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Having two tongues, or speaking two languages. [Obs.]

or; the person to whom the money is directed to be paid is called the payee. The person making the order may himself be the payee. The bill itself is frequently called a draft. See Exchange. Chitty. -- Bill of fare, a written or printed enumeration of the dishes served at a public table, or of the dishes (with prices…

A printed form, used by merchants in making out bills or rendering accounts.

A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections.

A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.

The act of dividing into two parts, or of making two correspondent parts, or the state of being so divided.

Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents.

An instrument of any kind, as a whistle, used in making the sound of a birdcall.

orn; that which is produced, whether animal or vegetable. Poets are far rarer births that kings. B. Jonson. Others hatch their eggs and tend the birth till it is able to shift for itself. Addison.

A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

of Besee. [Obs.] Chaucer. Evil biseye, ill looking. [Obs.]

Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King.

ch but half the hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal sulphates; an acid sulphate.

To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.

Dangerous error, or schism, tending to draw persons to apostasy. Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. Heb. xii. 15.

Odd in manner or appearance; fantastic; whimsical; extravagant; grotesque. C. Kingsley.

To make black and shining, as boots or a stove, by applying blacking and then polishing with a brush.

to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords. [Eng.]

e can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

A composition for blacking shoes, boots, etc.; also, one for taking impressions of engraved work.