bidery (bider i)

See bidri. bidet (bi-det'; F. pron. be-dā'), n. [F. bi det (> prob. It. bidet to ), a small horse; of unknown origin.] 1. A small horse; formerly, in the British army, a horse allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. For joy of which I will.. mount my bidet in a dance, and curvet upon my curtal. B. Jonson, Chlorid i a. 2. The basin of a water-closet so made that, in addition to the ordinary places of entrance of water and discharge-pipe, there is a contrivance for washing or administering injections: sometimes made as a separate article of bedroom furniture. bid-hook (bid'huk), n. [A variant of bead hook.] Naut., a small kind of boat-hook. bidigitate (bi-dij'i-tāt), a. [ Scott , Monastery, I. xiv. II.t in trans. To be bold or confident; grow bold or strong. bieldy (bel'di), a. [Sc., also written beildy , His honour being under hiding lies a' day, and whiles a' night, in the cove in the dern hag;. it's a beildy enough bit. Scott, Waverley, II. xxviii.