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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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Bōmb, n. p. 149A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon. 2. (Mil.) A hollow ball or shell of cast iron filled…Bŏmb, v. t. p. 149To attack with bombs; to bombard. [Obs.] Villeroy . . . marches on secure, To bomb the monks, and scare the ladies. Prior.Bōmb, v. i. p. 149To sound. [Obs.] What overcharged piece of melancholy Is this, breaks in between my wishes thus, With bombing sighs? B. Jonson.Bôm'bard, n. p. 149(Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. [Obs.] They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air…Bŏm-bärd', v. t. p. 149To attack with bombs. Next, she means to bombard Naples. Burke.Bŏm'bar-dīer', n. p. 149(Mil.) A person employed in throwing bombs or shells; in more general use, an artillery-man. [Rare.]Bôm/bar-diēr'-bee/tle, n. p. 149(Entom.) A kind of beetle, the Brachinus crepitans, which, when disturbed, makes an explosive discharge with a sort of smoke or vapor, which is acrid and of a pungent odor; hence the name. The name…Bôm'bard-măn, n. p. 149One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. They . . . made room for a bombard-man that brought bouge for a country lady. L. Jonson.Bŏm-bärd'ment, n. p. 149An attack with bombs; the act of throwing bombs into a town, fort, or ship.Bŏm-bär'do or Bŏm-bär'don, n. p. 149A musical instrument of the wind kind, much like the bassoon, and used as a bass to the hautboy. [Also written bombard.] Moore.Bŏm'băst, n. p. 149Originally, cotton. [Obs.] “A candle with a wick of bombast.” Lupton. 2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.] Doublets, stuffed with four…Bŏm'băst, a. p. 149High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning. [He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly stuffed with epithets of war. Shak. Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. Cowley.Bôm-bäst’, v. t. p. 149To swell or fill out. [Obs.] Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed. Drayton.Bŏm-băst'ic, a. p. 149Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. “A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology.” Burke.Bôm-băst'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 149With inflation of style.Bôm'bas-try, n. p. 149Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian. Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. Swift.Böm'bāte, n. p. 149(Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of bombic acid with a base.Bōm'bax, n. p. 149(Bot.) A genus of trees, the capsules of which yield a short, fibrous substance resembling silk or cotton.Bôm'ba-zēt' or Bôm'ba-zētte, n. p. 149A sort of thin woolen cloth.Bōm'-ba-zīne' or Bōm'-ba-sīne', n. p. 149A twilled fabric, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted; formerly black, for mourning garments, but now made of various colors. [Sometimes spelt bombasin.] Tomlinson.Bomb'-chēst, n. p. 149(Mil.) A chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to make destruction by its explosion.Böm'bic, a. p. 149Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silk-worm.Bŏm'bi-lāte, v. n. p. 149To make a humming or murmuring sound. [Rare.]Bŏm'bi-lā'tion, n. p. 149Sound; report; noise. [Obs.] To abate the vigor, or silence the bombilation, of guns. Browne.Bom-bil’i-oŭs, a. p. 149Making, or having, a humming or murmuring sound. [Obs.] The whome, or burrel-fly, is vexatious, ... not by stinging, but by its bombilious noise. —Derham.Bŏmb'-kĕtch or Bŏmb'-vĕs'sel, n. p. 149(Naut.) A small vessel, very strongly built, employed in carrying mortars to be used in bombardments at sea.Bomb'-proof, a. p. 149Secure against the force of bombs.Bomb'-shell, n. p. 149A hollow globe of iron, filled with powder, and thrown from a mortar; a bomb. See BOMB.Bom-byc'i-nous, a. p. 149Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles. 2. Being of the color of the silk-worm; transparent with a yellow tint. Darwin.Bŏm'byx, n. p. 149(Entom.) The silk-worm.Bōn, a. p. 149Good; valid as security for something.Bōn, n. p. 149A good saying; a jest; a tale. [Obs.] Spenser. 2. (Bot.) The coffee-tree;—so called in Egypt.Bo-nâir′, a. p. 149Complaisant; yielding. [Obs.]Bō'na-pärt'e-an, a. p. 150Pertaining to Bonaparte.Bō'na-pärt'ism, n. p. 150The policy or manners of Bonaparte. Lamartine.Bō'na-pärt'ist, n. p. 150One attached to the policy of Bonaparte.Bō'na Per-i-tū'ra p. 150(Law.) Perishable goods. Bouvier.Bō'nà Rō'bà p. 150A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak.Bō-nā'sus, n. p. 150(Zoöl.) A species of Bos, or wild ox, with a long mane, inhabiting Central Europe, and called the Aurochs. See AUROCHS. Dana.Bŏn'bŏn, n. p. 150Sugar confectionery; a sugar-plum.Bōn-chrē't'ien, n. p. 150A kind of pear.Bŏnd, n. p. 150That which binds; that which fastens or confines, or by which any thing is fastened or confined, as a cord, chain, &c.; a band; a ligament. Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my…Bŏnd, a. p. 150In a state of servitude or slavery; captive. Whether we be Jews or Gentiles; whether we be bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 13.Bōnd, v. t. p. 150To give bond for, as for duties or customs at a custom-house; to secure payment of, by giving a bond. In the United States, it is applied to the goods on which the customs arise, and to the duties…Bŏnd’age, n. p. 150The state of being bound, or under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity. The king, when he designed you for my guard, Resolved he would…Bōnd'-crēd'it-or, n. p. 150(Law.) A creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. Blackstone.Bŏnd'-dĕbt, n. p. 150(Law.) A debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. Burrows.Bōnd'ed, p. a. p. 150Secured by bond, as duties. Bonded goods, goods left in charge of the officers of customs, for the duties on which, bonds are given at the customs-house.Bōnd'ed-wâre'house, n. p. 150A warehouse in which bonded goods are stored.Bōnd'ing, n. p. 150The depositing of imported goods in government warehouses, where they remain until duties are paid.Bōnd'māid, n. p. 150A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, in opposition to a hired servant.Bōnd'man, n. p. 150A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. “To enfranchise bondmen.” Macaulay. 2. (Old Eng. Law.) A villain, or tenant in villenage.Bŏnd'-sĕrv'ant, n. p. 150A slave; one who is subjected to the authority of another, or whose person and liberty are restrained. If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as…Bōnd'-sĕrv'ice, n. p. 150The condition of a bond-servant; slavery. Upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond-service. 1 Kings ix. 21.Bōnd'-slāve, n. p. 150A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.Bōnd'man, n. p. 150A slave; a bondman. [Obs.] Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. Derham. 2. (Law.) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for…Bōnd'-stōne, n. p. 150(Masonry.) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together. Brande.Bōnd'-wom'an, n. p. 150A wom-Bōnd'wŏm'an p. 150a slave. The senators Are sold for slaves, and their wives for bondswomen. B. Jonson.Bōnd'-tîm/ber, n. p. 150Timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally. See BOND.