biding (biding)

[ At Antwerp has my constant biding been. Rowe, Jane Shore, i. 2. bidiri, n. See bidri . bidogyn (bi-dō'gin), n . [W., a dagger: see under bodkin .] In Celtic antiq ., a dagger. bidri, bidry, bidree (bid'ri, bid-re'), n. [Anglo-Ind., also bidery , bidiri , bidri , Bidar , a town in the state of Hyderabad, India.] A kind of ornamental metal-work of India, consisting e entially of damascening of silver upon some metal ground which is made black by coating it with certain chemicals. The alloy used as the basis of the damascene work varies in composition in different localities; it may be either bronze or bra , in the latter case sometimes containing a very large percentage of zinc. Also called biddery -ware. bidri-ware, bidri-work, n. Same as bidri . bid-standt (bid's tand), n. A cant term for a highwayman. Why, I tell you, sir: he has been the only Bid - stand that ever kept Newmarket, Salisbury-plain, Hockley i' the Hole, Gads-hill, and all the high places of any request. B. Jonson, Every Man out of his Humour, iv. 4. biduous (bid'ū-us), a. [L. biduus , bi- , two-, + dies , day.] Lasting two days only, as some Oh, humble me! I cannot bide the joy That in my Saviour's presence ever flows. Jones Very, Poems, p. 58.