List of Old English Words in the OED/BI

Old English	sb	English
Bi'bede	vb	To bid, command, order.
Bibode	n	Bi'bod, commandment
Bi'burgh	vb	To protect oneself from, to ward off.
Bi'charre	vb	To turn from duty or right, pervert, subvert. 2. entice, wile. 3. to turn, turn around.
Bid	n	An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work. 2.
Bid	vb	To issue a command; summons, to tell. 2. To invite; (to a wedding, feast etc) as 'she was bidden to the wedding.' 3. to utter a greeting or salutation, as 'We bade him farewell.' 4. to make an offer to pay or accept a certain price. 5. to offer as a price. 6. to make an attempt. 7. in a card games) 8. to announce (one's goal), before starting play. 9. to challenge, defy. 10. to proclaim, declare, threaten war. 11. to make known, indicate, decree. 12. to ask pressingly, press, 13. to proclaim a (a bede, prayer), pray, offer prayer. 14. bid welcome, farewell, wish well. 15. to command, enjoin, order, tell with authority.
Bid	phr	"Bid Fair" - seem likely to happen, to do something good or bad. 3. looking promising.
Bid	phr	"Bid Goodbye/Farewell" - say goodbye.
Bid	phr	"Bid In" - at an auction, to attempt raise the price (of an object)by competing with false or ghost bids.
Bid	phr	"Bid Welcome" - say hello.
Bid	phr	"Make a Bid for Freedom" - try to escape.
Bid	phr	"Make a Straw Bid" - a worthless bid
Bid-ale	n	An ale or entertainment for the benefit of some person to which a general bidding or invitation was given.
Bidden	adj	Invited, commanded, ordered.
Bidder	n	One who bids at an auction.
Bidding	n	That which one is bidden to do; a command. 2. the act of placing a bid. 3. a solicitation or invitation. 4. bids collectively.
Bide	n	Endurance, forbearance, toleration. 2. expectation, stay, a wait.
Bide	n	Byde-dwelling place, habitat, place of habitation. 2. a delay, stay.
Bide	vb	To remain or reside in a place, residence, dwelling or with a person as opposed to going away. 2. to remain when others go; to wait or wait for, soujourn. 3. to wait in resistance, to face, encounter, withstand. 4. to wait submissively, to submit to. 5. to tolerate, endure, put up with. 6. of things, to remain behind or be left behind.
Bide	phr	"Be Bidden by" - to be maintained. 2. undoubtedly or we may be sure.
Bide	phr	"Bide By" - to stand firm by, adhere to, stick to, maintain.
Bide	phr	"Bide One's Time" - to wait for one's opportunity.
Bide	phr	"Bide Out" - to endure to the end.
Bide	phr	"Bide Upon" - to dwell or insist upon (a point.)
Bide	phr	"Let a Thing Bide" - to leave (a thing) where it is. 2. to leave alone for the present. 3. to let it stand over.
Bi'deme	vb	To condemn
Bider	n	One one always remains.
Biding	n	Place, abode. 2. an a waiting, expectation, tarrying, remaining. 3. a stay, residence, dwelling, habitation.
Biding	adj	Lasting, continuing, enduring.
Bidstand	n	Highwayman, bidstander, bailupman
Bi'dwellan	vb	To mislead into error
Bield	n	Boldness, courage, 2. confidence, assurance, feeling, shelter, security, comfort. 3. a lodging, dwelling, den. 4. resort, relief. 5. a mean of help or succor. 6. resource against hunger, sustenance.
Bield	vb	To make bold, encourage, confirm. 2. to grow bold or strong, to be bold, have confidence. 3. to find, refuge, protection or shelter. 4. to lodge, dwell, inhabit. 5. to cover, cover over. 6. to sustain, feed, nourish.
Bield	adj	Sheltered, comfortable, cosy.
Bield	phr	"To Have Bield and Bliss." - to be bold and confidence
Bield and Bote	n	"To have Bield and Bote" - succor, defence, relief.
Bielding	n	Affording shelter.
Bieldness	n	State of refuge, protection, shelter.
