Bishoply
(Bish"op*ly), a. Bishoplike; episcopal. [Obs.]
Bishoply
(Bish"op*ly), adv. In the manner of a bishop. [Obs.]
Bishopric
(Bish"op*ric) n. [AS. bisceoprice; bisceop bishop + rice dominion. See -ric.]
1. A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
2. The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. Acts i. 20.
Bishop's cap
(Bish"op's cap`) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort. Longfellow.
Bishop sleeve
(Bish"op sleeve`) A wide sleeve, once worn by women.
Bishop's length
(Bish"op's length`) A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop
measures 45 by 56.
Bishop-stool
(Bish"op-stool`) n. A bishop's seat or see.
Bishop's-weed
(Bish"op's-weed`) n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. (b) Goutweed
(Ægopodium podagraria).
Bishop's-wort
(Bish"op's-wort`) n. (Bot.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel
flower or devil-in-a-bush.
Bisie
(Bis"ie) v. t. To busy; to employ. [Obs.]
Bisilicate
(Bi*sil"i*cate) n. (Min. Chem.) A salt of metasilicic acid; — so called because the ratio of the
oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most
common and important minerals.
Bisk
(Bisk) n. [F. bisque.] Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. King.
Bisk
(Bisk), n. [F. bisque.] (Tennis) See Bisque.
Bismare
(Bi*smare" Bi*smer") n. [AS. bismer.] Shame; abuse. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bismer
(Bis"mer) n.
1. A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
2. (Zoöl.) The fifteen-spined
Bismillah
(||Bis*mil"lah) interj. [Arabic, in the name of God!] An adjuration or exclamation common
among the Mohammedans. [Written also Bizmillah.]
Bismite
(Bis"mite) n. (Min.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.
Bismuth
(Bis"muth) n. [Ger. bismuth, wismuth: cf. F. bismuth.] (Chem.) One of the elements; a metal
of a reddish white color, crystallizing in rhombohedrons. It is somewhat harder than lead, and rather
brittle; masses show broad cleavage surfaces when broken across. It melts at 507° Fahr., being easily
fused in the flame of a candle. It is found in a native state, and as a constituent of some minerals. Specific
gravity 9.8. Atomic weight 207.5. Symbol Bi.
Chemically, bismuth (with arsenic and antimony is intermediate between the metals and nonmetals; it is
used in thermo-electric piles, and as an alloy with lead and tin in the fusible alloy or metal. Bismuth is
the most diamagnetic substance known.
