BILES

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Biles (plural er-noun)

A surname.

Etymology 2

Noun

Biles (plural Biles)

A gymnastic maneuver consisting of a double half layout, with full twist and blind landing.

Anagrams

• Eblis, Liebs, blies, lesbi, sebil

Noun

biles

plural of bile

Anagrams

• Eblis, Liebs, blies, lesbi, sebil

Source: Wiktionary


BILE

Bile, n. Etym: [L. bilis: cf. F. bile.]

1. (Physiol.)

Definition: A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters.

2. Bitterness of feeling; choler; anger; ill humor; as, to stir one's bile. Prescott.

Note: The ancients considered the bile to be the "humor" which caused irascibility.

Bile, n. Etym: [OE. byle, bule, bele, AS. b, b; skin to D. buil, G. beule, and Goth. ufbauljan to puff up. Cf. Boil a tumor, Bulge.]

Definition: A boil. [Obs. or Archaic]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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