Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 47
Biserrate (a.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves.
Biserrate (a.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennae.
Bisetose (a.) Alt. of Bisetous
Bisetous (a.) Having two bristles.
Bisexous (a.) Bisexual.
Bisexual (a.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes.
Bisexuous (a.) Bisexual.
Biseye () p. p. of Besee.
Bish (n.) Same as Bikh.
Bishkek (n.) (proper noun) 比斯凱克 The capital of Kyrgyzstan; population 837,000 (est. 2007). From 1926 to 1991, the city was named Frunze.
Former name (until 1926) Pishpek.
Bishop (n.) [C] （天主教及英國國教等的）主教；（基督教的）監督；（摩門教的）大祭司 A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director.
Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. -- 1 Pet. ii. 25.
It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is called indifferently "bishop" ( ? ) and "elder" or "presbyter." -- J. B. Lightfoot.
Bishop (n.) In the Roman Catholic, Greek, and Anglican or Protestant Episcopal churches, one ordained to the highest order of the ministry, superior to the priesthood, and generally claiming to be a successor of the Apostles. The bishop is usually the spiritual head or ruler of a diocese, bishopric, or see.
Bishop in partibus [infidelium] (R. C. Ch.), A bishop of a see which does not actually exist; one who has the office of bishop, without especial jurisdiction. -- Shipley.
Titular bishop (R. C. Ch.), A term officially substituted in 1882 for bishop in partibus.
Bench of Bishops. See under Bench.
Bishop (n.) In the Methodist Episcopal and some other churches, one of the highest church officers or superintendents.
Bishop (n.) A piece used in the game of chess, bearing a representation of a bishop's miter; -- formerly called archer.
Bishop (n.) A beverage, being a mixture of wine, oranges or lemons, and sugar. -- Swift.
Bishop (n.) An old name for a woman's bustle. [U. S.]
If, by her bishop, or her "grace" alone, A genuine lady, or a church, is known. -- Saxe.
Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bishop.
Bishoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bishop.
Bishop (v. t.) To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor.
Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bishop.
Bishoping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bishop.
Bishop (v. t.) (Far.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth.
Note: The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. -- J. H. Walsh.
Compare: Bustle
Bustle (n.) A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.
Bishop (n.) A senior member of the Christian clergy having spiritual and administrative authority; appointed in Christian churches to oversee priests or ministers; considered in some churches to be successors of the twelve Apostles of Christ.
Bishop (n.) Port wine mulled with oranges and cloves.
Bishop (n.) (Chess) A piece that can be moved diagonally over unoccupied squares of the same color.
Bishop () An overseer. In apostolic times, it is quite manifest that there was no difference as to order between bishops and elders or presbyters (Acts 20:17-28; 1 Pet. 5:1, 2; Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3).
The term bishop is never once used to denote a different office from that of elder or presbyter. These different names are simply titles of the same office, "bishop" designating the function, namely, that of oversight, and "presbyter" the dignity appertaining to the office. Christ is figuratively called "the bishop [episcopos] of souls" (1 Pet. 2:25).
Bishop (n.) An ecclesiastical officer, who is the chief of the clergy of his diocese, and is the archbishop's assistant. Happily for this country, these officers are not recognized by law. They derive all their authority from the churches over which they preside. Bishop's COURT, Eng. law. An ecclesiastical court held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge of which is the bishop's chancellor.
Bishop, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 3575
Housing Units (2000): 1867
Land area (2000): 1.750266 sq. miles (4.533169 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.750266 sq. miles (4.533169 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06798
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 37.365087 N, 118.394896 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bishop, CA
Bishop
Bishop, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia
Population (2000): 146
Housing Units (2000): 67
Land area (2000): 0.775768 sq. miles (2.009231 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.775768 sq. miles (2.009231 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08200
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 33.816355 N, 83.436304 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 30621
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bishop, GA
Bishop
Bishop, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 3305
Housing Units (2000): 1269
Land area (2000): 2.370688 sq. miles (6.140054 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.370688 sq. miles (6.140054 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08392
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 27.585178 N, 97.799437 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78343
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bishop, TX
Bishop
Bishopdom (n.) Jurisdiction of a bishop; episcopate.
Bishoplike (a.) Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.
Bishoply (a.) Bishoplike; episcopal.
Bishoply (adv.) In the manner of a bishop.
Bishopric (n.) A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
Bishopric (n.) The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
Bishop's cap () A plant of the genus Mitella; miterwort.
Bishop sleeve () A wide sleeve, once worn by women.
Bishop's length () A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.
Bishop-stool (n.) A bishop's seat or see.
Bishop's-weed (n.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.
Bishop's-weed (n.) Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).
Bishop's-wort (n.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush.
Bisie (v. t.) To busy; to employ.
