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Definition of Biggin
1. Noun. A child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin.
Definition of Biggin
1. n. A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.
2. n. A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor.
3. n. A building.
Definition of Biggin
1. Noun. (archaic) A child's cap; (''figuratively'') childhood. ¹
2. Noun. (historical) An official's hood or coif. ¹
3. Noun. Coffee pot that has separate areas for heating the coffee and water. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Biggin
1. a house [n -S]
Medical Definition of Biggin
1. 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)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Biggin
Literary usage of Biggin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the County of Derby by Stephen Glover (1829)
"There was anciently a chapel at biggin, or as it was called New biggin, ...
biggin is a small rural village and township in the parish of Wirksworth, ..."
2. The Harp of Perthshire: A Collection of Songs, Ballads, and Other Poetical by Robert Ford (1893)
"Jamie," quo' I, "it's pairin' time, I'se warrant they're biggin' a nest." The sun
was doun, an' the valley was lown Ere ane o's neist opened a mou', ..."
3. Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1880)
"THE biggin' ON THE BRAE. ... an' content in co/.ie hodden grey— There's airs o'
independence 'bout the biggin' nn the brae. LITTLE WORDS. ..."
4. Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire by Herbert Winckworth Tompkins (1902)
"But the likeness of the biggin must be seen ere the quaintness of the original
can be appreciated ; so I leave readers to the study of Mr. ..."
5. History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire: Comprising Its History and by Bulmer (T.) & Co (1895)
"Beetham Matthew, vict., Waterloo Inn, biggin Bland Mrs. Elizabeth, boot and shoe
dealer, biggin Clowes Mr. James, Bank house, biggin Derbyshire Silicate ..."
6. Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the by Arnold James Cooley, W. North (1892)
"Coffee for the table is best prepared with the aid of a French cafetière, or
coffee-biggin, furnished with a percolator or strainer, which will permit a ..."
7. Natural History of New York by New York (State). Natural History Survey, James Ellsworth De Kay (1842)
"... biggin Swamp and Stone, South Carolina ; Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina,
Maryland, and Schooley-s mountain in Monmouth county in New-Jersey. ..."
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