nate.] Having two plates or lamina;. 
bilan (F. pron. be-loii'), n. [F., < LL. bitaiur 
(sc. libra), a balance: see balance.] A'balance- 
sheet : the name given in Louisiana to a book 
in which merchants keep account of their assets 
aud liabilities. 
bilandt, . See bi/land. 
bilander (bil'au-der or bi'lan-der), n. [Also by- 
lan<lcr (cf. F. liclaiidre), < D. bijlandcr, < by, = 
Bilabiate Calyx and 
Corolla of Salvia 
(sage). 
[< W- 2 + lacin- 
