{ Big , Bigg }, v. t. [OE. biggen, fr. Icel. byggja to inhabit, to build, b&?;a (neut.) to
dwell (active) to make ready. See Boor, and Bound.]
To build. [Scot. & North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W.
Scott.
{ Big , Bigg }, n. [OE. bif, bigge; akin to Icel. bygg, Dan. byg, Sw. bjugg.]
(Bot.) Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.
"Bear interchanges in local use,
now with barley, now with bigg."
New English
Dict.
Big (&?;), a.
[Compar. Bigger;
superl. Biggest.]
[Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden,
Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. biggiligr, (properly) habitable; (then) magnigicent, excellent,
fr. OE. biggen, Icel. byggja, to dwell, build, akin to E. be.]
1. Having largeness of size; of much
bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big
to go in there." Shak.
2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth
or produce; -- often figuratively.
[Day] big with the fate
of Cato and of
Rome.
Addison.
3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention,
etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big
heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.
God hath not in heaven
a bigger argument.
Jer. Taylor.
&fist; Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named;
big- voiced.
To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or
pretentiously.
I talked big to them
at first.
De Foe.
Syn. -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.
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