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in the fpri'ng before the trees begin to pnfh out their (hoots, 
and plunged into a moderate hot-bed, obferving to Ihade 
them from the fun in the middle of the day, and refrefn 
them occafionally with water, which muft not be given to 
them in too great plenty. In about fix weeks thefe will 
have taken root, and made (hoots above, fo (hould have 
plenty of air admitted to them conftantly, and hardened by 
degrees to bear the open air, into which they fhould be 
removed, and treated in the fame manner as the feedling 
plants, and the fpring following planted cut into a nur- 
fery-bed, as is before directed. The catalpa delights in a 
richmoift foil, where it will make great progrefs, and in 
a few years produce flowers. 
The third fort, when young, is impatient of cold, fo 
muft be flie'.tered in the winter until they have obtained 
ftrength, when they fhould be planted againft a warm wall, 
and in winter protected front frofts by coverings of mats, 
and the ground about their roots covered with'tan. Many 
of the fpecies are tender, and will not thrive in this coun¬ 
try, unlefs they be kept in the bark (love. 
The fourteenth fort is fo hardy as to thrive in the open 
air; but, as the branches trail, they muft be fupported ; 
it is therefore ufually planted againlt walls or buildings, 
where, if the branches have room, it will fpread to a great 
diftance, and rife very high ; it is therefore very proper 
for covering of buildings which are unfightly. It may alfo 
be trained up againft the ftems of trees, where it may be 
fo managed, as to make a fine appearance when in flower. 
It is propagated by feeds, but the young plants fo raifed 
do not flower in lefs than feven or eight years ; therefore 
thofe which are propagated by cuttings or layers from 
flowering plants, are inoft efteemed, becaufe they will 
flower in two or three years after planting. The old plants 
alfo fend out many fuckers from the roots, which may be 
taken off, and tranfplanted where they are to remain, for 
thefe plants will not tranfplant fafelyif they are old. The 
neceflary culture for thefe plants after they are eftabliftied, 
is to cut away ail the fmall weak fhoots of the former year 
in winter, and (horten the ftrong ones to about two feet 
long, that young (hoots maybe obtained for flowering the 
following fummer; thefe plants are of long duration: 
there are fome in gardens which have been planted more 
than fixty years, which are now very vigorous, and pro¬ 
duce flowers in plenty every feafon. The other forts have 
not yet been cultivated in England. 
BIGOR'NO, a town of Corfica, feven miles fouth of 
Baftia. 
BlGOR'RE, a country of France, about feventy leagues 
fquare, in the government of Guyenne, fituated at the fouth 
of Armagnac. The air is cold on the mountains, but mild 
in the plains. It produces a great deal of wood, excellent 
wine, rye, barley, and millet, but little wheat. It has ex¬ 
cellent paftures, quarries of marble, and medicinal fprings. 
Tarbes was the capital. 
BI'GOT, /. A zealot, or perfon obftinately wedded to 
fome opinion or practice, particularly of a religious nature. 
Camden, perhaps, has hit upon the true original of the 
word. He relates, that when Roilo, duke of Normandy, 
received Gifla, the daughter of Charles the Fooliib, in 
marriage, together with the inveftiture of that dukedom, 
he would not fubmit to kifs Charles’s foot: and, when his 
friends urged him by all means to comply with that cere¬ 
mony, he replied, Ne se bi Got, i.e. Not fo by God. Upon 
which, the king and his courtiers deriding him, and re¬ 
peating his anlwer, called him bigot ; from whence the 
Normans were called bigodi, or bigots. 
Bigot, in Italian bigontia, is ufed to denote a Venetian 
liquid mealure, containing the fourth part of the amphora, 
or half the boot. 
BI'GOTED, adj. Blindly prepoflefled in favour of 
fomething ; irrationally zealous ; with to. It is fome- 
times written and pronounced bigot'ted : 
Bigotted to this idol, we difclaim 
Reft, health, and eafe, for nothing but a name. Garth. 