Bieldy	adj	Sheltered from the weather; affording shelter.
Bier	n	A framework for carrying a barrow, litter, stretcher. 2. a movable stand for a coffin before burial and that on which it is carried to the grave.3. a tomb, bier.
Bier	phr	"To Bring to, on or Upon a Bier" - to bring to the grave or death. 2. to meet one's death or die.
Bier-cloth	n	A pall.
Bier-right	n	An ordeal in which the person accused of murder, was requested to approach the corpse, to claer himself on oath.
Bi'fele	vb	To commit, entrust, assign, grant.
Bigg	vb	To dwell, inhabit, place or locate oneself in, have an abode. 2. to cultivate.
Bigger	vb	To build, erect, construct, form, fashion, pile up.
Bi'gale	vb	to charm by incantation, enchant
Bi'gang	vb	To worship
Biggermost	adj	Vain, conceited, boastful, impudent
Bigeten	vb	To pour over or about; suffuse, be'yete.
Bight	n	OE. (byht: bend) a bending or bend; esp. angle, hollow or fork in the human or animal body. 2. a corner. 3. a loop of a rope (the part between the ends.) 3. a bend or curve in a a geographical feature, e.g. an indentation in a coast line, a corner or recess in a bay; a bay, sometimes a shallow one('The Great Australian Bight") 4. a bend in a river. 5. the space between two headlands.
Bi'hede	vb	To notice, percieve. 2. pay attention to, take care care of. 3. guard against, procure, prepare. 4. offer, give.
Bi'heve	n	Advantage, behoof.
Bi'heve	adj	Profitable, useful, needful.
Bi'hofth	n	Need, behoof, use, service.
Bi'howe	vb.	To be anxious, be careful for. 2. to view, see.
Bike	n.	Nest or hive of hornets, bees, wasps, shep., 2. swarm, throng, crowd(contemptuously). 3. well-filled store 4. building, habitation
Bi'kenned	adj.	Begotten
Bi'laub	vb	To mock, deride, laugh at.
Bi'lenge	adj	Belonging to, related to.
Bill	n	In OE. (bil, a sword, weapon.) in poetry a kind of broad sword, a falcion. 2. a halberd. 3. a mattock, pick-axe or similar digging instrument.
Bill	n	A horny beak or bill of certain birds, esp. when slender and flattened. 2. the beak, bill, muzzle, or snout of birds and other animals. 3. the human mouth or nose. 4. a beak-like projection, bill, spike. 5. sometimes applied to a narrow promontory; a mull. 6. a point of an anchor.
Billwise	adj	Bill-wise: wise or clever of the mouth, as opposed to 'mad-wise.'
Bilynge	n	Prow (bill, beak) of a ship
Bi'melden	vb	To betray, inform against
Bin	n	OE. - binne: crib, hutch, bin. 2. a receptacle (originally of wicker or basket work.) 2. a receptacle (bin) in a stable for the provender of beasts; a manger or crib. 3. a stall; hutch. 4. receptacle for corn, meal, bread, fruit or other articles of food. 5. a receptacle for coal or various other things (such as wool) needing storage. 6. a partitioned stand for storing bottles in a wine cellar.
Bin	adv	With, inside.
Bind	n	An item (usually a rope, tape, bind, or stay) used to hold two or more strings together. 2. that which binds or ties; a bind. 2. troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary. 3. any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine. 4. (music) a ligature or tie for grouping notes. 5. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.
Bind	vb	To make fast with a tie; to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. 2. to fasten , tie, tie to, 3. to be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction. 4. to exert a binding or restraining influence. 5. to tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc. 6. to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner. 7. to confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind. 8. to couple. 9. (fig.) to oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other social tie. 10. to bind the conscience; to bind by kindness; bound by affection; commerce binds nations to each other. 11. (in law) to put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or covenant. 12. (in law) to place under legal obligation to serve. 13. to protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment. 14. (archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something. 15. (archaic) To cover, as with a bandage. 16. (archaic) to prevent or restrain from customary or natural action. 17. to put together in a cover, as of books.
