Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BIB'LIC-AL, a.

Pertaining to the Bible, or to the sacred writings; as, biblical criticism.

BIB'LIC-AL-LY, adv.

According to the Bible.

BIB-LI-OG'RA-PHER, n. [Gr. βιβλος, a book, and γραφω, to write.]

One who composes or compiles the history of books; one skilled in literary history; a transcriber. – Bailey. Johnson. Ash.

BIB-LI-O-GRAPH'IC, or BIB-LI-O-GRAPH'IC-AL, a.

Pertaining to the history of books. – Kett.

BIB-LI-OG'RA-PHY, n.

history or description of books; the perusal of books, and manuscripts, with notices of the different editions, the times when they were printed, and other information tending to illustrate the history of literature. – Encyc. Pinkerton.

BIB-LI-OL'A-TRY, n. [Gr. βιβλιος and λατρεια.]

Worship or homage paid to books. – Southey.

BIB'LI-O-LITE, n. [Gr. βιβλιον, a book, and λιθος, a stone; called also Phytobiblia and Lithobiblia.]

Bookstone; a species of shistous stones, mostly calcarious, which present, between their lamins, the figures of leaves, or sometimes simple dendrites.

BIB-LI-OM'AN-CY, n. [Gr. βιβλος, a book, and μαντεια, divination.]

A kind of divination, performed by means of the Bible; consisting in selecting passages of Scripture at hazard, and drawing from them indications concerning things future. – Encyc. Southey.

BIB-LI-O-MA'NI-A, or BIB'LI-O-MA-NY, n. [Gr. βιβλιον, book, and μανια, madness.]

Book-madness; a rage for possessing rare and curious books.

BIB-LI-O-MA'NI-AC, n.

One who has a rage for books.

BIB-LI-O-MA-NI'AC-AL, a.

Pertaining to a passion for books. – Quart. Rev.

BIB-LI-O-PEG'IC, a.

Relating to the binding of books.

BIB-LI-OP'O-LIST, n. [Gr. βιβλιον, book, and πωλεω, to sell.]

A bookseller.

BIB-LI-O-THE'CAL, a. [L. bibliotheca, a library, βιβλος, and theca, θηκη, a repository.]

Belonging to a library.

BIB-LI-OTH'E-CA-RY, n.

A librarian. – Hall.

BIB-LI-O-THEKE', n.

A library. – Bale.

BIB'LIST, n. [from Bible.]

1. With the Romanists, one who makes the Scriptures the sole rule of faith. – Encyc.
2. One who is conversant with the Bible. – Ash.

BI-BRAC'TE-ATE, a.

Doubly bracteate. – Eaton.

BIB'U-LOUS, a. [L. bibulus, from bibo, to drink.]

Spungy; that has the quality of imbibing fluids or moisture. – Thomson.

BI-CAP'SU-LAR, a. [L. bis, double, and capsula, a little chest, from capsa, a chest. See Capsular.]

In botany, having two capsules containing seeds, to each flower; as, a bicapsular pericarp. – Martyn.

BI-CAR'BON-ATE, n.

Supercarbonate; a carbonate combining two equivalents of carbonic acid to one of base.

BI-CAU'DA, n.

A fish of the sword-fish kind about five feet in length; its back and sides of a brown color, and its belly white. – Dict. of Nat. Hist.

BICE, or BISE, n.

Among painters, a blue color prepared from the Lapis Armenus, (Armenian stone.) – Encyc. Bice is smalt reduced to a fine powder by levigation. – Cyc.

BI-CEPH'A-LOUS, a. [L. bis, and Gr. κεφαλη, head.]

Having two heads.

BI-CIP'IT-AL, or BI-CIP'IT-OUS, a. [L. biceps, of bis, twice, and caput, head.]

Having two heads. Applied to the muscles, it signifies having two heads or origins; and any such muscle is denominated biceps.