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 Biscuit (French-Latin, bis, twice; cuit, baked).Bishop (Evêque), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bise.
 
A wind that acts notably on the nervous system. It is prevalent in those valleys of Savoy that open to the north.   1
       
“The Bise blew cold.”
       
Rogers: Italy, part 1. div. ii. stanza 4.
 


 Biscuit (French-Latin, bis, twice; cuit, baked).Bishop (Evêque), 

 
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