Helen Fenton

Bishop’s length: Definition and part of speech

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Bishop’s length

  1. A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bishop’s-weed: Definition and part of speech

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Bishop’s-weed

  1. n. Goutweed (Aegopodium podagraria).
  2. n. An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Birthroot: Definition and part of speech

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Birthroot

  1. n. An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bis: Definition and part of speech

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Bis

  1. adv. Twice; — a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.