Bisilicate (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 (n.) Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together. -- King.
Bisk (n.) (Tennis.) See Bisque. Biskara boil.
Bismare (n.) Alt. of Bismer.
Bismer (n.) Shame; abuse. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bismer (n.) A rule steelyard. [Scot.]
Bismer (n.) (Zool.) The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
Bismillah (interj.) An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.
Bismite (n.) Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.
Bismuth (n.) 鉍 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.
Bismuth (n.) A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent metallic element (resembles arsenic and antimony chemically); usually recovered as a by-product from ores of other metals [syn: {bismuth}, {Bi}, {atomic number 83}].
Bismuthal (a.) Containing bismuth.
Bismuthic (a.) Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.
Bismuthiferous (a.) Containing bismuth.
Bismuthine (n.) Alt. of Bismuthinite.
Bismuthinite (n.) Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite.
Bismuthous (a.) Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence.
Bismuthyl (n.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color.
Bison (n.) GNU's replacement for the yacc parser generator. Bison runs under Unix and on Atari computers. It was written by Robert Corbett.
As of version 1.24, Bison will no longer apply the GNU General Public License to your code. You can use the output files without restriction.
Bison++ is a version which produces C++ output. (2000-07-05)
Bison (n.) 歐洲野牛 The aurochs or European bison.
Bison (n.) 北美野牛 The American bison buffalo (Bison Americanus), a large, gregarious bovine quadruped with shaggy mane and short black horns, which formerly roamed in herds over most of the temperate portion of North America, but is now restricted to very limited districts in the region of the Rocky Mountains, and is rapidly decreasing in numbers.
Note: Efforts at conservation of the American bison resulted in setting aside several reserves, and by 1990 a few stable herds were established, numbering from hundreds to thousands, roaming certain public areas, such as Yellowstone Park, some reserves in Canada, and some private reserves. Some bison are kept as range animals for food, and the American bison has been bred with domestic cattle to form a cross called the {beefalo}. The American bison is commonly (though improperly) called a buffalo; an image of the bison appeared on the inverse of the U. S. five-cent coin (nickel) from 1913 to 1937, and that coin was referred to as the {buffalo nickel}.
Bison (n.) Any of several large humped bovids having shaggy manes and large heads and short horns.
Bispinose (a.) Having two spines.
Bisque (n.) Unglazed white porcelain.
Bisque (n.) A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.
Bisque (n.) A white soup made of crayfish.
Bissextile (n.) Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400.
Bissextile (a.) Pertaining to leap year.
Bisson (a.) Purblind; blinding.
Bister (n.) Alt. of Bistre
Bistre (n.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood.
Bistipuled (a.) Having two stipules.
Bistort (n.) An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an astringent.
Bistouries (n. pl. ) of Bistoury
Bistoury (n.) A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to be divided, and cutting towards the surface.
Bistre (n.) See Bister.
Bisulcate (a.) Having two grooves or furrows.
Bisulcate (a.) Cloven; said of a foot or hoof.
Bisulcous (a.) Bisulcate.
Bisulphate (n.) A sulphate 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 sulphates; an acid sulphate.
Bisulphide (n.) A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.
Bisulphite (n.) A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
Bisulphuret (n.) See Bisulphide.
Bit () (Computers) [Binary digit.] The smallest unit of information, equivalent to a choice between two alternatives, as yes or no; on or off.
Bit () (Computers) The physical representation of a bit of information in a computer memory or a data storage medium. Within a computer circuit a bit may be represented by the state of a current or an electrical charge; in a magnetic storage medium it may be represented by the direction of magnetization; on a punched card or on paper tape it may be represented by the presence or absence of a hole at a particular point on the card or tape.
Bit my bit, Piecemeal. -- Pope.
Bit (n.) [C] （馬）嚼口；馬勒；（菸斗等的）咬嘴；鑽頭；（刨）刃；（鑰匙的）齒；約束； 小片，小塊，小段 [（+of）]；【電腦】位元 [C] The part of a bridle, usually of iron, which is inserted in the mouth of a horse, and having appendages to which the reins are fastened. -- Shak.
The foamy bridle with the bit of gold. -- Chaucer.
Bit (n.) Fig.: Anything which curbs or restrains.
Bit (n.) In the British West Indies, a fourpenny piece, or groat.
Bitted (imp. & p. p.) of Bit
Bitting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bit.
Bit (v. t.) 給（馬）上嚼口；約束，抑制 To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of.
Bit () imp. & p. p. of Bite.
Bit (n.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth; a morsel; a bite. Hence: A small piece of anything; a little; a mite.
Bit (n.) Somewhat; something, but not very great.
My young companion was a bit of a poet. -- T. Hook.
Note: This word is used, also, like jot and whit, to express the smallest degree; as, he is not a bit wiser.
