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• Chichevache — The Chichevache is a mythological European monster fabled to feed on good women. In Geoffrey Chaucer s Canterbury Tales, this human faced cow is perpetually starved to skin and bone due to the scarcity of obedient and faithful wives. The Bicorne… …   Wikipedia

• bick-iron — /bik uy euhrn, bik euhrn/, n. the tapered end of an anvil. [1660 70; alter. (by assoc. with IRON) of earlier bickern for bycorne two horned anvil < L bicornis two horned (see BICORN); meaning perh. influenced by MF bigorne in same sense] * * * …   Universalium

• Bicorn — /buy kawrn/, n. (in early French and English literature) a mythical animal, usually depicted as a grotesquely fat beast, that existed solely by devouring virtuous husbands. Cf. Chichivache. [1375 1425; late ME Bycorne < MF < L bicornis BICORN] *… …   Universalium

• Bigorne et Chicheface — « Bigorne » redirige ici. Pour les autres significations, voir Bigorne (homonymie). Bigorne et Chicheface Bigorne et Chicheface sont des animaux fantastiques du folklore en Anjou et en Normandie. L …   Wikipédia en Français

• Lydgate, John — (?1370 ?1451)    He was born at Lidgate, Suffolk, and at fifteen was a novice in the Benedictine abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, where he became a priest in 1397. He knew Chaucer, who was his inspiration as a poet. That he knew what it was like to be… …   British and Irish poets

• beakiron — ˈbikə(r)n, ˈbēˌkīə(r)n noun Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of English beak & iron) from earlier bickern, bycorne more at bickiron : bickiron …   Useful english dictionary

• beckiron — ˈbek.+ˌ noun ( s) Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier bickern, from bycorne, from Middle French bigorne, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin bicornia, from Latin bicornis with two horns more at bicorn : a horned anvil; especially : a cooper s anvil …   Useful english dictionary

• bickiron — ˈbikə(r)n, ˌkīə(r)n noun Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of English iron) from earlier bickern, bycorne taper end of an anvil, anvil with two taper ends, modification of Middle French bigorne anvil with two taper ends, from Latin bicornia …   Useful english dictionary

• bick-iron — /bik uy euhrn, bik euhrn/, n. the tapered end of an anvil. [1660 70; alter. (by assoc. with IRON) of earlier bickern for bycorne two horned anvil < L bicornis two horned (see BICORN); meaning perh. influenced by MF bigorne in same sense] * * * …   Useful english dictionary