bigg

or big

[ big ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. four-rowed barley.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bigg¹

1400–50; late Middle English big, bigge < Old Norse bygg barley, cognate with Old English bēow

Example Sentences

It is but 400 acres bigg, & therefore too little for vs to settle vpon.

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The case of dress brought forward by Mr. Heather Bigg is exactly a case in point.

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The morning shirts of Mr. Bigg are of so large a pattern that nobody but his haberdasher knows what that pattern really is.

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Such is Mr. Bigg in the society of the house, when the door of the Bachelor Bedroom has closed behind him.

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In the matter of beautiful and expensive clothing for the neck, Mr. Bigg is simply inexhaustible.

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