Bind	phr	"Bind Hand and Foot" - tie somebody's hands and feet together. 2. (fig) take away or restrict somebody's freedom of action.
Bind	phr	"Bind Over" - to put under bonds to do something, as to appear at court, to keep the peace, etc. 2. to order to do. 2. to abstain from a particular act
Bind	phr	"Bind To" - to contract; as, to bind one's self to a wife.
Bind	phr	"Bind Up in - to cause to be wholly engrossed with; to absorb in.
Bind	phr	"In a Bind" - in difficulty or trouble.
Binder	n	Someone who binds,a binder particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder. 2. a cover or holder, binder for unbound papers, pages etc. 3. something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book. 4. (programming) a software mechanism that performs binding. 5. dossier, binder. 6. (agriculture) a machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle. 7. (chemistry) a chemical that causes two other substances to form into one. 8. (law) a down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms. 9. material or clothing used in binding or flattening the breasts.
Binder-twine	n	Twine used for binding.
Binding	n	An item (usually a rope, tape, binding or stay)used to hold two or more strings together. 2. a spine of a book where the pages are held together, the binding. 3. a finishing on a seam or hem or a garment. 4. the association of a named item with an element of a program. 5. the action or result of making two or more molecule stick together.
Bindingly	adv	Of binding or obligatory quality.
Bindingness	n	The state or quality of being held together.
Bindle	n	A binding or tying. 2. a cord or rope that binds or ties anything; a bindle.
Binwards	adv	Of time: in the course of doing.
Binwards	prp	Within, inside of, in, into.
Bindweed	n	A plant with twining stems; convolvulus.
Bindwood	n	North of England name for Ivy; sometimes also for 'the honeysuckle.'
Bi'peche	vb	To cheat, decieve, delude
Bi'peching	n	Deception, fraud
Birch	n	Wood of the birch tree birch (plural birches) 2. any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere. 3. a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture. 4. a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment. 5. birch-bark canoe.
Birch	vb	To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch, wood. 2. to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch.
Birchen	adj	Pertaining to or composed of birch.
Bircher	n	One who administers the birch-rod; a flogger, flagellator
Birching	n	Whipping with the birch.
Birch-like	adj	Resembling or characteristic of birch.
Birch-rod	n	A bundle of birch used for flogging.
Bird	n	A member of the class of animals "Aves" in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of flight, and laying eggs. 2. (obs) a chicken; the young of a fowl; a young eaglet; a nestling.(slang) a man, fellow. 3. (in UK, US, slang, used by men) a girl or woman, especially one considered sexually attractive. 4. (slang) an airplane. 5. (man): chap, bloke, guy. 6. (woman): broad, chick, dame, girl, lass. 7. to pursue bird-catching or fowling. a prison sentence.
Bird	vb	To observe or identify wild birds in their natural environment. 2. to catch or shoot birds. 3. (fig.) to seek for game or plunder; to thieve.
Bird	phr	"A Bird in the Bosom" - a secret pledge that one makes for another.
Bird	phr	"A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush." - it better to have a certain, but small advantage than a mere potential of a greater one. (earlier version thought to be: 'A sparrow in the hand is better than a thousand flying.'
Bird	phr	"A Bird of One's Brain" - (idiom) one own ideas or conceptions.
Bird	phr	"A Bird Told Me" - I will not say who told me.
Bird	phr	"An Old Bird" - an experienced and knowing person.
Bird	phr	"Birds and the Bees" - (idiomatic, euphemistic) - said of, esp. describing the sexual activity of animals rather than that of people. 2. fundamental knowledge about human) sexual relations.
Birds	phr	"Birds of a Feather Flock Together" - people of a similar background, characteristic or taste tend to congregate or associate with one another; like attracts, like likes, like likes likes.
Bird	phr	"For the Birds" - trivial, of little worth.
Bird	phr	"Give the Bird To" - to raise the middle and/or index finger in a rude gesture. 2. give somebody the bird.
Bird	phr	"Have a Bird Brain" - to be stupid.
Bird	phr	"In Bird Walking Weather" - in weather so bad that even the birds are walking.
