2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling.
Bibulously
(Bib"u*lous*ly), adv. In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption. De Quincey.
Bicalcarate
(Bi*cal"ca*rate) a. [Pref. bi- + calcarate.] Having two spurs, as the wing or leg of a bird.
Bicallose
(Bi*cal"lose Bi*cal"lous) a. [Pref. bi- + callose, callous.] (Bot.) Having two callosities or
hard spots. Gray.
Bicameral
(Bi*cam"er*al) a. [Pref. bi- + camera.] Consisting of, or including, two chambers, or legislative
branches. Bentham.
Bicapsular
(Bi*cap"su*lar) a. [Pref. bi- + capsular: cf. F. bicapsulaire.] (Bot.) Having two capsules; as,
a bicapsular pericarp.
Bicarbonate
(Bi*car"bon*ate) n. [Pref. bi- + carbonate.] (Chem.) A carbonate in which but half the
hydrogen of the acid is replaced by a positive element or radical, thus making the proportion of the acid
to the positive or basic portion twice what it is in the normal carbonates; an acid carbonate; — sometimes
called supercarbonate.
Bicarbureted
(Bi*car"bu*ret`ed or -ret`ted) a. [Pref. bi- + carbureted.] (Chem.) Containing two atoms
or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [Obs. or R.]
Bicarinate
(Bi*car"i*nate) a. [Pref. bi- + carinate.] (Biol.) Having two keel-like projections, as the
upper palea of grasses.
Bicaudal
(Bi*cau"dal) a. [Pref. bi- + caudal.] Having, or terminating in, two tails.
Bicaudate
(Bi*cau"date) a. [Pref. bi- + caudate.] Two-tailed; bicaudal.
Bicched
(Bic"ched) a. [Of unknown origin.] Pecked; pitted; notched. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bicched bones, pecked, or notched, bones; dice.
Bice
(Bice, Bise) n. [F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny.] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared
from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; — called also blue bice.
Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate
of copper. Cooley. Brande & C.
