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bicone|ˈbaɪkəʊn| [f. bi-2 + cone n.1] An object having the form of two cones placed base to base; esp. of beads. Also attrib.
1928H. C. Beck in Archæologia LXXVII. 7 Bicone. Beads in which the profile consists of two straight lines, at an angle to one another, which meet the perforation. Ibid. 25 (caption) Bicone fluted bead. Agate, Ur. 1931Antiquity V. 428 The faience beads include all the simple forms such as oblate, spherical..bicone..and cylindrical. 1937Mond & Myers Cemeteries of Armant I. v. 70 It is often difficult to tell whether a bead is..a long barrel [or]..a long truncated convex bicone. |