bigg

See also: Bigg

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English biggen, from Old Norse byggja. See boor and bound.

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Verb

bigg (third-person singular simple present biggs, present participle bigging, simple past and past participle bigged)

  1. (transitive, obsolete, Scotland, Northumbria) To build.[1]
    • 1817, Walter Scott, The Black Dwarf‎[1], page 78:
      "Biggin' a dry stane dyke [...]"
    • 1912, Algernon Charles Swinburne, "The Worm of Spindlestonheugh", in Posthumous Poems
      And whiles she ran, and whiles she grat,
      In the warm sun and the cold,
      Till they came to the bonny castle
      Was bigged upon with gold.

Etymology 2

Of Scandinavian origin.

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Noun

bigg (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A kind of barley.[1]
    The Bigg Market in Newcastle

Etymology 3

Adjective

bigg

  1. Obsolete spelling of big

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “bigg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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