bill-poster 
bill-poster (bil'pos'ter). w. Ono whose busi- bilocular 
5f>r> bin 
'u-lar), a. [< L. M-, two-, + bimestrial (bi-mes'tri-al), a. [< L. bimettris, 
ill-poster (UrpM'tte). . One whose busi- bilocular (i>i-iok'u-iar), a. [< " '"-. .-. + DUE p* . 
ness it is to post up bills and advertisements, loculux, a cell IOCUM. a place), + -ar 3 .] Divid- of two months' duration, < In-, two-, + 
Also called bill-sticker. 
bill-scale (bil'skal), . Tin hard scale or nib 
on the tip of the beak of a chick, aiding it to 
peck the shell in order to make its escape from 
the egg. 
bill-sticker (bil'stik'er), n. Same as bill-pouter. 
billy 1 (!>il'i), ; pi- billies (-iz). [Also spelled 
billir ; of unknown origin. The sense is rather 
ed into two cells, or 
containing two cells 
internally : as, a bilo- 
mlar pericarp. 
biloculate (in-lok'u- 
lat), a. [As bilocul-ar 
+ -ate 1 .] Same as 
Monitor 
too definite to be considered an application bilophodont (bi-lof '- 
, Dick, and Harry") o-dont), a. [< L. bi-, 
(like "Jack," "Jill," "Tom, 
of the familiar proper name Billy, dim. of Bill, a 
ciiiTuptiouof H'ill, which is short for iniliam.] 
A comrade ; a companion ; a brother in arms, 
trade, and the like; a fellow; a young man. 
[Scotch and North. Eng.] 
; section of 
rhich each 
of the two cells i$ also bilocelUte. 
Dilocellate. Enlarged 
a bilocellate anther, in wl 
two-, + Gr. '/.tHjKif, a 
crest, + odoi'f (odovr-) 
=r E. tooth.] Having 
two transverse crests on a molar tooth, as the 
tapirs, dinotheriids, and kangaroos. 
The bilophodont sub-type becomes more marked In Di- 
notherium and in the anterior small molar of Mastodon. 
Owen, Anat. Vert., III. 343. 
billy 2 (bil'i), .; pi. billies (-iz.). [A slang word, biloQUial (bi-16'kwi-al), a. [< L. bi-, two-, + 
i ,, , ,.| i .1 no ii r\n vtiniila i QT\T\1is*a frinTt f\f tYlf* f milittT* i 1_. _*A .': I ...:.! "\ O ...... t- 1 ,.,. *m 
When chapman billing leave the street. 
Buna, Tarn o' Shanter. 
month.] Happening every two months ; con- 
tinuing two months. 
Dante became one of the six priors (June, 1300), an 
office which the Florentines had mule bimextrial in its 
tenure, In order apparently to secure at leant six coustitu- 
tiimal clmnccs "f revolution In the year. 
/."///. Aiiifliu my l'.<"'kd, 2d Ber., p. 11. 
bimetallic (bi-me-tal'ik), a. [< F. biHii'tttlln/n, . 
< bi- (< L. bi-, two-) + m&WHgW; or < to- 2 + 
metallic. This word and its derivatives are of 
recent origin, M. Cernuachi having been the 
first to use bimetullique in 1HC9. and bimetallic in 
1876. JV. E. I).] Of or pertaining to two met- 
als; specifically, pertaining to the use of a 
double metallic standard in currency. See bi- 
metallism. 
The fallacy that prices depend directly on the volume 
of currency, that a bi-metaltic standard is practicable, etc. 
