3. (Naut.) The double part of a rope when folded, in distinction from the ends; that is, a round, bend, or coil not including the ends; a loop.
Bi*glan"du*lar (&?;), a. [Pref. bi- + glandular.] Having two glands, as a plant.
Big"ly (&?;), adv. [From Big, a.] In a tumid, swelling, blustering manner; haughtily; violently.
He brawleth bigly.
Robynson (More's Utopia. )
Big"ness, n. The state or quality of being big; largeness; size; bulk.
Big*no"ni*a (&?;), n. [Named from the Abbé Bignon.] (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper was formerly considered to be of this genus.
Big*no`ni*a"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.
Big"ot (&?;), n. [F. bigot a bigot or hypocrite, a name once given to the Normans in France. Of unknown origin; possibly akin to Sp. bigote a whisker; hombre de bigote a man of spirit and vigor; cf. It. s-bigottire to terrify, to appall. Wedgwood and others maintain that bigot is from the same source as Beguine, Beghard.]