bike (bik)

[Sc., also written byke, nets, or wasps. The smelle of my son is lyke To a feld with flour is, or hony byke . Towneley Mysteries, p. 43. bikh (bik), n. The name given by the natives of Nepal to a most virulent poison derived from the roots of Aconitum ferox and probably other species of aconite, and to the roots themselves; Nepal aconite. Also called bish, bishma, or bisk. bikos (bi'kos), n.; pl. bikoi (-koi). [Gr. βίκος: see beaker.] In Gr. antiq., a form of earthenware vase, usually of large size, used, like other large vases of similar character, for storing provisions, liquids, etc. It was shaped like a stamnos with handles, and is mentioned also as made of small size, sometimes in gla , to serve as a drinking-ve el or a perfume-jar.