B I L 
Bi'GOTRY, f. Blind zeal; prejudice j unreafonable 
warmth in favour of party or opinions ; with the particle 
to. —Were it not fora bigotry to our own tenets, we could 
hardly imagine that fo many abfurd, wicked, and bloody, 
principles, ihould pretend to fupport themfelves by the 
gofpel. IVatts. —The practice or tenet of a bigot.—Our 
(Hence makes our adverfaries think we periift in thofe bi¬ 
gotries which all good and fenfible men delpife. Pope, 
BIG'SWOLN, adj. Turgid; ready to burft : 
Might my bigfwoln heart 
Vent all its griefs, and give a loofe to furrow. Addifon. 
BIGU'BA, a kingdom and fea-port of Africa, in the 
country of Guinea, fituated to the fouth of the river Gam¬ 
bia, inhabited by the people called Biafares. 
BIIIACS', or Bihatz, or Bihitz, or Wihatz, a 
town of Croatia, fituated on the river Unna, belonging to 
the Turks ; it was belieged by the Imperialifts in 1697, 
without fuccefs: fixty miles fouth of Carlftadt, and 180 
weft of Belgrade. 
BIHA 'l,J. in botany. See Strelitzia. 
BIH'RI, a town of Perfia, in the country of Lariflan : 
thirty miles norih-weft of Lar. 
BI'ISK, a town of Siberia, in the government of Koli- 
van, on the Oby : 150 miles fouth-fouth-eaft of Kolivan, 
Lat. 53.31. N. ion. 102. E-. Ferro. 
BIKBULAKO'VA, a town of Ruflia, in the govern¬ 
ment of Upha, on the river Ik : eighty miles north-eaft of 
Orenburg. 
BIKIL'LAM, a fmall ifland in the Red Sea: eight 
leagues from the coaft of Arabia. Lat. 16. 18. N. Ion. 41, 
35. E. Greenwich. 
BIKOU', a town of Poland, in the palatinate of Brac- 
law : fifty miles nortli of Braclavv. 
BI'LA, a river of Bohemia, which runs into the Mol- 
daw, near Auflig. 
Bila (Alt), a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Leit- 
meritz: ten miles weft-fouth-vveft of Kamniz. 
BILAN', a town of Bohemia, in the circle of Chru- 
dim ; five miles weft of Chrudim. 
BI'LANDER,y. \belandre , Fr.] A fmall veflel of about 
eighty tons burden, ufed for the carriage of goods. It is 
a kind of hoy, manageable by four or five men, and lias 
malts and fails after the manner of a hoy. They are ufed 
chiefly in Holland, as being particularly fit for the canals ; 
Like bilanders to creep 
Along the coaft, and land in view to keep. Dryden. 
BI'LANUS,y in botany. See Crat^va. 
BIL'BERR Y,y. [from bilig. Sax. a bladder, and berry, 
according to Skinner; vitis idcea.~\ A fmall flirub; and a 
fweet berry of that (lirub; whortle-berry. SeeVACCiNiuM. 
BIL'BILIS, anciently a town of Hifpania Citerior, the 
birth-place of Martial; now fuppofed to be Calatajud, in 
Arragon, on the Xalon. 
BIL'BO, y [corrupted from Bi/boa, where the bed 
weapons are made.] A rapier ; a fword.—To be corn- 
paired like a good bilbo, in the circumference of a peck, 
hilt to point, heel to head. Shakefpeare. 
BILBO'A, orViLVAO, a fea-port town of Spain, in 
the country of Bifcay, on the river Ybaipabal, in a plain 
furrounded by high mountains. It contains about eight 
hundred houfes, part of which are built on piles; the 
harbour is good, and well frequented. The, air healthy ; 
the inhabitants are ftrong, robuft, long-lived, and little 
acquainted with difeafes or forrow. The place is well flip- 
plied with water and provifions; fifh is very abundant; 
and the environs are fertile in legumes and fruits. Here 
are five parifhes, and twelve religious houfes. Among 
the laws peculiar to the town, is one againft ingratitude. 
The commerce principally confifts in wool and iron. Lat. 
43. 30. N. Ion. 3. 10. W. Greenwich. 
BIL'BOES,y. A fort of (locks, or wooden (hackles for 
the feet, ufed for punifhing offenders at (ea. 
BILDERWERT'SCHEN, a town of Pruflia, in the Li¬ 
thuanian province ; four miles W. N. W. of Stalluponen, 
BIL'DESTON, 
