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Including two tribes or races of men.

The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.

Of, pertaining to, or included by, two lines; as, bilinear coördinates.

A box, frame, crib, or inclosed place, used as a receptacle for any commodity; as, a corn bin; a wine bin; a coal bin.

To sew or fasten together, and inclose in a cover; as, to bind a book.

The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

ranch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zoögeography and phytogeography. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic (#), a. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 of 56.

o of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

One who, or that which, bites; that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish. "Great barkers are no biters." Camden.

By extension, any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petroleums, and even the light, volatile naphthas.

One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.

Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes. O night, with hue so black! Shak.

s that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85.

I can not write a paper full, I used to do; and yet I will not forgive a blank of half an inch from you. Swift. From this time there ensues a long blank in the history of French legislation. Hallam. I was ill. I can't tell how long -- it was a blank. G. Eliot.

A clause, as in a blanket mortgage or policy, that includes a group or class of things, rather than a number mentioned individually and having the burden, loss, or the like, apportioned among them.

Multiplication or increase by gemmation or budding.

To cry, as a calf or sheep; to bleat; to make a senseless noise; to talk inconsiderately. [Low]

To issue forth, or drop, as blood from an incision. For me the balm shall bleed. Pope.

A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected. Crabb.