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_Dunbar._

In edit. 1508, it is _buthman_.

BYCHT.

V. ~Lycht~.

_Houlate._

BICK, _s._ A b.i.t.c.h; ”the female of the canine kind,” S.

A. S. _bicca_, _bicce_, id.; Isl. _bickia_, catella.

_To_ BICKER, BYKER, _v. a._ This _v_., as used in S., does not merely signify, ”to fight, to skirmish, to fight off and on,” as it is defined in E. dictionaries. It also denotes,

1. The constant motion of weapons of any kind, and the rapid succession of strokes, in a battle or broil.

_Wallace._

2. To fight by throwing stones; S.

3. To move quickly; S.

4. It expresses the noise occasioned by successive strokes, by throwing of stones, or by any rapid motion; S.

C. B. _bicre_, a battle; ”Pers. _pykar_.” id. Gl. Wynt.

BICKER, BIKERING, _s._

1. A fight carried on with stones; a term among schoolboys, S.

2. A contention, strife, S.

_Baillie._

BICKER, BIQUOUR, _s._ A bowl, or dish for containing liquor; properly, one made of wood; S.

_Evergreen._

Germ. _becher_; Isl. _baukur_, _bikare_; Sw. _bagare_; Dan.

_begere_; Gr. and L. B. e??a??, _baccarium_; Ital. _bicchiere_, patera, scyphus.

_To_ BID, _v. a._