bhyree (bire)

[E. Ind.] A kind of falcon used in hawking in India. Also behree. bit, prep. [ME., Bi. The chemical symbol of bismuth. bi-1+. A Middle English and Anglo-Saxon form of be -1 or be -2. bi-2. [L. bi-, combining form of bis (= Gr. δις-, δι- = Skt. dvi- = OHG. MHG. zwi-, G. zwie- = AS. twi-, E. twi-), orig. * duis, twice, doubly, two-, mate, etc. Such words are properly adjectives, to be analyzed as bi- + noun + adjective suffix (for example, bi - axi - al, bi - furc - ate, two-fork-ed, bi - man - ous, two-handed, etc.), but may also be briefly treated as bi- + adjective ( bi - axial, bi -furcate, etc.). Words in bi- rest actually or theoretically upon Latin or New Latin forms, * biaxial is, * biacuminatus, * biangulatus, * biarticulatus, etc.; but it is often convenient to refer them to English elements. biacid (bi-as'id), a. [ biacuminate (bi-a-kü'mi-nāt), a. [ bialar (bi-a'lar), a. [ zeros.