Bird	phr	"Like a Bird" - problem-free.
Bird	phr	"The Bird Has Flown" - somebody who is being sought, or pursued, has gone away, has escaped.
Bird	phr	"The Early Bird Gets the Worm" - a person who acts ahead of others get an advantage over others.
Bird-bath	n	A basin in a garden etc with water for birds to bathe in.
Bird-blithe	n	"Blithe as a bird on a cherry bough' : happy and cheerful.
Bird-bolt	n	An arrow used to shoot birds.
Bird-brain	n	Someone who is not very smart or clever.
Bird-brained	adj	Stupid, silly, dull and slow.
Bird-call	n	A bird's natural call. 2. an instrument imitating this
Bird-dog	n	A dog used in shooting to retrieve the dead birds, usually an english pointer. 2. a radar detecting police speed humps. 3. a tout.
Bird-dog	vb	To watch closely, to seek out.
Bird-dom	n	Birds collectively, 'the feathered creation.'
Birde	n	Birth, off-spring, family, nation.
Bird-eyed	adj	Quick-sighted like a bird. 2. catching a glance as one goes.
Birder	n	Breeder of bird. 2. a wild cat who lives on birds.
Birdfeed	n	Food intended for birds, often a mixture of various seeds.
Birdfeeder	n	A device placed outdoors to supply food for birds.
Bird-friendly	adj	Something that is adapted or is not harmful to birds.
Birdhood	n	The state or quality of a bird; bird-dom.
Birdhouse	n	An aviary; a small house in a tree in which birds may nest.
Birding	n	Fowling; catching of birds. 2. activity of a bird-watching, bird watching. 3. taking aim at a bird. 2.
Birdishness	n	The quality of being birdish.
Birdishly	adv	In a birdish manner.
Birdless	adj	Void of birds; deserted by or unfrequented by birds.
Birdlessness	n	The absence of birds.
Birdlike	adj	Similar to a bird. 2. similar to that of a bird; as, a birdlike-song. 2. avian.
Birdlikeness	n	Quality of being birdlike.
Birdlime	n	A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds. 2. rhyming slang: time, that is time in prison or jail.
Birdling	n	A little or young bird. 2. of a gun dog, ecited due to having encountered a bird or its scent.
Bird-lore	n	The facts and beliefs concerning birds and their life and habits. 2. ornithology.
Bird-lover	n	A bird watcher; birdfancier.
Birdly	adj	Pertaining to, or characteristic of birds; avian.
Birdman	n	One who is concerned with birds; ornithologist. 2. (slang) - airman, aviator.
Birdnest	n	A structure or shelter made by a bird and used to hold its eggs during incubation and to house its young until fledging.
Bird-nesting	n	The act of building and occupying a nest. 2. as a term of psychology meaning: the tendency to arrange one's immediate surroundings, such as a work station. 3. to create a place in which someone feels secure, comfortable, and in control. 4. the act or occupying of searching for bird nests.
Bird-net	n	A net used for catching birds.
Bird of Wonder	n	The phoenix.
Bird seed	n	A blend of seed for feeding birds, esp. one s which are caged.
Bird's-eye	adj	Having spots resembling the eyes of a bird. 2. as viewed from an altitude; panoramic.
Birdsong	n	The musical cry of a bird or birds. 2. (poetic term) an important influence on poets and poetry recurring across cultures and eras.
Bird-strike	n	High-speed contact or collision between an aircraft and a bird.
Birdwatcher	n	One who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment.
Birdwatching	n	Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment.
Bird-witted	adj	Lacking the faculty of attention.
Bird-wittedness	n	The state or quality of lacking the faculty of attention.
Birdy	n	A bird, birdling; pertaining to birds; avian. 2. a golf, completing a hole one stroke below the par. 3. a shuttlecock.
Bi-rede	vb	To make ready.
Bi'reme	vb	To cry or call out
Bi'reusing	vb	OE. behreowsian - to be sorry for.) 2. to be sorry, repent for sin. 2. to be sorry for; to have pity on (a person.)
Bi'rewe	vb	To repent, rue.
