Do we say bi or buy

bi 116 occurrences

Ataku Beermade of flour...........Ma-cooloe, or Bi-vak.

[Footnote BI: Act.

Not very long ago, at a time when cholera had appeared in the city and was taking a daily toll of life, this oart was the scene of a bi-weekly ceremony organized by the Bhandaris of Dadar and Mahim and designed to propitiate the wrath of the cholera-goddess, who had slain several members of that ancient and worthy community.

In winter, lawn-tennis and balls are the chief, and concerts occur generally weekly or bi-weekly.

" Angel Guardian Press, Boston, Mass. * * * * * 26 Sod' om spright' ly the o lo' gi an his' to ry To bi' as cre at' ed pro ceed' ed sep' a ra ted min' is ter Au gus' tine crit' i cise cat' e ehism de ter' mined As cen' sion

What can a mortal desire more for his bi-parted nature?

your darts of fire, ye vile kal-bi!

[Footnote 3: "Kal-bi," dogs.

A-sac-cu-kab-bi-lu,[10] go!

[Footnote 10: "A-sac-cu-kab-bi-lu," evil spirit of the head.]

A fortnight elapsed ere he announced to the neighbours gathered in his Chandimandap that he intended starting a bi-weekly market on a vacant plot measuring one Bigha (one-third of an acre), known as the Kamárbári (Anglice, "Abode of Blacksmiths").

They contained the usual hardy annuals and bi-annuals among novelists, several new ventures, including John Potter's Giles in Bloomsbury (second impression); Jane Hobart's Children of Peace (A Satire by a New Writer); and Leila Yorke's The Price of Honour.

This here was more in my line, bein' a hard-rock miner myself, and we certainly loaded a fine prospect of gold into that native's bi-cuspidor.

An interesting instance of bi-polarity.

"Sitteth alle stille, and herkneth to me; The kyng of Almaigne, bi mi leaute, Thritti thousent pound askede he

"Fur in see bi west Spaygne. Is a lond ihone Cokaygne.

St=ud~y | his bi | -as leaves, | and makes | his book | thine eyes, Where all | those pleas | -ures live, | that art | can com | -prehend.

Junii Dorch einen piper mit allerlei farve bekledet Gewesen CXXX kinder verledet binnen Hamelen geboren To Calvarii bi den koppen verloren [THE HAMELIN INSCRIPTION]

They were grazing with bucolic tranquillity on the maritime pasture lands, contemplated from afar by the mussels, the oysters, and other bi-valves, attached to the rocks by a hard and horny hank of silk that enwrapped their enclosures.

The Capitalistic parties could have a like bi-national organisation.

" Concerning the subject-matter of the verses I have not the leisure at present to write so fully as I could wish, my time being occupied with the preparation of a discourse for the forthcoming bi-centenary celebration of the first settlement of Jaalam East Parish.

There are strong objections to any non-fusible, bi-lingual community within a nation, but however much the French are made to hang back in the work of development, their withdrawn and unconcerned cathedrals, schools, and convents, and one aspect of the spirit that breathes from them, make for good.

"There is one thing 'bout it," said Bi, "Bart hain't changed much, anyway.

" "There come mighty near bein' trouble then, an' there would ha' ben ef the Major hadn't took Bart off," said Bi.

bi. - biennial.

buy 6104 occurrences

EBERHART, E. KINGMAN. When you buy.

"'Betimes my heritage was sold To buy this heart of solid gold.

We must that veering subject buy; Else, let the enemy advance, De Brehan surely sides with France!'

On Saturdays most of them walk into the nearest town, perhaps five or more miles distant, in order to buy household stuff.

The carpenter answered that the bed would protect its owner from all enemies; the Raja doubted at first but as the man persisted in his story, he agreed to buy the bed, but he stipulated that if he found the story about it not to be true, he should take back his money.

Once an oil man was going to market with his pots of oil arranged on a flat basket and he engaged a Santal for two annas to carry the basket; and as he went along, the Santal thought "With one anna I will buy food and with the other I will buy chickens, and the chickens will grow up and multiply

Once an oil man was going to market with his pots of oil arranged on a flat basket and he engaged a Santal for two annas to carry the basket; and as he went along, the Santal thought "With one anna I will buy food and with the other I will buy chickens, and the chickens will grow up and multiply

So they hurried to their fathers and begged them to buy them each one of the beautiful horses which the dealers had brought.

He tried to buy a horse but they were all too highly priced for him, so at last he had to be content with buying a donkey for three rupees and some articles to trade with.

At once his brothers went and killed all their wives, and took the corpses away to sell; but no one would buy and they had to return disappointed.

and then she would be able to buy cloth.

After a time Seven-Tricks paid another visit to Single-Trick, and Single-Trick invited him to come hunting in the forest; before they started Single-Trick told his wife to go and buy a hare and keep it in the house.

Before they started Single-Trick told his wife to buy some live codgo fish and keep them ready in the house.

In his own island ten sequins would buy almost any mariner of the port to do any act short of positive legal criminality; and the idea that a barbarian of the west would refuse such a sum, in preference to selling his shipmates, never crossed his mind.

I would take no such risk, "If I had any money," I said, "I should certainly buy other clothing.

There was no one to ask or to buy from and to kill and eat without permission might be wrong and might get them into difficulty, but one might as well ask a starving wolf to get permission to slay and eat when a fat lamb came across his path as to expect these men to take very much time to hunt up owners.

They thought it would be wise to keep their oxen for these would now improve in flesh, and as they had no money with which to buy food they might still rely on them in further travels.

Capt. Doty made a proposition to buy out the oxen of some who had only one or two, giving his note for them payable in San Francisco or anywhere up north they might chance to meet, and many of them accepted and went to the coast.

At Santa Barbara they found a chance to trade off some of their oxen for mares, which were not considered worth much, and managed the barter so well that they came out with a horse apiece and a few dollars besides, with which to buy grub along the road.

This was the first place since we left Los Angeles where we could buy any kind of breadstuff, and we were here enabled to get a change of diet, including greens.

He said it was no use for there was not a pair of shoes in the town to buy, and he had not found any material of which he could make himself a pair of moccasins.

But I was poor in purse, and resolved I would seek first the gold mines and secure gold enough to buy a piece of this valley afterward.

As for the old house and farm, if you like, Gusty, we'll buy it back agin.

A new deposit of gold had been discovered about this time (1533), and the hope that others might be found now induced the colonists to buy the negroes from the authorized traders on credit at very high prices, to be paid with the gold which the slaves should be made instrumental in discovering.

These two had tried unsuccessfully to buy horses at this rancho.

Do we say   bi   or  buy