Helen Fenton

Biggin: Definition and part of speech

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Biggin

  1. v. t. Alt. of Bigging
  2. n. A child’s cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.
  3. n. A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; — so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.

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.

Bight: Definition and part of speech

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Bight

  1. v. The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
  2. v. A corner, bend, or angle; a hollow; as, the bight of a horse’s knee; the bight of an elbow.
  3. v. A bend in a coast forming an open bay; as, the Bight of Benin.

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.