Bi' rewness	n	Commiseration, compassion, ruth, pity.
Bi'ripe	vb	To pluck the fruit of.
Bi'rise	vb	To become, to befit.
Birle	vb	To draw or pour out (to drink to or for) 2. to supply or ply with drink. 3. to carouse.
Birler	n	One who pours drinks; a barman.
Birling	n	The action of drawing or pouring out liquor.
Birse	n	Bristle. 2. short hair of the head or body.
Birse	phr	Temper, rage, anger - in allusion to animals that bristle up when irritated.
Birth	n	From a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse *byrðr (replacing cognate Old English gebyrd "birth, descent, race; offspring; nature; fate"), - the process of childbearing; the beginning of life. 2. an instance of childbirth. 3. a beginning or start; a point of origin. 4. the circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
Birth	vb	To bear or give birth to a child. 2. (fig.) - to produce, to give rise to, bear.
Birth	adj	That which is born. 2. a familial relationship established by childbirth.
Birth	phr	"Give Birth To" - to create or invent something.
Birth	phr	"New Birth" - regeneration.
Birth	phr	"The Birth Follows the Belly" - the mother is likely to have more influence over the child's development.
Birth-bearing	n	Parturition.
Birth-child	n	Child by birth; native.
Birthday	n	The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. 2. the anniversary of the day on which something is created. 3. the date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birth date or date of birth.
Birthdom	n	Inheritance, birth-hood, birthright.
Birthful	adj	Prolific, productive
Birth-hood	n	The fact of being born ; the state or condition of a person at birth. 2. birthdom.
Birthing	n	Action or process of giving birth. 2. the moment of birth. 3. the fact of being born.
Birthland	n	The land, country or nation that one is born in. 2. birthplace
Birthless	adj	Abortive. 2. without the advantages of 'birth. 3. of an emotion, experience, etc, : without (apparent) origin or beginning ; that has always existed; deathlesws.
Birth mark	n	An unusual brown or red mark on one's body at or from birth.
Birth mother	n	A woman who has given birth to a child, as opposed to an adoptive mother.
Birthnight	n	The night one is born. 2. the night on which something began or came into existence, or on which an event occurred.
Birthright	n	Inheritance, right of primogeniture, birthright, first-birth.
Birthroot	n	Gemstone associated with one's birth and birthday.
Birth-stead	n	Place or country of birth.
Birthstone	n	A gemstone popularly associated with the month of one's birth.
Birth-string	n	Umbilical cord.
Birth-throes	n	The experience of a child during birth.
Birth-time	n	One's date or moment of birth.
Birth-tree	n	In folklore, a tree planted at the birth of a child in the belief that its welfare has some mysterious connection with the welfare of the child all his life.
Birthweight	n	The weight of a baby at birth.
Birthwort	n	Indian Balm - "Trillium erectium"
Birthy	adj	Prolific, as 'last year's harvest was birthy.'
Bi'say	vb	To cause to fall or tumble.
Bishop	n	(Christianity) an overseer of congregations: either any such overseer, generally speaking, or (in Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism, Anglicanism, etc.) 2. an official, a bishop, in the church hierarchy (actively or nominally) governing a diocese, supervising the church's priests, deacons, and property in its territory.  3. (religion, obsolete) a similar official or chief priest in another religion. 4. (obsolete) any watchman, inspector, or over-looker. 5. (obsolete) the holder of the Greek or Roman position of episcopus, supervisor over the public dole of grain, etc. 6. the chief of the Festival of Fools or St. Nicholas Day. 8. (chess) the bishop, the chess piece denoted ♗ or ♝ which moves along diagonal lines and developed from the shatranj alfil ("elephant") and was originally known as the aufil or archer in English. 9. any of various African birds of the genus Euplectes; a kind of weaver bird closely related to the widow birds. 10. (dialectal) a ladybug or ladybird, beetles of the genus Coccinellidae. 11. (alcoholic beverages‎) a sweet drink made from wine, usually with oranges, lemons, and sugar; mulled and spiced port. 12. (US, archaic) a bustle. 13. (UK, dialectal, archaic) a children's smock or pinafore.
Bishop	vb	(Christianity) to act as a bishop, to perform the duties of a bishop, especially to confirm another's membership in the church; (by extension, jocularly, obsolete) to confirm (in its other senses). 2. to administer the rite of confirmation (to a person). 3. to appoint to the office of a bishop. 4. to supply or provided with a bishop. 5. to act as a bishop.(Christianity) to make a bishop. 6. (Christianity, rare) to provide with bishops. 7. (UK, dialectal) to permit food (esp. milk) to burn while cooking (from bishops' role in the inquisition or as mentioned in the quote below, of horses); (by extension, of horses) to make a horse seem younger, particularly by manipulation of its teeth. 8. to murder by drowning.
Bishopdom	n	The episcopal order; bishop collectively. 2. bishop-hood.
Bishop-hood	n	The office, condition, dignity or rank of a bishop.
Bishoping	n	The act or rite of confirmation. 2. performing the duties of a bishop.
Bishopless	adj	Without or lacking a bishop.
Bishop-like	adj	Pertaining to a bishop, espiscopalian.
Bishop-like	adv	After the manner of a bishop.
Bishoply	adj	Episcopal.
Bishopric	n	A diocese or region of the church which a bishop governs.
Bishop-shire	n	A diocese.
Bishop-stool	n	The throne, seat or see of a bishop.
Bishopweed	n	Ammi majus, a plant with whitelaced-lick flowers.
Bishopwick	n	The area over which a bishop has jurisdiction.
Bismer	n	Shame, disgrace, reproach, insult, mockery, scorn, derision. 2. reproach, taunt, insult. 3. a point worthy of scorn. 4. a lewd person, a panderer or bawd.
Bismer	vb	To meet with scorn, mock, deride, insult.
Bisson	n	Blind, sightless, destitute of sight. 2. purblind, blinding.
Bisson	vb	To make blind.
Bissondom	n	Blindness, near-sightedness.
Bissonhood,	n	State of blindness.
Bissonness	n	Purblind, blind, near-sightedness
Bi'sulien	vb	To pollute, soil, make filthy.
Bit	n	A small sum or amount of something 2. a little, somewhat rather. 3. a very measure or degree.
Bit	n	Portion of food bitten. 2. a mouthful; a morsel; a dainty bit.
Bit	phr	"A Bit Much" - unwelcome, excessive, unreasonable etc (in the opinion of the speaker); a bit thick.
Bit	phr	"A Bit of Alright" - (slang) attractive, sexy of a man or woman.
Bit	phr	"A Bit of Rough" - (usu male) sexual partner whose toughness or lack of sophistication is a source of attraction.
Bit	phr	"A Bit Thick" - unfair, unreasonable; more than one can , or wishes to tolerate etc; a bit much.
Bit	phr	"A Blithe Bit" - a pleasing spot
Bit	phr	"At Bits and Starts" - irregularly or intermittent. 2. in fits and starts.
Bit	phr	"Be One's Bit" - to be inimical or destructive to one.
Bit	phr	"Bit on the Side" - extramarital affair partner.
Bit	phr	"Bit between the Teeth" - eager bout out of control.
Bit	phr	"Bit by Bit" - each piece (of a whole) at a time; one bit, or piece , after another. 2. a little at a time; slowly; or gradually; little by little.
Bit	phr	"Do by Bits" - to do a little at a time, bit by bit, gradually or piecemeal.
Bit	phr	"Do One's Bit" - to play one's part. 2. to fulfill one's responsibility or obligation. 2. to make one's contribution to a cause or like.
Bit	phr	"Every Bit As" - equally as, just as.
Bit	phr	"Every Bit of It - in its entirety, a quite a bit.
Bit	phr	"Fall to Bits" - reduced to small pieces or fragments.
Bit	phr	"Go to Bits" - to fail under pressure or emotion stress.
Bit	phr	"I Don't Believe a Bit of It" - I don't believe the least or any of it.
Bit	phr	"Not a Bit (of it)" - not at all.
Bit	phr	"Off the Bit" - a horse ridden on a loose rein.