Bit (n.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
Bit (n.) The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers. -- Knight.
Bit (n.) The cutting iron of a plane. -- Knight.
Bit (n.) In the Southern and Southwestern States, a small silver coin (as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12 1/2 cents; also, the sum of 12 1/2 cents.
Bite (v. t.) [imp. Bit; p. p. Bitten, Bit; p. pr. & vb. n. Biting.] To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. -- Shak.
Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.
Bite (v. t.) To cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense; as, pepper bites the mouth. "Frosts do bite the meads." -- Shak.
Bite (v. t.) To cheat; to trick; to take in. [Colloq.] -- Pope.
Bite (v. t.) To take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to; as, the anchor bites the ground.
The last screw of the rack having been turned so often that its purchase crumbled, . . . it turned and turned with nothing to bite. -- Dickens.
To bite the dust, To bite the ground, To fall in the agonies of death; as, he made his enemy bite the dust.
To bite in (Etching), To corrode or eat into metallic plates by means of an acid.
To bite the thumb at (any one), Formerly a mark of contempt, designed to provoke a quarrel; to defy. "Do you bite your thumb at us?" -- Shak.
To bite the tongue, To keep silence. -- Shak.
Bit () 3d sing. pr. of Bid, for biddeth. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bit (n.) A small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" [syn: spot, bit].
Bit (n.) A small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" [syn: bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap].
Bit (n.) An indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment, mo, minute, second, bit].
Bit (n.) An instance of some kind; "it was a nice piece of work"; "he had a bit of good luck" [syn: piece, bit].
Bit (n.) Piece of metal held in horse's mouth by reins and used to control the horse while riding; "the horse was not accustomed to a bit."
Bit (n.) A unit of measurement of information (from binary + digit); the amount of information in a system having two equiprobable states; "there are 8 bits in a byte."
Bit (n.) A small amount of solid food; a mouthful; "all they had left was a bit of bread" [syn: morsel, bit, bite].
Bit (n.) A small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation" [syn: snatch, bit].
Bit (n.) A short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: act, routine, number, turn, bit].
Bit (n.) The part of a key that enters a lock and lifts the tumblers.
Bit (n.) The cutting part of a drill; usually pointed and threaded and is replaceable in a brace or bitstock or drill press; "he looked around for the right size bit."
BIT () Basic Interconnection Test (ISO 9646-1)
BIT () Binary digIT
Bit (n.) [Techspeak] The unit of information; the amount of information obtained from knowing the answer to a yes-or-no question for which the two outcomes are equally probable.
Bit (n.) [Techspeak] A computational quantity that can take on one of two values, such as true and false or 0 and 1.
Bit (n.) A mental flag: a reminder that something should be done eventually. ?I have a bit set for you.? (I haven't seen you for a while, and I'm supposed to tell or ask you something.)
Bit (n.) More generally, a (possibly incorrect) mental state of belief. ?I have a bit set that says that you were the last guy to hack on EMACS.? (Meaning ?I think you were the last guy to hack on EMACS, and what I am about to say is predicated on this, so please stop me if this isn't true.?) ?I just need one bit from you? is a polite way of indicating that you intend only a short interruption for a question that can presumably be answered yes or no.
A bit is said to be set if its value is true or 1, and reset or clear if its value is false or 0. One speaks of setting and clearing bits. To { toggle or invert a bit is to change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. See also flag, trit, mode bit.
The term bit first appeared in print in the computer-science sense in a 1948 paper by information theorist Claude Shannon, and was there credited to the early computer scientist John Tukey (who also seems to have coined the term software). Tukey records that bit evolved over a lunch table as a handier alternative to bigit or binit, at a conference in the winter of 1943-44.
Bit () (b) Binary digit.
The unit of information; the amount of information obtained by asking a yes-or-no question; a computational quantity that can take on one of two values, such as false and true or 0 and 1; the smallest unit of storage - sufficient to hold one bit.
A bit is said to be "set" if its value is true or 1, and "reset" or "clear" if its value is false or 0. One speaks of setting and clearing bits. To toggle or "invert" a bit is to change it, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0.
The term "bit" first appeared in print in the computer-science sense in 1949, and seems to have been coined by the eminent statistician, John Tukey. Tukey records that it evolved over a lunch table as a handier alternative to "bigit" or "binit."
See also flag, trit, mode bit, byte, word. [{Jargon File] (2002-01-22)
Bit () The curb put into the mouths of horses to restrain them. The Hebrew word (metheg) so rendered in Ps. 32:9 is elsewhere translated "bridle" (2 Kings 19:28; Prov. 26:3; Isa. 37:29).
Bits were generally made of bronze or iron, but sometimes also of gold or silver. In James 3:3 the Authorized Version translates the Greek word by "bits," but the Revised Version by "bridles."
