{ }, n. [ OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg. ] (Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg.” New English Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, v. t. [ OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b&unr_;a (neut.) to dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor, and Bound. ] To build. [ Scot. & North of Eng. Dial. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Big, n. & v. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To make or become big; to enlarge. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., compar. of Big. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., superl. of Big. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon. ] A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t. ] A building. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. béguin and OF. beguinet, dim of béguin. See Biggin a cap. ] A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears. [ 1913 Webster ]