Bit	phr	"Take a Bit of Doing" - something that requires time and persistence.
Bit	phr	"Take the Bit Between his Teeth" - (so it can't hurt the mouth); hence, unmanageable, beyond restraint.
Bit	phr	"Thrilled to the Bit" - very pleased.
Bit	phr	"Up to the Bit" - up to full speed allowed by the degree of restraint.
Bitch	n	Female dog, but sometimes a female fox, wolf and some other beasts. 2. a woman. 3. of a man, but applied less opprobriously.
Bitch	vb	To be in the company of lewd women. 2. to call one a bitch. 3. to behave as a bitch, or bitchily towards (a person). 4. to be spiteful, malicious or unfair, as a bitch. 4. to deceive. 5. to hang back. 6. to spoil, bungle, botch, grumble, complain, bitch.
Bitch	phr	"Bitch Up" - slang: undo somebody's good work (usually through spiteful gossip).
Bitching	n	Complaining, griping, contrariness.
Bitching	adj	Complaining, griping, contrary.
Bitchily	adv	In the manner of a bitch. 2. sensually; also maliciously.
Bitchingly	adv	Colloquial; as an intensifier: very, extremely.
Bitchy	adj	Bitching to or resembling a bitch. 2. sensual, sexually provocative. 3. sensuality, maliciousness.
Bite	n	The act of biting. 2. a wound left behind after being bitten. 3. the swelling of one's skin caused by an insects mouthpiece or sting. 4. a piece of food of a size that would be produced by biting; a mouthful. 5. (slang) an act of plagiarism. 6. a small meal or snack. 7. (slang) aggression. 8. cheat, trick, fraud. 9. fraudster, scammer, or cheat.
Bite	vb	To cut into with the teeth; to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth, bite. 2. to hold something by clamping one's teeth. 3. to attack using the teeth, to bite 4. to behave aggressively; to reject advances. 5. to take hold; to establish firm contact with. 6. to have significant effect, often negative. 7. to bite a baited hook or other lure and thus be caught. 8. ( metaphor) to accept something offered, often secretly or deceptively, to cause some action by the one who accepts. 9. of an insect, to sting, bite. 10. to cause a smarting sensation; to have a property which causes such a sensation; to be pungent, biting. 11. to cause sharp pain, or smarting, to; to hurt, 'bite' or injure, in a literal or a figurative sense. 12. to cause sharp pain; to produce anguish; to hurt or injure; to have the property of so doing. 13. to take or keep a firm hold. 14. to take hold of; to hold fast; to adhere to. 15. (sl) to lack quality; to be worthy of derision; to suck. 16. to plagiarize, to imitate.
Bite	phr	"A Bite to Eat" - some food, often only in small quantity and eaten hurriedly.
Bite	phr	"Be Bitten (By Something)" - become very enthusiastic over something.
Bite	phr	"Bite of More than One Can Chew" - to try to do so much. 2. to undertake or take on more than one is capable of doing.
Bite	phr	"Bite One's Ear" - as a sign of fondness of fondness; caress.
Bite	phr	"Bite One's Fingernails" - to be anxious.
Bite	phr	"Bite One's Tongue/Lip" - to repress or hold back what one really wants to say. 2. bite one's lip.
Bite	phr	"Bite Somebody's Head Off" - show ill-temper towards somebody.
Bite	phr	"Bite Somebody's Nose Off" - to speak to a person aggressively.
Bite	phr	"Bite the Bridle" - to champ at the bit, like an impatient horse.
Bite	phr	"Bite the Dust" - to fall in death, die. 2. fall to the ground.
Bite	phr	"Bite the Hand that Feeds You" - to return kindness with hostility and or ingratitude.
Bite	phr	"Bite the/One's Lip" - to press the lips between the teeth in order to restrain the expression of anger or mirth.
Bite	phr	"Bite the Teeth" - to grind or gnash the teeth.
Bite	phr	"Have the Hair of the Dog that Bites You" - to drink more in an attempt to overcome the effects of liquor already consumed.
Bite	phr	"His Bark is Worst Than His Bite" - the harsh words belie the reality of mild action.
