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BIG, a.

1. Bulky; protuberant; pregnant, applied to females. Big, in the sense of pregnant, is followed by with; as, big with child. The use of of, big of child, is not good English.

2. Great; large; in a more general sense; applied to any body or object.

3. Full; fraught, and about to have vent, or be brought forth.

The important day, big with the fate of Rome.

4. Distended; full, as with grief or passion.

Thy heart is big, get thee apart and weep.

5. Swelled; tumid; inflated, as with pride; hence, haughty in air or mien, or indicating haughtiness; proud; as big looks; big words; to look big.

6. Great in spirit; lofty; brave.

Have not I a heart as big as thine?

BIG, n. A kind of barley.

1913 Definition
Big (big)
a.((?))
Big
[Compar. Bigger; superl. Biggest.] [Perh. from Celtic; cf. W. beichiog, beichiawg, pregnant, with child, fr. baich burden, Arm. beac'h; or cf. OE. bygly, Icel. big
  1. Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large.
    "He's too big to go in there." Shak.
  2. Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

    [Day] big with the fate of Cato and of Rome.
    Addison.

  3. Having greatness, fullness, importance, inflation, distention, etc., whether in a good or a bad sense; as, a big heart; a big voice; big looks; to look big. As applied to looks, it indicates haughtiness or pride.

    God hath not in heaven a bigger argument.
    Jer. Taylor.

    * Big is often used in self-explaining compounds; as, big-boned; big-sounding; big-named; big- voiced.

    To talk big, to talk loudly, arrogantly, or pretentiously.

    I talked big to them at first.
    De Foe.

    Syn. -- Bulky; large; great; massive; gross.

  4. Barley, especially the hardy four-rowed kind.

    "Bear interchanges in local use, now with barley, now with bigg."
    New English Dict.

  5. To build.
    [Scot. *** North of Eng. Dial.] Sir W. Scott.
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