BIRTHPLACE
Birth"place`, n.
Defn: The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense. "The birthplace of valor." Burns.
BIRTHRIGHT
Birth"right`, n.
Defn: Any right, privilege, or possession to which a person is entitled by birth, such as an estate descendible by law to an heir, or civil liberty under a free constitution; esp. the rights or inheritance of the first born. Lest there be any . . . profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. Heb. xii. 16.
BIRTHROOT
Birth"root`, n. (Bot.)
Defn: An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties.
BIRTHWORT
Birth"wort`, n.
Defn: A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties.
BIS
Bis, adv. Etym: [L. bis twice, for duis, fr. root of duo two. See
Two, and cf. Bi-.]
Defn: Twice; — a word showing that something is, or is to be, repeated; as a passage of music, or an item in accounts.