bigot (bigot)

and a. [First at end of 16th century, F. bigot, a bigot, a hypocrite, Towards nightfall comes the chariot of a physician and deposits its big wigged and solemn burden. Hawthorne , Twice-Told Tales, I. bihamate (bi-hā'mat), a. [ bi -2 + hamate .] Doubly hooked; having two hooks. The bihamate "spicules of the sarcode" so characteristic of the genus Esperia and its allies. Sir C. W. Thomson , Depths of the Sea, p. 113. [ bi -2 + every two