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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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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.Bōn'duc, n. p. 150(Bot.) A species of Guilandina, or nicker-tree, particularly the yellow nicker, common to both the Indies. Buchanan.Bōne, n. p. 150(Anat.) A firm, hard substance, of a dull white color, composing the skeleton or firmer part of the body in the higher orders of animals. 2. An integral portion of the skeleton of an animal. Bones…Bōne, v. t. p. 150To take out bones from the flesh, as in cookery. “To bone a turkey.” Soyer. 2. To put whalebone into stays. Ash.Bōne'-āce, n. p. 150A game at cards, in which he who has the highest card turned up to him wins the bone, that is, one half the stake.Bōne'-āche, n. p. 150Pain in the bones. Shak.Bōne'-blăck, n. p. 150(Chem.) The black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; — called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material and as a black pigment.…Bōned, a. p. 150Having bones; — used in composition; as, high-boned, strong-boned.Bōne'-dŭst, n. p. 150Ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer.Bōne'-ēarth, n. p. 150(Chem.) The earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of lime.Bōne'-lāce, n. p. 150A lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone. [Obs.] Spectator.Bōne'less, a. p. 150Without bones; wanting bones. "Boneless gums." Shak.Bōne'-sēt, v. t. p. 150To set a dislocated bone; to unite broken bones.Bōne'sēt, n. p. 150(Bot.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are sudorific and tonic. Dunglison.