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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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Bō'rax, n. p. 152(Chem.) Biborate of soda; a salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with soda. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. It is of a white…Bŏr'bo-rȳgm, n. p. 152A rumbling noise of wind in the bowels. [Obs. and rare.]Bōrd, n. p. 152A feigned story; a jest. [Obs.] Spenser.Bōrd'age, n. p. 152See BORD-LAND.Bōr'del or Bor-dĕl'lo, n. p. 152A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.Bōr'del-ler, n. p. 152Keeper of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.Bōr'der, n. p. 152The outer part or edge of any thing, as of a garment, a country, &c.; margin; boundary; confines; verge; brink. “Upon the borders of these solitudes,” Bentham. “In the borders of death,” Barrow.…Bōr'der, v. i. p. 152To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent;—with on or upon; as, Connecticut, on the north, borders upon Massachusetts. 2. To approach; to come near to. Wit which borders upon…Bōr'der, v. t. p. 152To make a border for; to furnish or adorn with a border of ornaments; as, to border a garment or a garden. 2. To reach to; to touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous to. The country is…Bōr'der-er, n. p. 152One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place. “Borderers of the Caspian.” Dyer.Bōrd'-half'pen-ny, n. p. 152(Eng. Law.) Money paid for permission to set up boards or a stall in market. Burn.Bōrd'-lānd, n. p. 152(Old Law.) The demain land which a lord kept in his hands for the maintenance of his bord, board, or table. Spelman.Bōrd'lōad or Bōrd'lōde, n. p. 152(Eng. Law.) (a.) The service required of a tenant to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. (b.) The quantity of provision paid by a bordman for bordland. Wharton. Tomlins.Bōrd’man, n. p. 152A tenant of bordland, who supplied his lord with provisions.Bôrd'-rāg'ing, n. p. 152An incursion upon the borders of a country. [Obs.] Spenser.Bōrd'-sĕrv'ice, n. p. 152(Eng. Law.) The tenure of bord-lands. Wharton. Tomlins.Bôrd'üre, n. p. 152(Her.) A border or strip of metal, color, or fur, within the escutcheon and around it.Bōre, v. t. p. 152To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, or other instrument. Hence, to make hollow; to form a round hole in; to pierce; as, to bore a cannon. “Earth may be bored.”…Bōre, v. i. p. 152To pierce or enter by boring; as, an auger bores well. 2. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore. 3. To push forward. [Obs.]…Bōre, n. p. 152The hole made by boring; hence the cavity or hollow of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm; the size of the cavity; the caliber, whether formed by boring or not. “The bores of wind instruments.”…Bōre, n. p. 152(Physical Geog.) (a.) A tidal flood of great height and force formed at the mouths of some rivers, where, owing to obstructions by bars and the form of the channel, the whole of the flow, after being…Bōre, imp. p. 152of bear. See BEAR.Bō're-al, a. p. 152Northern; pertaining to the north, or the north wind. Gardner. So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. Thomson.Bō're-as, n. p. 152The north wind; a cold, northerly wind.Bōre'-cōle, n. p. 152A variety of cabbage, whose leaves are not formed into a compact head, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.Bo-ree', n. p. 152A certain dance, or movement in common time, of four crotchets in a bar, always beginning in the last quaver or last crotchet of the measure. Busby. ☞ Smart accents the first syllable.Bōr'el, n. p. 152A kind of coarse, woolen cloth. [Obs.] 2. A kind of light stuff, of which the warp is silk and the woof is wool. Fleming.Bōr'er, n. p. 152One who bores; an instrument for boring. 2. (Zoöl.) (a.) A genus of sea-worms that pierce wood; Terebella. (b.) One of several species of worms, or the insects producing them, which penetrate trees…Bōr'ing, n. p. 153The act or process of making a hole with an auger, drill, or other like instrument. One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. Tomlinson. 