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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

béguin

, prob. from the cap worn by the

Béguines

. Cf.

A child’s cap; a hood, or something worn on the head.

An old woman's

biggin

for a nightcap.

Massinger.

Noun.

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.

, n.

A child's cap, or something worn about the head.

A building.