bihourly (biourli)

and adv. hourly.] Every two hours; once hours: as, bihourly observations. bihydroguret (bi-hi-drog'ū-ret), n. [ the wind blows fresh, and has a large cabin behind the mainmast. bilamellate (bi-lam'e-lāt), a. [ IMG:content-2053.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-2055.png:[blocks in formation] bilifulvin See be leave. See believe. Spain, such swords being, like those of Toledo bilevelt, v. (see Toledo ), held in high esteem for their tembileve2t, v. per.] 1. Formerly, a sword or sword-blade, bilge (bilj), n. [In 17th century also bildge famous for extreme elasticity, made in Bilbao and billage1 ; var. of bulge : see bulge .] 1. The in Spain. E. by1 , + land = E. land .] A small merchant ve el with two masts, and the mainsail bent to the whole length of a yard, hanging fore and aft, and inclined to the horizon at an angle Hence-2. Any sword. [Poetical.] IMG:content-2056.png:[graphic] Bilander. of about 45 degrees, the Compa 'd like a good bilbo in the circumference of a peck, hilt to point, heel to head. Shak ., M. W. of W., iii. 5. Drayton, Polyolbion, xvi. 72. foremost low bilbo (bil'bō), n.; pl. bilboes or -bos (-bōz). er corner, [Early mod. E. also bilbow , bilboe , usually in called the pl.; prob. so named, like bilbol , from Bilbao tack, being in Spain; but direct evidence is lacking.] A secured to a ring-bolt in the deck, and the after- most, or sheet , to the taffrail. Few ve els are now rigged in this manner. The bilander is a kind of hoy, manageable by four or five men, and used chiefly in the canals of the Low Countries. Why choose we, then, like bilanders to creep Along the coast, and land in view to keep? Dryden, Hind and Panther, i. 128. Bilboes, from the Tower of London. long bar or bolt of iron having sliding shackles and a lock, formerly used to confine the feet of prisoners or offenders, especially on board ship: usually in the plural. IMG:content-2057.png:[blocks in formation] bilateral (bī-lat'e-ral), a . [ bilateral is , bi- + lat us ( later- ), side: see lateral .] 1. bilbo-mant (bil'bō-man), n. Having two sides; of or pertaining to two sides; two-sided. IMG:content-2058.png:[blocks in formation] A swordsman. You are much bound to your bilbo -men; I am glad you are straight again, captain. Beau. and Fl ., King and No King, v. 3. 2. In bot . , having the sides different. The vegetation in all Hepaticæ is bilateral , that is, differently developed on the upper and under sides. Bull . of Ill . State Laboratory , II. 6. 3. In biol., having the sides symmetrical. - Bilateral contract, in law, a contract which binds the parties to perform reciprocal obligations each toward the other. Rapalje and Lawrence. — Bilateral restriction, in logic, the restriction of a proposition at once in its subject and in its predicate, as in the following example: All triangle is all trilateral; some triangle is some trilateral. - Bilateral symmetry, the symmetry of right and left halves or other parts of the body; sinistrodextral symmetry; transverse antitypy. Also called later i typy. In both the foregoing cases it is the bilateral symmetry which is so peculiarly characteristic of locomotive power. W. B. Carpenter , Prin. of Physiol. Bilateral i a (bi-lat-e-raʻli-ä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of bilateral is: see bilateral.] 1. A collective name of those animals which exhibit bilat erality or bilateral symmetry, as of right and left sides. J. A. Ryder.-2. A division of Am bulacraria represented by Bal a no glo us alone, contrasted with other echinoderms which are called Radiata. Metschnikoff.