Bite	phr	"I Wish I Could Have Bitten My Tongue Of" - I wish I had not made such a hurtful remark.
Bite	phr	"Once Bitten Twice Shy" - be extra cautious after having an unpleasant experience.
Bite	phr	"Put the Bite On" - to borrow money from someone. 2. to threaten blackmail.
Bite	phr	"What's Biting You?" - what is upsetting you?
Bite-free	adj	Free from and not liable to bites.
Bitel	adj	Biting, cutting, mordant.
Biteless	adj	That does not bite, biteless. 2. without or not having a bite.
Biter	n	One who bites. 2. (fig.) - a deceiver, swindler, scammer.
Biter	phr	"The Biter Bit" - somebody who seeks to cheat, or take advantage of, another finds, that his intended victim has got the better of him.
Bi'theck	vb	To thatch, cover, bedeck.
Biting	n	The wound made by a bite. 2. the part bitten. 3. the act or action of biting.
Biting	adj	That bites. 2. that causes pain or smart. 3.
Biting	phr	"What Biting You" - to worry, perturb, excite.
Bitingly	adv	In a biting manner, sorely, smarting, caustically, acridly, keenly, penetratingly.
Bitingness	n	Having a biting, mordancy, mordant quality.
Bi'threat	adj	Menaced, threatened.
Bi'thring	vb	To throng about, to crowd, press hard against.
Bi'thunch	vb	(bi'thynch)- to seem right or good.
Bitling	n	A small bit, a particle.
Bi'trum	vb	To surround, beset, besiege, to fortify all around. 2. to trim, fit, firm
Bi'trum	n	Trim, strength, fitness, firmness
Bitten	vb	Cut into, pierced, wounded with the teeth; fig. infected. 2.
Bitter	adj	Having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid, and unpleasant, bitter. 2. causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh: enveloped in bitter cold; a bitter wind. 3. difficult or distasteful to accept, admit, or bear: the bitter truth; bitter sorrow. 4. proceeding from or exhibiting strong animosity: a bitter struggle; bitter foes. 5. resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment: cried bitter tears. 6. marked by resentment, bitterness or cynicism.
Bitter	phr	"Bitter as Gall" - very bitter.
Bitter	phr	"Bitter to the End" - with relentless hostility; also applied to affliction, as 'she bore it to the bitter end', meaning to the last stroke of adverse fortune.
Bitter	ad	In an intense or harsh way; bitterly: a bitter cold night.
Bitter apple	n	Colocynth.
Bitter-earth	n	Magnesium.
Bitter-ender	n	One who holds out to the bitter end.
Bitterful	adj	Full of bitterness.
Bitterhood	n	Bitterness.
Bitterish	adj	Somewhat, or a little bit bitter.
Bitterly	adv	In a manner bitter or resentful. 2. with bitterness
Bitterness	n	The state or quality of being bitter.
Bitter-sweet	adj	Sweet with an admixture or aftertaste of bitterness; also fig. 2. a thing which is bittersweet (lit. and fig.) 3. expressing contrasting emotions of pain and pleasure. 4. of a bittersweet color (orange).
Bitter-sweetness	n	The state or condition of being bittersweet.
Bitterwort	n	Bitterweed; a species of gentian, esp. Gentian amarella.
Bi'tun	vb	To shut in.
Bittiness	n	The state of being bitty, made of small parts, scrap.
Bitty	adj	Made up of little bits (used disparagingly); scrappy. 2. consisting of two unrelated parts or scraps.
Bitwise	adv	Bit by bit, little by little. 2. in a bit of time. 3. piecemeal.
Bive	vb	To hake, tremble.
Be'were	vb	To defend, shield, protect.
Bi'wihele	vb	To soothsay, bewitch, overcome by witchcraft
Bi'wit	vb	To look after, keep guard against, protect, keep in safety
Bi'wite	vb	To beguile, ensorce 2. to go away, leave. 2. to go, go away.
Bi'witie	vb	To watch over, obscure, guard, keep.
Bi'wrench	vb	To defeat, deprive, cheat.
Bi'wrixle	vb	To change.