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bier

  [beer]
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–noun
1. a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial.
2. such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME bere, OE bēr, bǣr(e); c. OHG bāra (G Bahre), D, Dan baar, Sw bår; sp. influenced by F bière; akin to bear 1 , barrow 1

bi

  [bahy]
–adjective, noun, plural bis, bi's.
Slang. bisexual.
Origin:
by shortening
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bier   (bîr)   
n.  

  1. A stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse is placed before burial.

  2. A coffin along with its stand: followed the bier to the cemetery.


[Alteration (influenced by French bière, coffin) of Middle English ber, from Old English bēr; see bher-1 in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
bi

  1. n.
    one of the biceps. (Bodybuilding. Typically BI. Usually plural.) : I have to work on my BIs and then build up my thighs.
  2. mod.
    bisexual. : Suddenly she suspected that she was getting involved in some sort of strange bi activities.
  3. n.
    a bisexual person. : This information of interest only to bis and gays.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bier 
O.E. bær (W.Saxon), ber (Anglian) "handbarrow, litter, bed," from W.Gmc. *bero (O.H.G. bara, O.Fris. bere, M.Du. bare), from base *ber- and thus related to the O.E. verb beran "to bear" (see bear (v.)), making a bier anything used for carrying, only later limited to funerary sense. Since 1600, spelling influenced by Fr. bière, from O.Fr. biere, from Frankish *bera, from the same Gmc. root.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: Bi
Function: symbol
bismuth
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Bi
The symbol for the element bismuth.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Bible Dictionary

Bier

the frame on which dead bodies were conveyed to the grave (Luke 7:14).

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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