2. A hole made…Bōr'ing-bār, n. p. 153(Mach.) A revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes.Bōr'ing-ma-chīne', n. p. 153(Mach.) A contrivance for dressing or boring holes; strictly, a machine tool, having a fixed or stationary cutter-head, for dressing holes already made, and sometimes called a borer, as a car-wheel…Bōr'ing-tool, n. p. 153A cutting tool placed in a cutter-head to dress round holes. 2. A drill.Bōrn, p. p. p. 153of bear. Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; produced. “No one could be born into slavery in Mexico.” Prescott. Born again (Theol.), regenerated, renewed, having received spiritual life.…Bōrne, p. p. p. 153of bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See BEAR.Bor-nous', n. p. 153See BOURNOUS.Bō'ron, n. p. 153(Chem.) An elementary substance, nearly related to carbon, of a deep olive color, infusible, and not a conductor of electricity. At a red heat, it burns, uniting with oxygen, and forming boracic…Bōr'ŏugh, n. p. 153An incorporated town that is not a city; in England, a town or village that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by…Bōr'ōugh, n. p. 153(O. Eng. Law.) (a.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b.) The pledge or surety thus given. [Obs.] Blackstone. Tomlins.Bŏr'ŏugh-Eng'lish, n. p. 153(Eng. Law.) A customary descent of estates to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner leaves no son, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.Bōr'ŏugh-hēad p. 153The same as HEAD-BOROUGH; the chief of a borough; a constable. See HEAD-BOROUGH.Bōr'ŏugh-hōld'er, n. p. 153A head-borough; a bors holder.Bōr'ŏugh-mā's'tēr, n. p. 153The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.Bōr'ŏugh-mŏng'ger, n. p. 153One who buys or sells the patronage of a borough.Bōr'rel, a. p. 153Rustic; rude; clownish. [Obs.] “How be, I am but rude and borrell.” Spenser.Bōr'rel-ist, n. p. 153(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Christians, in Holland, who reject the sacraments and all external worship, and yet lead an austere life;— so called from Borrel, the founder of the sect.Bŏr'rōw, v. t. p. 153To take or receive from another on trust, with the intention of returning or giving an equivalent for. 2. To take from another for one's own use; to adopt from a foreign source; to appropriate; to…Bōr'rŏw, n. p. 153A borrowing; the act of borrowing. [Obs.] Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. Shak. 2. A pledge; cost; expense. [Rare.] “With bail nor borrow.” Spenser. “Ye may retain as…Bōr'rōw-er, n. p. 153One who borrows. “Neither a borrower nor a lender be.” Shak. 2. One who takes what belongs to another to use as his own.Bōrs'-hōld'er, n. p. 153(Law.) The head or chief of a tithing, or burg of ten men; the head-borough. Lambert. Spelman.Bôrt, n. p. 153The small fragments removed from diamonds in cutting, when too small for jewelry;— used to make diamond powder for lapidary work. Tomlinson.Bō'ru-ret, n. p. 153(Chem.) A combination of boron with a simple body.Bōs, n. p. 153(Zoöl.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, distinguished from other genera of the same order by a stout body, short, thick limbs, hollow horns, and a large fold of the skin hanging from the neck. Dana.Bō'sā, n. p. 153A drink, used in the East, prepared from fermented millet-seed, with the mixture of certain substances to make it astringent. [Written also bouza.]Bōs'cage, n. p. 153Wood; underwood; lands covered with underwood; a thicket; thick foliage. “The somber boscage of the wood.” Tennyson. 2. (Old Law.) Food or sustenance for cattle yielded by bushes and trees. Cowell.…Bōsh, n. p. 153More show; hence, empty talk; nonsense; folly. [Colloq.] 2. Outline; figure. Chalmers.Bŏsh'bŏk, n. p. 153(Zoöl.) A kind of antelope in South Africa.Bōsh'es, n. pl. p. 153In a blast-furnace, the lower part of the shaft sloping downward from the belly, or widest part, to the hearth. Ure.Bōsk, n. p. 153A thicket or small forest. Tennyson.Bōs'ket or Bōs'quet or Bŭs'ket, n. p. 153(Gardening.) A grove; a compartment formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.Bōsk'y, a. p. 153Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton.