BIENNIALLY
Bi*en"ni*al*ly, adv.
Defn: Once in two years.
BIER
Bier, n. Etym: [OE. bæe, beere, AS. b, b; akin to D. baar, OHG. bara,
G. bahre, Icel barar, Dbaare, L. feretrum, Gr. , from the same bear
to produce. See 1st Bear, and cf. Barrow.]
1. A handbarrow or portable frame on which a corpse is placed or borne to the grave.
2. (Weaving)
Defn: A count of forty threads in the warp or chain of woolen cloth.
Knight.
BIERBALK
Bier"balk`, n. Etym: [See Bier, and Balk, n.]
Defn: A church road (e. g., a path across fields) for funerals.
[Obs.] Homilies.
BIESTINGS; BEESTINGS Biest"ings, Beest"ings, n. pl. Etym: [OE. bestynge, AS. b, fr. b, beost; akin to D. biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin.]
Defn: The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson. The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574).