BICIPITOUS
Bi*cip"i*tous, a.
Defn: Having two heads; bicipital. "Bicipitous serpents." Sir T.
Browne.
BICKER
Bick"er, n. Etym: [See Beaker.]
Defn: A small wooden vessel made of staves and hoops, like a tub.
[Prov. Eng.]
BICKER
Bick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bickering.]
Etym: [OE. bikeren, perh. fr. Celtic; cf. W. bicra to fight, bicker,
bicre conflict, skirmish; perh. akin to E. beak.]
1. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight. [Obs.] Two eagles had a conflict, and bickered together. Holland.
2. To contend in petulant altercation; to wrangle. Petty things about which men cark and bicker. Barrow.
3. To move quickly and unsteadily, or with a pattering noise; to quiver; to be tremulous, like flame. They [streamlets] bickered through the sunny shade. Thomson.
BICKER
Bick"er, n.
1. A skirmish; an encounter. [Obs.]