'Bishoping' definitions:
Definition of 'Bishoping'
From: GCIDE
- Bishop \Bish"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bishoping.] To admit into the church by confirmation; to confirm; hence, to receive formally to favor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bishoping'
From: GCIDE
- Bishop \Bish"op\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bishoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Bishoping.] [From the name of the scoundrel who first practiced it. Youatt.] (Far.) To make seem younger, by operating on the teeth; as, to bishop an old horse or his teeth. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The plan adopted is to cut off all the nippers with a saw to the proper length, and then with a cutting instrument the operator scoops out an oval cavity in the corner nippers, which is afterwards burnt with a hot iron until it is black. --J. H. Walsh. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Bishoping'
- Bishop,
- Bishoped,
- Bench of Bishops,
- Bishop Hill,
- Bishop Hills,
- Bishop ray,
- Bishop sleeve,
- Bishop's cap,
- Bishop's length,
- Bishop, CA,
- Bishop, GA,
- Bishop, TX,
- Boy bishop,
- Chancellor of a bishop,
- Ecumenical Bishop,
- House of bishops,
- Titular bishop,
- West Bishop,
- bishop berkeley,
- bishop of rome,
- bishop pine,
- bishop ulfila,
- bishop ulfilas,
- bishop wulfila,
- bishop's hat,
- bishop's pine,
- bishop's throne,
- bishop's weed,
- suffragan bishop,
- Bishop Hill, IL,
- Bishop Hills, TX,
- Bishop in partibus infidelium,
- Bishop's-weed,
- Bishop's-wort,
- Bishop-stool,
- Cecil-Bishop,
- Mock bishop's weed,
- West Bishop, CA,
- Cecil-Bishop, PA,
- five-point bishop's cap