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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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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.Bŏ'som, n. p. 153The breast of a human being; the part between the arms to which any thing is pressed by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak. 2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions…Bo'som, v. t. p. 153To inclose in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish intimately. Bosom up my counsel; you'll find it wholesome. Shak. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to unbosom. To happy…Bō'son, n. p. 153See BOATSWAIN. The merry bosom from his side His whistle takes. Dryden.Bos-pō'ri-an, a. p. 153(Geog.) Pertaining to a strait or narrow sea between two seas or a sea and a lake, particularly to the Thracian and the Cimmerian Bosporus. The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute…Bŏss, n. p. 153A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a bridle, harness, shield, ceiling, groined roof, &c.; a stud; a knob. 2. Any…Bōss, n. p. 153The master workman or superintendent. [U. S.] 2. Master; one who can beat and overcome another. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.Bōss, v. t. p. 153To cover or ornament with bosses; to stud. 2. To hold mastery over; to direct or superintend work; as, to boss the house. [Low.] Bartlett.Bōss, v. i. p. 153To be master; to rule. “To boss it over the crowd.” [Low.] Bartlett.Bōss'age, n. p. 153A stone in a building, having a projection, and laid rough, to be afterward carved into ornamental forms. Gwilt. 2. Rustic work, consisting of stones which advance beyond the level of the building…Bŏs'set, n. p. 153A rudimental antler of the male of the red deer.Bŏss'ĭve, a. p. 153Crooked; deformed. [Obs.] Osborne.Bŏss'y, a. p. 153Containing a boss; ornamented with bosses; studded. His head reclining on his bossy shield. Pope.Bŏss'y, n. p. 153A calf;—familiarly so called. Bartlett.Bos-wĕll'i-an, a. p. 153Relating to, or resembling, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.Bŏs'well-ism, n. p. 153The manner or style of Boswell.Bŏt, n. p. 153See BOTS.Bo-tăn'ic or Bo-tăn'ic-al, a. p. 153Pertaining to botany; relating to, or containing, plants. Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants, collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany.—Botanic…Bo-tān'ie-al-ly, adv. p. 153In a botanical manner; according to the system of botany.Bōt'an-ist, n. p. 153One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants or vegetables. Then spring the living herbs . . . beyond the power Of botanists to number up their tribes. Thomson.Bōt'a-nīze, v. i. p. 153To seek for plants for the purpose of botanical investigation. He could not obtain permission to botanize upon Mount Sabber. Niebuhr. Travs.Bŏt'a-nīz'ing, n. p. 153The seeking of plants for botanical purposes.Bōt'a-nōl'o-ǵer, n. p. 153One versed in botany; a botanist. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.Bŏt'a-nŏl'ō-gy, n. p. 153The science of botany. [Obs.] Bailey.Bŏt'a-no-mān'cy, n. p. 153An ancient species of divination by means of plants, especially sage and fig-leaves.Bŏt'a-ny, n. p. 153The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and…Bŏt'a-ny-Bāy Rĕs'in p. 153A resin of reddish-yellow color, resembling gamboge, the product of the grass tree (Xanthorrhoea pastilis) of Australia;—so called from the place whence it is brought. Baird.Bo-tär'go, n. p. 153A sort of cake or sausage, made of the roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink. Rabelais, Trans.Bōtch, n. p. 153A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection. Botches and blains must all his flesh emboss. Milton. 2. A patch, or part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner. 3. Work done in a…Bōtch, v. t. p. 153To mend or patch with a needle or an awl, in a clumsy manner, as a garment; to mend or repair awkwardly, as a system of government. Hudibras. 2. To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express…Bŏtch'er, n. p. 154A clumsy workman at mending; a mender of old clothes, whether a tailor or cobbler; a bungler. Let the botcher mend him; any thing that's mended is but patched. Shak.Bōtch'er-ly, a. p. 154Bungling; clumsy; awkward; uncouth. [Obs.]Bōtch'er-y, n. p. 154A botching, or that which is done by botching; clumsy workmanship. [Obs. or rare.]Bŏtch'y, a. p. 154Marked with botches; full of botches. “This botchy business.” Bp. Watson.Bōte, n. p. 154(Law.) (a.) Compensation; amends; satisfaction; as, man-bote, a compensation for a man slain. (b.) Payment of any kind. Bouvier. (c.) A privilege or allowance of necessaries. This word is still used…Bōte'less, a. p. 154In vain. See BOOTLESS.Bōt'-fly, n. p. 154(Entom.) An insect of the family Œstridæ, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals, as the horse, ox, and sheep, on which they deposit their eggs. The…Both (20), a. & pron. p. 154The one and the other; the two; the pair or couple, without exception of either. The next day, both morning and afternoon, he was kept by our party. Sidney. It is generally used adjectively with…Bōth, conj. p. 154It precedes the first of two co-ordinate words or phrases, and is followed by and before the other: both . . . and . . .; as well the one as the other; not only this, but also that; equally the…Bōth'er, v. t. p. 154To tease or perplex. See POTHER.Bōth'er, n. p. 154One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; as, to be in a bother. [Colloq.]Bŏth'er-ā'tion, n. p. 154The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance. [Low.]Bōth'-hănds, n. p. 154Factotum; indispensable aid. [Obs. and rare.] Do not mistake him; he is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson.Bōth'ni-an or Bōth'nie, a. p. 154(Geog.) Pertaining to Bothnia, a territory on the Baltic, or to a gulf of the same name on the same sea. Pinkerton.Bŏth'ro-dēn'dron, n. p. 154(Bot.) An extinct genus of plants of the coal era, related to the Lepidodendron. Dana.