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BISHOPRY, _s._ Episcopacy, government by diocesan bishops.

_Apologet. Relation._

A. S. _biscoprice_, episcopatus.

BISHOP'S FOOT. It is said, _The Bishop's foot has been in the broth_, when they are singed, S.

This phrase seems to have had its origin in times of Popery, when the clergy had such extensive influence, that hardly any thing could be done without their interference. A similar phrase is used A. Bor. ”_The bishop has set his foot in it_, a saying in the North, used for milk that is burnt-to in boiling.”

BISKET, _s._ Breast.

V. ~Brisket~.

BISM, BYSYME, BISNE, BISINE, _s._ _Abyss_, gulf.

_Douglas._

Fr. _abysme_, Gr. a?ss??.

BISMAR, BYSMER, _s._ A steelyard, or instrument for weighing resembling it; sometimes _bissimar_, S. B., Orkn.

V. ~Pundlar~.

_Barry._

Isl. _bismari_, _besmar_, libra, trutina minor; Leg. West Goth.

_bismare_, Su. G. _besman_; Teut. _bosemer_, id. stater; Kilian. G.

Andr. derives this word from Isl. _bes_, a part of a pound weight.

BISMARE, BISMERE, _s._

1. A bawd.

_Douglas._

2. A lewd woman, in general.

_Douglas._

”F. ab A. S. _bismer_, contumelia, aut _bismerian_, illudere, dehonorare, polluere,” Rudd.

BISMER, _s._ The name given to a species of stickle-back, Orkn.