Brewer's: Bighes

(pron. bees ). Jewels, female ornaments. (Also written bie.)

She is all in her bighes to-day- i.e.
in full fig, in excellent spirits, in good humour.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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