English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bidding prayer

The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

Bidding prayer

The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.

Biddy (n.)

A name used in calling a hen or chicken.

Biddy (n.)

An Irish serving woman or girl.

Bide (v. t.)

To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.

Bide (v. t.)

To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.

Bide (v. t.)

To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.

Bide (v. t.)

To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.

Bided (imp. & p. p.)

of Bide

Bident (n.)

An instrument or weapon with two prongs.

Bidental (a.)

Having two teeth.

Bidentate (a.)

Having two teeth or two toothlike processes; two-toothed.

Bidet (n.)

A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage.

Bidet (n.)

A kind of bath tub for sitting baths; a sitz bath.

Bidigitate (a.)

Having two fingers or fingerlike projections.

Biding (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Bide

Biding (n.)

Residence; habitation.

Bield (n.)

A shelter. Same as Beild.

Bield (v. t.)

To shelter.

Biennial (n.)

A plant which exists or lasts for two years.