Bias
(Bi"as), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Biased (bi"ast); p. pr. & vb. n. Biasing.] To incline to one side; to
give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.
Me it had not biased in the one direction, nor should it have biased any just critic in the counter direction.
De
Quincey.
Biauriculate
(Bi`au*ric"u*late) a. [Pref. bi- + auriculate.]
1. (Anat.) Having two auricles, as the heart of mammals, birds, and reptiles.
2. (Bot. & Zoöl.) Having two earlike projections at its base, as a leaf.
Biaxal
(Bi*ax"al Bi*ax"i*al) a. [Pref. bi- + axal, axial.] (Opt.) Having two axes; as, biaxial polarization.
Brewster. — Bi*ax"i*al*ly, adv.
Bib
(Bib) n. [From Bib, v., because the bib receives the drink that the child slavers from the mouth.]
1. A small piece of cloth worn by children over the breast, to protect the clothes.
2. (Zoöl.) An arctic fish (Gadus luscus), allied to the cod; — called also pout and whiting pout.
3. A bibcock.
Bib
(Bib, Bibbe) v. t. [L. bibere. See Beverage, and cf. Imbibe.] To drink; to tipple. [Obs.]
This miller hath . . . bibbed ale.
Chaucer.
Bib
(Bib), v. i. To drink; to sip; to tipple.
He was constantly bibbing.
Locke.
Bibacious
(Bi*ba"cious) a. [L. bibax, bibacis, fr. bibere. See Bib.] Addicted to drinking.
Bibacity
(Bi*bac"i*ty) n. The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount.
Bibasic
(Bi*ba"sic) a. [Pref. bi- + basic.] (Chem.) Having to hydrogen atoms which can be replaced
by positive or basic atoms or radicals to form salts; — said of acids. See Dibasic.
Bibb
(Bibb) n. A bibcock. See Bib, n., 3.
Bibber
(Bib"ber) n. One given to drinking alcoholic beverages too freely; a tippler; — chiefly used in composition; as,
winebibber.
Bibble-babble
(Bib"ble-bab"ble) n. [A reduplication of babble.] Idle talk; babble. Shak.
Bibbs
(Bibbs) n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
Bibcock
(Bib"cock`) n. A cock or faucet having a bent down nozzle. Knight.
Bibirine
(Bi*bi"rine) n. (Chem.) See Bebeerine.
Bibitory
(Bib"i*to*ry) a. Of or pertaining to drinking or tippling.
Bible
(Bi"ble) n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr. Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book,
prop. Egyptian papyrus.]
1. A book. [Obs.] Chaucer.
