BIFURCATE, b[=i]-fur'k[=a]t, BIFURCATED, b[=i]-fur'k[=a]t-ed, _adj._
two-forked; having two prongs or branches.--_n._ BIFURC[=A]'TION, a forking
or division into two branches. [L. _bifurcus_--_bi-_, _bis_, twice,
_furca_, a fork.]
BIG, big, _adj._ large or great: pregnant: great in air, mien, or spirit:
loud: pompous, esp. 'to talk big,' 'look big.'--_adjs._ BIG-BELL'IED,
having a big belly; pregnant (_with_); BIG'GISH, rather big.--_ns._
BIG'NESS, bulk, size; BIG'WIG (_colloq._), a leading man, a person of some
importance. [M. E. _big_; origin very obscure--Skeat suggests that it is
_bilg_, the _l_ being dropped, and compares Ice. _belgja_, to puff out.]
BIG, big, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to build, to pile up.--_n._ BIG'GIN, anything
built, a house. [Sc. _byggja_; A.S. _búian_.]
BIGAMY, big'am-i, _n._ the crime of having two wives or two husbands at
once.--_n._ BIG'AMIST, one who has committed bigamy. [Fr.--L. _bi-_, _bis_,
twice, and Gr. _gamos_, marriage.]