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Huge; great in size. [Colloq.] Forby.

urse of action; to take the first step; to start. "Tears began to flow." Dryden. When I begin, I will also make an end. 1 Sam. iii. 12.

One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. A sermon of a new beginner. Swift.

The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

elongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv.

A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

A building. [Obs.]

Having a double margin, as certain shells.

The process of mixing clay in potteries with a blunger. Tomlinson.

A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Borage, n., etc.

Boastingly.

The system of bracing used between floor or other timbers to distribute the weight. Bridging joist. Same as Binding joist.

The state of being infested with bugs.

Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot.

Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount. The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n.