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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Boil'er, n. p. 148One who boils. 2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. 3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or…Boil'er-plāte or Boil'er-ī'ron, n. p. 148Plate-iron of about a quarter to a half inch thickness, whether used for making boilers, or otherwise. See TANK-IRON.Boil'er-y, n. p. 148A place and apparatus for boiling, as salt. See BOILARY.Boil'ing, p. a. p. 148Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; agitated, as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. The trembling fins the boiling waves divide. Gay. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is…Boil'ing, n. p. 148The act or state of bubbling; agitation by heat; ebullition; the act of subjecting to the action of heat, so as to boil, as a liquid, or of preparing by hot water, or of evaporation.Boil'ing-ly, adv. p. 148With boiling or ebullition. And lakes of bitumen rise boilingly higher. Byron.Bois'ter-oŭs, a. p. 148Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough. We see the water swell before a boisterous storm. Shak. The boisterous force of violent men. Milton. 2.…Bois'ter-ōūs-ly, adv. p. 148Violently; furiously; with loud noise; tumultuously.Bois'ter-oûs-ness, n. p. 148The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.Bō'la-ry, a. p. 148Pertaining to bole or clay, or partaking of its nature and qualities. “Loadstone . . . chiefly consisting of a bolary and clammy substance.” Browne.Bōld, a. p. 148Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; intrepid; courageous; not timorous or shrinking from risk. “Throngs of knights and barons bold.” Milton. 2. Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of…Bōld, v. t. p. 148To make daring. [Obs.] A. Hall.Bōld'en, v. t. p. 148To make bold; to give confidence to; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.Bōld'-fāce, n. p. 148Impudence; sauciness;—a term of reprehension. L'Estrange.Bōld'-fāced, a. p. 148Impudent. I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. Bramhall.Bōld'ly, adv. p. 148In a bold manner; courageously; intrepidly; without timidity or fear; with confidence. 2. Impudently; insolently.Bōld'ness, n. p. 148The quality of being bold. Syn.—Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood; assurance.Bōle, n. p. 148The body or stem of a tree. Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson. 2. A measure. See BOLL. Mortimer.Bōle, n. p. 148A kind of fine, compact, or earthy clay, often highly colored with iron, and varying in shades of color from white to yellowish, reddish, bluish, and brownish. See CLAY. Dana. 2. A bolus; a dose.…Bō-lē'ction-mōld/ings, n. pl. p. 148(Joinery.) Moldings which project beyond the surface of the framing. Ogilvie.Bo-lē'ro, n. p. 148A favorite dance in Spain.Bo-lēt'ic, a. p. 148(Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. Boletic acid, an acid discovered by Braconnot in the juice of the Boletus fomentarius, var. pseudo-igniarius.Bo-lē'tus, n. p. 148(Bot.) A genus of fungi or mushrooms containing numerous species. B. esculentus is the eatable mushroom; B. igniarius furnishes what is popularly called touchwood, punk, &c. London.Bō'lis, n. p. 148A fire-ball darting through the air, followed by a train of light or sparks; a meteor.Bōll, n. p. 148The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax; a pericarp of a globular form. 2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and…Bōll, v. i. p. 148To form into a pericarp or seed-vessel. The barley was in the ear and the flax was boiled. Ex. ix. 31.Bōl'lard, n. p. 148A large post set in the ground on either side of a dock, to which are lashed large blocks, through which are reeved the transporting hawser for docking and undocking ships.Bōl'yard Tim'ber p. 148(Naut.) A timber, also called a knight-head, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.Bōll'ing, n. p. 148A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.Bōll'-worm, n. p. 148(Entom.) An insect that destroys the cotton boll or pod.Bōln, v. i. p. 148To swell; to puff. Holland.Bōln or Bōllen, a. p. 148Swollen; puffed out. “Thin, and boln out like a sail.” B. Jonson.Bo-lōgn'ȧ Sau'saġe p. 148A large sausage made of bacon, veal, and pork-suet, chopped fine, and inclosed in a skin.Bo-lōgn'ā Stōne or Bo-lōgn'ian Stōne p. 148Radiated sulphate of barytes, found in roundish masses, composed of radiating fibers, first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when calcined.Bo-lōgn-ēse′ or Bo-lōgn′ian, a. p. 148(Geog.) Pertaining to Bologna; belonging to Bologna. Bolognese school (Paint.), a school of painting founded by Caracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic school, the object of which was to…Bo-lōgn-ēse', n. p. 148(Geog.) An inhabitant of Bologna.Bōl'ster, n. p. 148A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of persons lying on a bed;—generally laid under the pillows. And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, This way the coverlets, another way…Bōl'ster, v. t. p. 149To support with a bolster. Sharp. 2. To support; to hold up; to maintain. “To bolster baseness.” Drayton.Bōl’ster, v. i. p. 149To lie together or on the same bolster. Mortal eyes do see them bolster. Shak.Bōl'stered, a. p. 149Supported; upheld; maintained. 2. Swelled out.Bōl'ster-er, n. p. 149A supporter.Bōl'ster-ing, n. p. 149A propping up or supporting.Bōlt, n. p. 149A pointed shaft or missile intended to be shot from a cross-bow or catapult; an arrow; a dart. “A fool’s bolt is soon shot.” Shak. 2. A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold…Bōlt, v. t. p. 149To fasten or secure with a bolt or pin, as a door, a plank, fetters, &c. Let tenfold iron bolt my door. Langhorn. 2. To fasten; to shackle; to restrain. Which shackles accident and bolts up change.…Bōlt, v. t. p. 149To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, or purify by other means; as, to bolt meal. He now had bolted all the…Bōlt, v. i. p. 149To start forth like a bolt; hence, to spring or move abruptly; as, to bolt out of the room. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Drayton. 2. To strike or fall…Bōlt, adv. p. 149With sudden meeting or collision. “[He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon.” Thackeray.Bōlt'-au'ger, n. p. 149A large auger used in ship-building.Bōlt'-cŭt'ter, n. p. 149A machine or tool for cutting the threads on bolts.Bōl'tel, n. p. 149See BOULT.Bōlt'er, n. p. 149One who bolts; a man who breaks away from his party; a horse which starts suddenly aside. 2. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer. 3. A…Bōlt'-hĕad, n. p. 149(Chem.) A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; — called also a matrass or receiver.Bōlt'ing, n. p. 149The act of fastening with a bolt or bolts; a sifting; discussion; a starting aside. 2. (Law.) Private arguing of cases for practice by the students and barristers, differing from mooting in being…Bōlt'ing-clōth, n. p. 149A linen or hair cloth of which bolters are made for sifting meal, flour, &c.Bōlt'ing-house, n. p. 149The house or place where any thing is bolted.Bōlt'ing-hŭtch, n. p. 149A tub or receptacle into which any thing is bolted. For as a miller in his bolting-hutch, Drives out the pure meal nearly as he can, And in his sifter leaves the coarser bran. Browne.Bōlt'ing-mill, n. p. 149A machine or engine for sifting meal, flour, &c.Bōlt'ing-tŭb, n. p. 149A tub to sift any thing in; a bolting-hatch.Bōl'ton-ite, n. p. 149(Min.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts; chiefly composed of silica and magnesia. It has been referred to the species chrysolite. Dana.Bōlt'-rōpe, n. p. 149(Naut.) A rope to which the edges of sails are sewed to strengthen them.