| bigg | <botany> Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind. ""Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg."" (new English Dict) Origin: OE. Bif, bigge; akin to Icel. Bygg, Dan. Byg, Sw. Bjugg. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| biggin | A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. "An old woman's biggin for a nightcap." (Massinger) Origin: F. Beguin, prob. From the cap worn by the Beguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |