4 s BIN 
BIMPLEPATAM', a feaport town of Hindooftan, in 
the circar of Cicacole : twelve miles fouth-eaft of Vizia- 
nagram, and thirty-five foiith-fouth-weft of Cicacole. Lat. 
18. io. N. Ion. 83.15. E. Greenwich. 
BIN., [binne, Sax.] A place where bread, or corn, 
or wine, is repofited.—The moft convenient way of pick¬ 
ing hops, is into a long fquare frame of wood, called a 
bin. Mortimer. 
Bt'NA, a town of Italy, in the Cremonefe : ten miles 
north-eaft of Cremona. 
BI'NACLE, /. a fquare box, or frame of timber, placed 
in the fieerage of a fhip, wherein the compafs is placed. 
In thd fmaller veffels, the binacle is divided into three 
fpaces or apartments; in large veffels into five. Thefe 
are furnilhed with log-glaffes, compafs, &c. with a lamp 
in the center divifion, to throw a light upon the compafs 
in the night, whereby the pcrfon who fleers may obferve 
it in the darkefi weather. Ships of war, and large velfels, 
have two binacles ; one placed before the pilot, and a 
greater before the (leerfman. See Compass. 
BIN'AROS, orViNAROS, a town of Spain, in Valencia, 
on the confines of Catalonia, near the coafi of the Medi¬ 
terranean, at the mouth of a river which forms a fmall 
harbour, with anchorage at about a cannon fhot from the 
town, in from fix to nine fathoms. It is furrotinded with 
walls, and defended by fome cannon : five miles north of 
Pennifcola, and twenty fouth of Tortofa. 
Bl'NARY,arf/. [fromiinai, Lat.] Two; dual; double. 
BI'NARY ARITH'METIC, J. is that from which 
two figures or characters, viz. 1 and o, only are tiled. See 
Arithmetic, p. 164, of vol. ii. 
BI'NARY ME A'SURE.y. inmufic, is a meafure which 
is beaten equally, or where the time of rifing is equal to 
that of falling. This is ufually called common time. 
BI'NARY NUM'BER, J. that which is compofed of 
two units. 
BINAS'CO, atovvn of Italy, in the Milanefe : ten miles 
fouth of Milan. This town was taken by the French in 
the month of April, 1796. The tocfin was founded, and 
about 800 armed peafants threw themfelves into the town; 
100 of whom were killed, and the reft difperfed. This town 
was afterwards fet on fire. 
BIN'BROOK, a town in Lincolnlhire, fituate near the 
centre of the high lands called theWolds, in a low valley, 
and on a fmall brook; hence the name, which is of Saxon 
derivation, from binne and brook, fignifying a repolitory or 
llorehoufe on a brook; which'this town from its (ituation 
probably, in Saxon times, might have been. It lies, be¬ 
tween Caiftor and Louth, near the road from Market 
Raifin to Grimfby, 157 miles from London. It is now a 
decayed place, though formerly of confiderable repute. 
Its market ufed to be on Wednefday, but has been long 
difcontinued ; but it has a fair on Eafter-Tuefday. At a 
little diftance from the north end of the town, is Urford, 
or Irford, once a nunnery of Bcnediftines, founded by 
Ralph de Albini, in the reign of Henry II. Several tomb- 
ftones, and other curious articles, were dug from the ruins 
of this nunnery in 1790; about three miles to the fouth-. 
weft, is Ludford, fiippofed to be a Roman ftation, on the 
continuation of the fofs from Lincoln to the eafterncoaft. 
BIN'CHE, an ancient town of the Netherlands, in the 
county of Hainaut, fituated in a fertile country, on the 
river Haifne. This town was burned by Henry II. king 
of France, in 1554, but foon after rebuilt. In 1578, it 
was taken by John duke of Auftria ; but the duke of 
Aler^on, profiting by the death of Don John, befieged 
it the fame year, and took it by aftault. The French put 
to the fword all that were found in arms, and pillaged the 
town and churches ; the Spaniards retook it, and ceded it 
to France, at the peace of Aix-!a-Chapelle ; but at the 
peace of Nimeguen it was reftored to Auftria, with its 
jurifdiiflion : eight miles eaft-fouth-eaft of Mons. 
