Piers Plowman (B)

89. Ful of hoker, and of bi emare. Chaucer, Reeve's Tale, 1. 45. 2. A person worthy of scorn. bismer2, bismar (bis'mér, -mär), n. [Also written bysmer, bismore, sometimes bi imar; bismer3 (bis'mer), n. [Origin uncertain.) The name in the Orkney islands of the sea-stickleback, Spinach i a vulgar is.