BIN, bin, (_Shak._) used for BE and BEEN.
BINARY, b[=i]'nar-i, _adj._ composed of two: twofold.--_adjs._ B[=I]'NATE,
growing in pairs: double; BINAUR'AL, having two ears: needing the use of
both ears.--BINARY SCALE (_math._), the scale of notation whose radix or
base is 2 (instead of 10); BINARY THEORY (_chem._), that which assumes all
salts to contain merely two substances, either both simple, or one simple
and the other a compound playing the part of a simple body. [L.
_binarius_--_bini_, two by two--_bis_, twice.]
BIND, b[=i]nd, _v.t._ to tie or fasten together with a band (with _to_,
_upon_): to encircle round (with _about_, _with_): to sew a border on: to
tie up or bandage a limb, or the like: to fasten together (the leaves of a
book) and put a cover on: to lay under obligation to answer a charge: to
oblige by oath or promise _to_ or _from_ an action: to restrain, to make
fast any one--also of disease, a magic spell, a passion, &c.: to hold or
cement firmly: to render hard.--_v.i._ to produce constipation:--_pa.t._
and _pa.p._ bound.--_n._ a stalk of hops, so called from its twining or
binding itself round a pole or tree: the indurated clay of coal-mines:
(_mus._) the tie for grouping notes together.--_ns._ BIND'ER, one who
binds, as books or sheaves: an attachment to a reaping-machine for tying
the bundles of grain cut and thrown off, a reaping-machine provided with
such; BIND'ERY (U.S.), a bookbinder's establishment.--_adj._ BIND'ING,
restraining: obligatory.--_n._ the act of binding: anything that binds: the
covering of a book.--_ns._ BIND'WEED, the convolvulus, a genus of plants,
so called from their twining or binding; BINE, the slender stem of a
climbing plant.--I DARE or WILL BE BOUND, I will be responsible for the
statement. [A.S. _bindan_; cog. with Ger. _binden_, Sans. _bandh_.]
BINERVATE, b[=i]-n[.e]rv'[=a]t, _adj._ (_bot._) applied to leaves that have
two ribs or nerves: (_entom._) having the wings supported by two nerves.
[L. _bi-_, _bis_, twice, and NERVE.]