.V. A. Ket., CXXVII. 352. 
perhaps a particular application of the familiar i oqui 8 p ea k ; after co'Hog Mia/.] Speaking with 
proper name BMy : see billy*, and cf . betty and two dift eren t voices. N. E. D. 
jimmu. Cf. also F. bille, a stick or stock, under biloquist (bil'o-kwist), n. [As biloqutal -r -ist.] 
billet 2 and billiards.'} 1. Stolen metal of any Qne who can speak with two different voices. 
kind. [Slang.] 2. A small metal bludgeon 
that may be carried in the pocket ; hence, a 
policeman's club. [Slang.] 3. A stubbing- 
machine. See slubber. 
billy-biter (bil'i-bl"ter), n. [< Billy, a familiar 
name, + biter.} A name for the blue titmouse, 
I'arun curulcus. Macgillivray. [Local, Brit- 
ish.] biltong biltongue (bil'tong, -tung), n. [8. 
Billy-blind (bil'i-blind), n. 1. In ballads, the African D. biltong, < D. bil, buttock, pi. rump, 
name of a benevolent household demon or fa- 
miliar spirit. Also written Billy Blind. 2. 
[I. c.] The game of blind-man's buff. N. E. D. _ 
billyboy (biTi-boi), n. [Appar. a humorous bimaculate 
application of Billy boy (< billy 1 + boy), a fa- 
miliar phrase of address ; but prob. an accom. 
this form 
to 
of some 
other name.] 
A flat-bot- 
tomed, bluff- 
bowed barge, 
of very light 
draft, espe- 
cially built 
for the navi- 
gation of the 
river Humber 
England 
bimetallism (bi-met'al-izm), n. [< bimetall-ic 
+ -ism.] The use of two metals as money at 
relative values set by legislative enactment; 
the union of two metals in circulation as money 
at a fixed rate. Specifically, that system of coinage 
which recognizes both coins of silver and coins of gold 
as legal tender to any amount, or the concurrent use of 
coins of two metals as a circulating medium at a flxed 
relative value. 
Tills coinage was superseded by the bimetallic (gold and 
silver) coinage of Croesus, and biinetallimi was the rule in 
Asia down to Alexander's time In the flxed ratio of one to 
thirteen and a half between the two metals. Academy. 
bimetallist (bi-met'al-ist), . [< bimetall-ic + 
-ist. Cf. bimetallism".] One who advocates the 
. ...., m' use of a double metallic standard in currency. 
for lean meat cut into thin strips and dried in bimetallistic (bi-met-a-lis'tik), a. [< bimetal- 
the sun. list + -ic.] Pertaining or relating to bimetal- 
bimaculated (bi-mak'u-lat, -la- H 8m . Contemporary Her. 
ted), o. [< M- 2 + maculate.'] Having two bimodular (bi-mod'u-lar), o. [< bimodulus + 
spots; marked with two spots Bimaculated -ar 3 .] 1. Pertaining to the bimodulus. 2. 
duck. Ana* ijlocitatu or Querquedula bimaaUata, a Euro- Having two moduli. 
bimodulus (bi-mod'u-lus), n. ; pi. Mmoduli (-Ii). 
[NL., < bi- 2 + modulus.'] In math., the double 
E. D. 
(bil'sft), . [E. Ind.] A fine kind of 
tobacco grown in the district of Malwa in cen- 
tral India. 
(ilsted (bil'sted), n. [Appar. a native name.] 
Another name of the American sweet-gum tree, 
Liquidambar Styraciflua. 
_______ ..... ...,, ____ .. 
+ iong = E. tongue.] A South African name 
by Cuvier and mos naturalists until quite re- dor, 
cently. The order is now practically abolished, since it pearing twice a month. 
has been shown that, zoologically and morphologically, bimUCronate (bi-mu'kro-nat), a. [< 6i- 2 + mii- 
man differs less from the anthropoid apes than these apes - ' 
The custom is now to revert in 
do from most monkeys. 
this particular to the classification of Linuceus, who in- 
cluded man with the apes, monkeys, and lemurs in one 
order, Primatet. The zoological rank now usually assigned 
to the genus Homo is that of the type of a family Hoini- 
nidoe or Anthropid<e, the term Biinana being used, if at 
all, as the name of a superfamily or suborder, by means of 
in _ 
and its Tribu- 
taries. Sea-go- Billyboy. 
