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of Bishop
Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop.
In the manner of a bishop.
Bishoplike; episcopal.
A diocese; the district over which the jurisdiction of a bishop extends.
The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter.
To busy; to employ.
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.
Soup or broth made by boiling several sorts of flesh together.
See Bisque.
Alt. of Bismer
Shame; abuse.
The fifteen-spined (Gasterosteus spinachia).
A rule steelyard.
An adjuration or exclamation common among the Mohammedans.
Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.
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.
Containing bismuth.
Of or pertaining to bismuth; containing bismuth, when this element has its higher valence; as, bismuthic oxide.
Containing bismuth.