Bitake (v. t.) To commend; to commit.
Bitangent (a.) Possessing the property of touching at two points.
Bitangent (n.) A line that touches a curve in two points.
Bitartrate (n.) A salt of tartaric acid in which the base replaces but half the acid hydrogen; an acid tartrate, as cream of tartar.
Bitch (n.) The female of the canine kind, as of the dog, wolf, and fox.
Bitch (n.) An opprobrious name for a woman, especially a lewd woman.
Bit (imp.) of Bite.
Bitcoin (n.) 比特幣 （英語：Bitcoin [註 4]，縮寫：BTC 或 XBT）是一種基於去中心化，採用點對點網路與共識主動性，開放原始碼，以區塊鏈作為底層技術的加密貨幣 [6]，比特幣由中本聰 [註 5]（化名）於2008年10月31日發表論文 [7]，2009年1月3日，創世區段誕生。在某些國家則將比特幣視為虛擬商品，並非貨幣 [8]。
任何人皆可參與比特幣活動，可以通過稱為挖礦的電腦運算來發行。比特幣協定數量上限為2100萬個，以避免通貨膨脹問題。使用比特幣是透過私鑰作為數位簽章，允許個人直接支付給他人，不需經過如銀行、清算中心、證券商等第三方機構，從而避免了高手續費、繁瑣流程以及受監管性的問題，任何用戶只要擁有可連線網際網路的數位裝置皆可使用。
不過隨著比特幣交易手續費的波動，在2017年6月，小於1毫位元的交易已不現實，因為交易時要承擔的手續費遠遠大於交易金額 [9]；在2017年12月，Steam宣布停止接受比特幣，理由是「交易費用高昂，且波動性大」，在2018年2月，平均交易手續費從2017年第四季度的34美元，下降至約1美元 [10]。
Is a cryptocurrency, a form of electronic cash. It is a decentralized digital currency without a central bank or single administrator that can be sent from user-to-user on the peer-to-peer bitcoin network without the need for intermediaries. [7]
Transactions are verified by network nodes through cryptography and recorded in a public distributed ledger called a blockchain. Bitcoin was invented by an unknown person or group of people using the name Satoshi Nakamoto [9] and released as open-source software in 2009. [10] Bitcoins are created as a reward for a process known as mining. They can be exchanged for other currencies, [11] products, and services. Research produced by the University of Cambridge estimates that in 2017, there were 2.9 to 5.8 million unique users using a cryptocurrency wallet, most of them using bitcoin. [12]
Bitcoin has been criticized for its use in illegal transactions, its high electricity consumption, price volatility, thefts from exchanges, and the possibility that bitcoin is an economic bubble. [13] Bitcoin has also been used as an investment, although several regulatory agencies have issued investor alerts about bitcoin. [14]
Compare: Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency (n.) 加密貨幣 [1]（英文：Cryptocurrency，又譯密碼學貨幣、密碼貨幣）是一種使用密碼學原理來確保交易安全及控制交易單位創造的交易媒介。[2] 加密貨幣是數字貨幣和虛擬貨幣使用密碼學及數字雜湊而成並與智慧型合約的綁定之下的新型通證。比特幣在2009年成為第一個去中心化的加密貨幣，這之後加密貨幣一詞多指此類設計。[3] 自此之後數種類似的加密貨幣被創造，它們通常被稱作altcoins。[4] [5] [6] 加密貨幣基於去中心化的共識機制 [7]，與依賴中心化監管體系的銀行金融系統相對。[8]
去中心化的性質源自於使用分散式帳本的區塊鏈（Blockchain）技術。[9]
根據一項預測，加密貨幣到2018年的市值預計將高達1-2萬億美元。[10]
A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets. [1] [2] [3] Cryptocurrencies are a kind of alternative currency and digital currency (of which virtual currency is a subset). Cryptocurrencies use decentralized control as opposed to centralized digital currency and central banking systems. [4]
The decentralized control of each cryptocurrency works through distributed ledger technology, typically a blockchain, that serves as a public financial transaction database. [5]
Bitcoin, first released as open-source software in 2009, is generally considered the first decentralized cryptocurrency. [6] Since the release of bitcoin, over 4,000 altcoins (alternative variants of bitcoin, or other cryptocurrencies) have been created.
Bitten (p. p.) of Bite.
Bit () of Bite.
Biting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bite.
Bite (v. t.) 咬；啃；叮，蜇；刺；刺激 To seize with the teeth, so that they enter or nip the thing seized; to lacerate, crush, or wound with the teeth; as, to bite an apple; to bite a crust; the dog bit a man.
Such smiling rogues as these, Like rats, oft bite the holy cords atwain. -- Shak.
Bite (v. t.) To puncture, abrade, or sting with an organ (of some insects) used in taking food.