Bicallose, Bicallous

[Lat. bis, and callus, hard flesh.] ( Bot .) That po e es two small callosities or the multicuspid at i , or many-pointed, the molar teeth. protuberances. Bicuspidate, a. ( Bot . ) Having a double point. Bicanere, or Bickaneer, ( bık'a -neer,) a territory Bicycle, n. See SECTION II. of Hindostan, prov. Rajpootana, chiefly between Lat. 27° and 290 N.; having N. the Bhatty country; S. the Joud- poor and Seypoor dom.; E. Hurriana and the Shehawutty country, and W. Je elmeer and the great desert, of which it forms a part; area , 18,000 sq. m. The soil is sandy and only irrigated by wells. The Rajah has been under British protection since 1818. Bid, v. a. ( imp . BID OF BADE; pp . BID OF BIDDEN.) [A.S. bid dan; Goth. bidjan .] To interest; to beseech; to request; to invite. (0.) [A.S. brod an ; Du. bieden , to offer, proffer.] To offer; to propose; to bring forward; to propose to give. "He that bids most shall have it." - Collier. [Lat. bis , and Gr. Bice, Bise, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] ( Painting .) A light-blue color prepared from smalt. From it, by a mix- ture with yellow orpiment, another color is formed of a green hue, bearing the same name. Bicentenary, n. See NONCONFORMISTS. Biceph'alous, (bi-sef'a-lus,) a. cephale, the head.] Having two heads. Bi'ceps, n. [From Lat. bis , and caput , head.] ( Anat . ) The name of two muscles of the upper extremities, which, rising by two narrow tendons from different parts of the scapula, or shoulder-blade, are inserted one into each radius or outer bone of the fore-arm-the principal flexor of the fore-arm. Also, the name of a set of muscles of the thighs, acting as flexors of those limbs. - See SKEL- ΕΤΟΝ. Bicêtre, ( be - sai'tr ,) a village of France, 1 m. from Paris, where, in the reign of Charles V., a large building was erected for disabled soldiers, but which was destroyed in the wars under Charles VI. It was rebuilt by Louis XIII., and was used as a military asylum until the Hôtel des In vali des was established at Paris. It was afterwards used as an hospital for the old, the sick, and the insane, and also served as a prison. A fort was built in 1842. Bichat, (bee- shah ,) MARIE FRANÇOIS XAVIER, an eminent French physiologist, в. 1771. He went to Paris in 1793, and studied under Desault, who soon made him his friend and a ociate. He was an indefatigable student and observer, and made very numerous experiments and discoveries in anatomy. His splendid researches have shed a new light on physiology, by giving an intelligible account of the several ti ues and organs of the body, and of their varied functions. His great work is the Ana tomie générale appliquée à la Physio logie et à la Médecine. He also wrote Recherches Physiologiques sur la Vie et la Mort, Traité des Membranes , and Anatomie Descriptive. D. 1802. Bichloracetic Acid. ( Chem.) A product recently obtained. Form. HO.C4HC1203