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Bilbao
Language; Encyclopedias
Capital of the Basque prov. of Biscay, in Spain; a commercial city of ancient date, famous at one time for its steel, specially in Queen Elizabeth's time, when a rapier was called a "bilbo."
Bingen
Language; Encyclopedias
A manufacturing and trading town on the left bank of the Rhine, in Grand-Duchy of Hesse Darmstadt, opposite which is the tower associated with the myth of Bishop Hatto.
Bimetallism
Language; Encyclopedias
The employment of two metals (gold and silver) in the currency of a country as legal tender at a fixed relative value, the ratio usually proposed being 1 to 15½.
Billingsgate
Language; Encyclopedias
A fish-market in London, below London Bridge; also a name given to low, coarse language indulged in there.
Bile
Language; Encyclopedias
A fluid secreted from the blood by the liver to aid in digestion, the secretion of which is most active after food.
Bilocation
Language; Encyclopedias
The power or state, ascribed to certain of the saints, of appearing in two places at the same time.
Bimini
Language; Encyclopedias
A fabulous island with a fountain possessed of the virtue of restoring youth.
