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‖n. [ F. ] A cold north wind which prevails on the northern coasts of the Mediterranean and in Switzerland, etc.; -- nearly the same as the mistral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paint.) See Bice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bisected; p. pr. & vb. n. Bisecting. ] [ L. bis twice + secare, sectum, to cut. ] 1. To cut or divide into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geom.) To divide into two equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. bissection. ] Division into two parts, esp. two equal parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bisects; esp. (Geom.) a straight line which bisects an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The line bisecting the angle between the optic axes of a biaxial crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + segment. ] One of tow equal parts of a line, or other magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + septate. ] With two partitions or septa. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + serial, seriate. ] In two rows or series. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + serrate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) Doubly serrate, or having the serratures serrate, as in some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Serrate on both sides, as some antennæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + setose, setous. ] Having two bristles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + sexus sex: cf. F. bissexe. ] Bisexual. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + sexual. ] (Biol.) Of both sexes; hermaphrodite; as a flower with stamens and pistil, or an animal having ovaries and testes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bisexual. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Besee. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil biseye, ill looking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]