a. [f. BI- pref.2 1 or 6 + PART, -ED; cf. following words.] = BIPARTITE.
1586. J. Hooker, Girald. Irel., in Holinshed, II. 5/2. His armes and ensigne … were biparted, being of two sundrie changes.
1586. Warner, Alb. Eng., IV. xx. (1597), 93. Our byparted crowne, of which the Moyetie is mine.
1725. Bradley, Fam. Dict., s.v. Umbone, An Umbone which they call double-pointed, or biparted, as in the Peony.
