bijouterie (bē zhoo trē), jewelry.
billet doux, or billet d´amour (bē ye dōō´), a love letter.
billets-d´état (bē ye dā tȧ´), a government paper; bank notes.
biscuit (bē-skwē´).—French sponge cake.
bis´cuit à couper (ä koo-pā´).—A form of sponge cake to be sliced and glacéd with flavored sugar or sugar mixed with fruit juice.
bis´cuit à la Génoise (ä lä zhā-nwäz´).—Sponge cake with anise-seed flavor, to be cut and toasted.
bis´cuit à l’Ursuline (ä lür-sü-lēn´).—A sponge cake with rice and apple or apricot jam mixed into the paste, and grilled orange flower.
bisque (bisk or bēsk).—A soup of crayfish, made by cooking them in broth with herbs, sliced roots, and seasoning; other similarly prepared shellfish soups or sauces are also called bisques.
bizarre (be zar), odd; quaint.
blancmanger (bläN-maN-zhā´) or blamange (blä-mänj´).—A jelly made with calves’ feet, or gelatine, and milk of almonds; also, a jelly made of milk and starch, isinglass, or sea moss, with or without added chocolate, grenetine, or the like. This latter dish is more properly called flummery.