bilirubin (bilirobin)

[ 552 chief coloring matter of human bile and that of carnivorous animals, to which the formula C16H18N2O3 has been given. When isolated it forms an orange-red powder or red rhombic prisms. It is insoluble in water, little soluble in alcohol and ether, but readily soluble in chloroform or alkalis. biliteral (bi-lite-ral), a. and n. [L. bi-, two-, + liter a, litter a, letter: see literal.] I. a. Consisting of two letters: as, a biliteral root in language. Sir W. Jones. Although we may call all these verbal bases roots, they stand to the first cla in about the same relation as the triliteral Semitic roots to the more primitive biliteral. Max Müller, Sci. of Lang., p. 263. II. n. A word, root, or syllable formed of two letters. -bility. [F.- bilité = Sp. -bilidad = Pg. -bilidade = It. -bilità , also in older form F. -bleté , OF. -blete (> ME. -blete ), etc., -bilita (t-)s (acc. -bilitatem ), -bili - s (E. -ble ) + -ta (t-)s (E. -ty), being the termination of nouns from adjectives in- bilis : see-ble.] A termination of English nouns from adjectives in -ble , as in nobility , capability , credibility , etc., from noble, capable , credible, etc. See-able. IMG:content-2061.png:[blocks in formation] a, conirostral; b, dentirostral; c, tenuirostral; d, fi irostral; longirostral; pre i rostral; g, cultrirostral; h, lamellirostral. 2. The beak, snout, rostrum, or jaws of sundry other animals, as turtles, cephalopods, many fishes, etc. billl (bil), v. i. [ billen , peck as birds, bil , bile , beak: see bill1 , n.] 1. To join bills or beaks, as doves; care in fondne . Doves, they say, will bill , After their pecking and their murmuring. B. Jonson, Cat i line, ii. 1. bilivelt, bilivet. See belivel , belive2 . biliverdin (bil-i-ver'din), n . [L. bilis , bile, + F. verd (see vert ), green, + -in2.] The green 2t. To rub the bill. [Rare.] pigment found in the bile of herbivorous ani- mals, to which the formula C16H20N205 has been given. It is produced artificially by the oxidation of bilirubin. See biliprasin. bilk (bilk), v. t. [Origin obscure; appar. slang; by some supposed to be a minced form of balk i, Cf. the senses of bilk, n.] 1. In cribbage, to balk or spoil any one's score in his crib.-2. To frustrate or disappoint.-3. To deceive or defraud; leave in the lurch; cheat: often with of: as, to bilk one of his due; to bilk a cred i tor; "don't you bilk me," Spectator.-4. To evade or escape from; dodge; elude. I don't intend to bilk my lodgings. Fielding. He cannot drink five bottles, bilk the score, Then kill a constable, and drink five more. Cowper, Progre of Error, 1. 193.