The system of examinations has been made more rigid, especially by the introduction of biennials.—Centennial Anniversary of the Linonian Soc., Yale Coll., 1853, p. 70.
Faculty of College got together one night,
To have a little congratulation,
For they'd put their heads together and hatched out a load,
And called it "Bien. Examination."
Presentation Day Songs, June 14, 1854.
BIG-WIG. In the English universities, the higher dignitaries among the officers are often spoken of as the big-wigs.
Thus having anticipated the approbation of all, whether Freshman, Sophomore, Bachelor, or Big-Wig, our next care is the choice of a patron.—Pref. to Grad. ad Cantab.
BISHOP. At Cambridge, Eng., this beverage is compounded of port-wine mulled and burnt, with the addenda of roasted lemons and cloves.—Gradus ad Cantab.
We'll pass round the Bishop, the spice-breathing cup.
Will. Sentinel's Poems.
BITCH. Among the students of the University of Cambridge, Eng., a common name for tea.
The reading man gives no swell parties, runs very little into debt, takes his cup of bitch at night, and goes quietly to bed. —Grad. ad Cantab., p. 131.
With the Queens-men it is not unusual to issue an "At home" Tea and Vespers, alias bitch and hymns.—Ibid., Dedication.
BITCH. At Cambridge, Eng., to take or drink a dish of tea.