The Collaborative International Dictionary
Biggin \Big"gin\, Bigging \Big"ging\, n. [OE. bigging. See Big, Bigg, v. t.] A building. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) A home. (13th-18th c.) 2 (context Scotland northern England English) A building, especially an outbuilding. (from 14th c.) 3 (alternative form of biggin nodot=yes English) (coffee pot with strainer) vb. (present participle of big English)
Usage examples of "bigging".
I wonder, when ye were at it, that ye didna rather think of bigging another frae the fundament, for I'm thinking the walls are no o' a capacity of strength to outlast this seating.
The steamer, guided by one of those excellent pilots from the Irish sea, passed without hesitation between floating buoys, stone columns, and biggings, surmounted with lighthouses, which mark the entrance to the channel.