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ts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably.

cle having two heads or origins; -- applied particularly to a flexor in the arm, and to another in the thigh.

A remarkable ganoid fish (Polypterus bichir) found in the Nile and other African rivers. See Brachioganoidei.

A compound consisting of two atoms of chlorine with one or more atoms of another element; -- called also dichloride. Bichloride of mercury, mercuric chloride; -- sometimes called corrosive sublimate.

A salt containing two parts of chromic acid to one of the other ingredients; as, potassium bichromate; -- called also dichromate.

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

r ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others. "Bigoted to strife." Byron.

A compound of two atoms of hydrogen with some other substance. [Obs.]

The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself.

a ship. -- Bilge water (Naut.), water which collects in the bilge or bottom of a ship or other vessel. It is often allowed to remain till it becomes very offensive. -- Bilge ways, the timbers which support the cradle of a ship upon the ways, and which slide upon the launching ways in launching the vessel.…

A beak, as of a bird, or sometimes of a turtle or other animal. Milton.

ayer seeks to impel his ball with his cue so that it shall either strike (carom upon) two other balls, or drive another ball into one of the pockets with which the table sometimes is furnished.

An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage.

A great wave or surge of the sea or other water, caused usually by violent wind. Whom the winds waft where'er the billows roll. Cowper.

That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby.

Fig.: To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other moral tie; as, to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. Milton.

A place where books, or other articles, are bound; a bookbinder's establishment.

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.