Ing billyboys are which man alone is thus contrasted with Simitr. 
generally clincher-built and sloop-rigged, but some are bimanet (bi'man), a. [< F. bimane, < NL. bi- 
canal-built and schooner-rigged. Many carry a square maHM . see bi ma now>.] Same as bimanput. 
bimanus, 
hand. 
Cf. Bimana.'] 
Two-handed and two-footed, or bimanmu and biped. 
Lawrener, Lectures, p. 159 (Ord MS.). 
Specifically 2. In zoiil., belonging to or hav- 
ing the characters of the Bimana. 
Tinge, TSO that it can be lowered when passing under bimanOUS (bi'ma-nus), o. [< NL. 
two-handed, < L. bi-, two-, T mqnus, 
a. r< 
PVO-, + 
1 . Having two hands. 
[< L. bi-, two-, + 
Cf. manual.] 
In- 
topsail and lee-boards. The mast is fitted to the deck by 
a hinge, 
a bridge. 
You look at the clustered houses, and at the wharves 
with the black old billyboys squattering alongside. 
W. C. Ruxtell, Sailor's Sweetheart, ii. 
billycock (bil'i-kok), n. [Origin obscure.] A 
stiff, round, low-crowned felt hat: often called , UK *^ .,.,,,..,...- .. ~*, ~, 
a. billycock hat. Also spelled billicock. [Collpq.] bimanual (bi-man'u-al), a. 
billy-gate (bil'i-gat), . The moving carriage manus (manit-), hand, + -al. 
in a slubbing-machine. volving the employment of both hands. 
billy-goat (bil'i-got), . A familiar name for bimarginate (bi-miir' ji-nat). a. [< W- 3 + 
a he-goat, as nanny-goat is for a she-goat. marginate.] In conch., furnished with a dou- 
billy-piecer (bil'i-pe"s6r), 11. In tcoolen-manuf., ble margin as far as the tip. 
a child who pieces or joins together roving on bimbo (bim'bo), n. A kind of punch, drunk as 
a carding-engine called a billv or slabbing- a liqueur, made with six lemons and a pound 
billy. [Not used in U. S.] 
billy-roller (biri-rd'ler), H. In iroolcn-manuf., 
a wooden roller in the slubbing-machine, under bimedial 
which cardiugs are passed, and by which they 
are slightly compressed. 
billy-web (bil'i-web), w. A name given in 
Honduras to the wood of a little-known timber- 
tree. 
bilobate (bi-16'bat), o. [< M- 2 + lobate.] Hav- 
ing or divided into two lobes: as, a bilobatf 
leaf. 
bilobed (bi'lobd), a. Same as bilobate. 
bilobular (bi-lob'u-lar), a. Same as bilobate. 
Round or bilubitlar structures of very variable si/r. 
/Vci/, Histol. and Ilisto-chein. (trans.), p~ 29. 
bilocation (bi-lo-ka'shpn), n. [< W- 2 + loca- 
tion.] The power of being in two places at 
the same time. See extract. 
The word bilvc.ation has been invented to express the 
miraculous faculty possessed by certain saints of the 
Roman Church, of being in two places at once. TliTnori"irl" nVnip'rt'i 
K. B. Tylm; Prim. Culture, I. 404. ">" 
bilocellate (bi-lo-sel'at), a. [< bi- 2 + lorellu* 
+ -atel.] In bot., divided into two locelli or 
secoudary cells. See cut in next column. 
cronate.] In zool., having two mucros or angu- 
lar projections : as, bimucronate elytra. 
bimuscular (bi-mus'ku-liir), a. [< 6i- 2 + muscu- 
lar.] In conch., having two adductor muscles, 
as some bivalves ; dimyarian. 
