bibble biarritz (biarits)

[Named from Biarritz, a biauriculate (bi-â-rik'ū-lāt), a. [ town in the department of Ba es-Pyrénées, France.] A thin corded woolen cloth. biarticulate (bi-är-tik'ū-lāt), a. [ bias (bi'as), n., a., and adv.; pl. biases, improp. bia es (-ez). [Early mod. E. also bia , by as, biace, biais, ulate.] 1. In zoöl. and an at., having two auricles, in any sense of that word: especially applied to the heart of the higher vertebrates. - 2. In bot., having two ear-like projections, as a leaf. Also biaurite . biaxal (bi-ak's al), a. Same as biaxial. The great majority of non-isotropic substances are doubly refracting, and in general are biaxal , i. e., have two equally important optic axes, whose mutual inclination may have any value from 0° to 90°. Tait , Light, § 290. biaxial (bi-ak'si-al), a. [