Bispinose, Bispinous

[Lat. bis, and spina, a spine.] ( Zool.) Applied to an animal which has two spines. Bisque, ( bisk,) n. [Fr.] ( Stat.) A kind of unglazed white porcelain used for statuettes. (Cookery.) A soup made of several descriptions of meat boiled together. a campaign of a few weeks' duration, Austria and her Bis'muthine, and Bis'mutite, n. ( Min .) See Bis- Han over i an and Saxon allies were defeated; (see SADO- WA.) It is probable that dread of a still more formidable alliance induced B. to stop short in his career of victory, as the Emperor Napoleon, in his speech to the French Chambers, declared that he had arrested the conqueror at the gates of Vienna. A preliminary treaty of peace with Austria was concluded at Nikolsburg, in August, 1866, and as Austria consented to retire from the Ger- man Confederation, the terms of a general pacification were arranged. B. was created a count, Sept. 16, 1865, an honor soon followed by that of the Chancellorship of the North German Bund and the Presidency of the Federal Council. In 1870 B. accepted the ehallenge rashly offered by Napoleon III., and engaged the whole of Germany in a succe ful war against France, after the termination of which, 1871, he was created a prince by his sovereign, whom the i ue of the war had made Emperor of Ger- many, and continued at the helm of state under Frederick III., and his son, Emperor William II., until 1890, when divergencies of opinion between the veteran statesman and the young Kaiser led to his retirement. This was followed by a period of estrangement, the more painful as B.'s unparalleled claims to the universal gratitude of Pru ia eclipsed all other collateral considerations. A serious illne of B. in 1893, however. brought about a welcome rapprochement which soon culminated in an open reconciliation. Died July 30, 1898. Bismillah, interj. [Ar., "In the name of God."] An adjuration to the Almighty in common use among Mohammedans. It is written at the beginning of all their books, . "They look'd upon the Muscovite flotilla, And only shouted, "Allah!" and " Bismillah !" - Byron.