Bimusculosa (bi-mus-ku-16'sa), n. pi. [NL., 
< L. bi-, two-, + musculosus, muscular, < mus- 
culug, muscle.] In conch., an order of bivalve 
n K 'Husks: synonymous with Dimyaria. Uould, 
1841. 
bin 1 (bin), . [< ME. binne, bynne, byn, a re- 
pository for grain or bread, usually a manger, 
< AS. b'inn, a manger. Origin uncertain; per- 
haps, like D. benne, ben, = G. benne, a basket- 
wagon, = It. henna, a sleigh, cart, = F. bannr, 
benne, a basket, creel, pannier, basket-wagon, < 
ML. benna, a basket, a namper, appar. the same 
as L. benna, quoted as an old Gaulish name for 
a kind of vehicle; cf. W. ben, a cart, waggon.] 
1. A box or inclosed place used as a repository 
for any commodity: as, a corn-6ii; a coal-Wi. 
2. One of the open subdivisions of a cellar 
for the reception of wine-bottles. 
Also spelled binn. 
of sugar to a quart of brandy and a quart of bin i (bin r r . ,.. ' t- and pp . binned, ppr. bin- 
water. ,,,-, ((/ . [< J,- H I J TO put into or store in a bin : 
limedial (bi-me'di-al), w. [< 6i-2 h medial; as, to Wn Uquor. 
tr. of Gr. <i,o ftaav, from two medials.] In bin 2 t (bin), adv. andnrew. [=E. dial, and Sc. 
anc. math., a line compounded of two medials. 
If these latter make a rational rectangle, the compound 
is called a Jirgt binirdial ; if they make a medial rec- 
tangle, the compound is termed a tecond bimedial. In 
modern language this would be expressed by saying that 
a bimedial is a quantity of the form (y*a + yb) ^c, where 
a, b, and c are commensurable. It is a first or a second 
I'lmi ilial according as a b c is or is not a perfect square. 
bimembral (bi-mem'bral), a. [< L. binifmbris. 
< bi-, two-, + membruni, member.] Consist inj: 
of two members, as a sentence. Gibbs. 
ben (see ben 1 ), < ME. binne, binnen, bitinon, < 
AS. binnan, ONorth. binna (= OS. 'binnan = 
OFries. binna = D. binnen = MHG. G. binnen), 
within. < be-, by, + innaiij within: see 6c- 2 and 
iHi; cf. bun.] 1. adt. Within; inside. 
II. prep. 1. Of place, within; inside of; in. 
2. Of time, within ; during. 
inSf, r. A shortened form of been, past partici- 
pie, and obsolete infinitive and present indica- 
of two members, as a sentence. Gis. pe, an oso ii - 
bimenet, r. t. A Middle English form of bemoan, tive plural, of be. Bin is the ordinary pronun- 
- 
bimensal (bi-men'sal), a. [< L. bi-, two-, + 
mi nuts, a month. Cf. bimestrial.] Occurring 
once in two months; bimonthly. 
Bimeria (bi-me'ri-a), . [NL., < L. bi-, two-, 
+ Gr. uipof, part.^ A genus of hydrozoans, 
typical of the family Jiitucriiilu: 
"'., n. pi. [NL., < Bi- 
mfria + -idir.] A family of tubularian hydro- 
zoans, typified by the genus liimiria. The polyp- 
stock is covcrcil with ;i perisarc. the generative buds are 
sessile, and the tentacles of the polyps are simple. 
ciation in the United States of the past partici- 
ple been. 
Out of whom tBeda] cheifly hath bin gatherd since the 
Saxons arrival, such as hath bin deliverd, a scatterd story 
pickt out heer and there. Milton, Hist. Eng., iv. 
With cv'ry think- that pretty hi,, 
My lady sweet arise. 
Skat., Cymbeline, ii. 3 (song). 
Blushes that Mn 
The burnish of no sin. 
Crathate, Wishes to his supposed Mistress. 
A fresh as Mn the flowers in May. Petle. 