To BIND, v. a. pret. 1 bound \ particip. pad. bound , or 
bouvden ; [bindan, Sax.] To confine with bonds; to en¬ 
chain.—Wilt thou play with him as with a bird ? or wilt 
B I N 
thou bind him for thy maidens l Job. —To gird ; to en¬ 
wrap ; to involve.—Who hath bound the waters in a gar¬ 
ment > Proverbs. —To fallen to any thing ; to fix by cir¬ 
cumvolution.—Keep my commandments, and live ; and 
my law, as the apple of thine eye. Bind them upon thy 
fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. Pro¬ 
verbs. —To fallen together.—Gather ye together firft the 
tares, and bind them in bundles, to burn them. Matthew. —• 
To cover a wound with drellings and bandages : with up. 
—When he faw him, he had compalTion on him, and went 
to him, and bound up his w’ounds. Luke .— To oblige by fti- 
pulation, or oath..—If a man vow a vow, or fwearan oath, 
to bind his foul with a bond, he (hall not break his word. 
Numbers. —To oblige by duty or law ; to compel; to con- 
ftrain.—Though 1 am bound to every adt of duty, I am 
not bound to that all Haves are free to. Skakefpeare. —To 
oblige by kindnefs.—To confine ; to hinder : with in, if 
the rellraint be local; with up, if it relate to thought or 
aifl.—Though paflion be the moft obvious and general, 
yet it is not the only caufe that binds up the underftanding, 
and confines it. Locke. 
In fuch a difmal place, 
Where joy ne’er enters, which the fun ne’er cheers. 
Bound in with darknefs, overfpread with damps. Dryden. 
To hinder the flux of the bowels; to make colli ve.—Rhu 
barb hath manifeftly in it parts of contrary operations; 
parts that purge, and parts that bind the body. Bacon .—• 
To reftrain.—The more we are bound up to an exact narra¬ 
tion, we w : ant more life and fire, to animate and inform the 
(lory. Felton .—To bind a book ; to put it in a cover.—To 
bind to. To oblige to ferve fome one.—To contract with 
any body. — Art thou bound to a wife, feek not to be loofed. 
1 Corinthians.—To bind over. To oblige to make appear¬ 
ance.—Sir Roger was daggered with the reports concern- 
this woman, and would have bound her over to the county 
fe(lions. Addjon. 
To BIND, v. n. To contrafl its own parts together; 
to grow ftiff and hard.—If the land rife full of clots, and 
if it is a binding land, you mull make it fine by harrowing 
of it. Mortimer .—To make coftive. To be obligatory_ 
The promifes and bargains for truck, between a Swifs 
and an Indian, in the woods of America, are binding to 
them, though they are perfectly in a (late of nature, in 
reference to one another. Locke. 
BIND, J. a fpecies of hops.—The two bed forts are the 
white and the grey bind ; the latter is a large fquare hop, 
and more hardy. Mortimer. 
BIND of EF 1 LS, f. A quantity, confiding of 250, or 
ten ftrikes, each containing twenty-five eels. 
BIND-WEED, J. in botany. See Convolvulis. 
BIND-W 1 TH, /. See Clematis. 
BIND ER, J. A man whofe trade it is to bind books. 
A man that binds Iheaves. — A man, with a binder, may 
reap an acre of wheat in a day, if it (land well. Mortimer. 
—A filler; a Ihred cut to bind with. 
BIND'ING, f. A bandage.—This beloved young wo¬ 
man began to take off the binding of his eyes. Taller. 
BIND'ING, J'. in the art of defence, a method of fe- 
curing or crofting the adverfary’s fword with a prelfure, 
accompanied with a fpringfrom the wrift. See Fencing. 
BIND'ING, f. is a term in falconry, which implies 
tiring, or when a hawk feizes. 
B 1 ND'ING-JOISTS, J. in architecture, are thofe joifts 
in a floor, into which the trimmers of ftair-cafes, or well- 
holes of the (lairs, and chimney-ways, are framed : they 
ought to be ftronger than common joifts. 
BINET'TA, a town of Italy, in the kingdom of Na¬ 
ples, and county of Bari : four miles welt-fouth-well of 
Bidetto. 
BING, in the alum-works, denotes a heap of alum 
thrown together in order to drain. 
B 1 NGAZL, a feaport town of Africa, in Tripoli, for¬ 
merly a large and beautiful city, and the capital of Barca; 
but now a mean place, with a harbour only fit for velfels of 
200 tons burden. Lat. 32.20. N. Ion. 19. 9. E. Greenwich. 
BINGE, 
