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Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp. Gray.

Double; growing in pairs or couples. Gray.

d into two parts almost to the base, as a leaf; consisting of two parts or subdivisions. Gray.

Having two rays; as, a biradiate fin.

A young bird. Thackeray.

With two partitions or septa. Gray.

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…

A white soup made of crayfish.

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.

A species of Ambrosia (A. artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood. Gray.

To bewray; to reveal. [Obs.]

inst with black balls; to ostracize. He was blackballed at two clubs in succession. Thackeray.

hich writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

an black grouse (Tetrao tetrix, Linn.); - - so called by sportsmen. The female is called gray hen. See Heath grouse.

Consisting of blades. [R.] "Blady grass." Drayton.

Dark blue or bluish gray; lead-colored. [Scot.]

or character. I'll cross it, though it blast me. Shak. Blasted with excess of light. T. Gray.

t men call. Spenser. Glory, that blatant word, which haunts some military minds like the bray of the trumpet. W. Irving.

To express a wish or prayer for the happiness of; to invoke a blessing upon; -- applied to persons. Bless them which persecute you. Rom. xii. 14.

Gray; bluish gray. [Obs.] Our bloncket liveries been all too sad. Spenser.