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A collection or group of dogs exhibited to the public; -- so named because the animals are usually placed on benches or raised platforms.

of science bi- in composition denotes two, twice, or doubly; as, bidentate, two-toothed; biternate, doubly ternate, etc.

imp. & p. p. of Bite.

That bites; sharp; cutting; sarcastic; caustic. "A biting affliction." "A biting jest." Shak.

of Bite.

To impair; to damage; to mar; to soil. It blots thy beauty, as frosts do bite the meads. Shak.

he art to bob For anything but eels. Saxe. To bob at an apple, cherry, etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.

he motion described below. Brownian movement, the peculiar, rapid, vibratory movement exhibited by the microscopic particles of substances when suspended in water or other fluids.

The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.

A curvet; a leap. See Capriole. The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.

A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

A Native or inbabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.

f the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison.

One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]…

Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.

To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard. Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden.

One who champs, or bites.