BIGGIN

biggin

(noun) a child’s tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

biggin (plural biggins)

(archaic) A child's cap; (figuratively) childhood.

(historical) An official's hood or coif.

Etymology 2

From the inventor's surname.

Noun

biggin (plural biggins)

A coffee pot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured.

Anagrams

• gibing

Source: Wiktionary

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Big"gin, n. Etym: [F. béguin, prob. from the cap worn by the Béguines. Cf. Beguine, Biggon.]

Definition: A child's cap; a hood, or something worn on the head. An old woman's biggin for a nightcap. Massinger.

Big"gin, n.

Definition: 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.

Big"gin, Big"ging, n. Etym: [OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t.]

Definition: A building. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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