Helen Fenton

Biddery ware: Definition and part of speech

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Biddery ware

  1. A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened.

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.

Bidding prayer: Definition and part of speech

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Bidding prayer

  1. The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.
  2. The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon.

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.

Bide: Definition and part of speech

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Bide

  1. v. t. To wait for; as, I bide my time. See Abide.
  2. v. t. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay.
  3. v. t. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be.
  4. v. t. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo.

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.