Defn: The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons.
BIDDY
Bid"dy, n. Etym: [Etymology uncertain.]
Defn: A name used in calling a hen or chicken. Shak.
BIDDY
Bid"dy, n. Etym: [A familiar form of Bridget.]
Defn: An Irish serving woman or girl. [Colloq.]
BIDE Bide, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bided; p. pr. & vb. n. Biding.] Etym: [OE. biden, AS. bidan; akin to OHG. bitan, Goth. beidan, Icel. bi; perh. orig., to wait with trust, and akin to bid. See Bid, v. t., and cf. Abide.]
1. To dwell; to inhabit; to abide; to stay. All knees to thee shall bow of them that bide In heaven or earth, or under earth, in hell. Milton.
2. To remain; to continue or be permanent in a place or state; to continue to be. Shak.
BIDE
Bide, v. t.
1. To encounter; to remain firm under (a hardship); to endure; to suffer; to undergo. Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm. Shak.