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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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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.Bŏt'ry-oid or Bŏt'ry-oid'al, a. p. 154Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences. Dana.Bōts or Bōtts, n. pl. p. 154(Entom.) Small worms found in the intestines of horses. ☞ They are the larves of the bot-fly, breese-fly, or gad-fly, of the family Œstridæ, which deposits its eggs upon the hair, generally of the…Bōt'tle, n. p. 154A hollow vessel of glass, earthen-ware, wood, leather, or other material, with a narrow mouth, for holding and carrying liquors. 2. The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains. A bottle of…Bŏt'tle, v. t. p. 154To inclose in bottles; as, to bottle wine or porter.Bŏt'tle-āle, n. p. 154Bottled ale. Shak.Bŏt'tle-com-pān'ion, n. p. 154A friend or companion.Bŏt'tle-friend, n. p. 154A companion in drinking.Bŏt'tled, p. a. p. 154Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles. 2. Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. Shak.Bŏt'tle-flow-er, n. p. 154(Bot.) A plant, the Centaurea cyanus, or blue-bottle.Bŏt'tle-gláss, n. p. 154A coarse, green glass, used in the manufacture of bottles. Ure.Bŏt'tle-gōurd, n. p. 154(Bot.) The common gourd, Cucurbita lagenaria, a plant of the squash family or Cucurbitaceae.Bŏt'tle-gráss, n. p. 154(Bot.) A grass, the Setaria viridis; — called also green foxtail.Bŏt'tle-green, n. p. 154A dark shade of green, like that of a green glass bottle.Bŏt'tle-hōld-er, n. p. 154One who aids a boxer, by giving him attention, as wiping off the blood, &c., between the rounds. [Low.]Bŏt'tle-nōsed, a. p. 154Having a nose bottle-shaped.Bŏt'tle-screw, n. p. 154A screw to draw corks out of bottles; a cork-screw. Swift.Bŏt'tling, n. p. 154The act of inclosing in bottles.Bŏt'tom, n. p. 154The lowest part of any thing; as, the bottom of a well, vat, or ship; the bottom of a hill or lane. “To dive into the bottom of the deep.” Shak. 2. That upon which any thing rests or is founded, in a…Bŏt'tom, v. t. p. 154To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; followed by on or upon. Action is supposed to be bottomed upon principle. Atterbury. Those false and deceiving grounds upon which many bottom their…Bŏt'tom, v. i. p. 154To rest upon, as its ultimate support; to be based. Find on what foundation a proposition bottoms. Locke.Bŏt'tom-glāde, n. p. 154A low glade or open place; a valley; a dale. Tending my flocks hard by i' the hilly crofts That brow this bottom-glade. Milton.Bŏt'tom-grāss, n. p. 154(Bot.) Grass growing on bottom lands. Shak.Bŏt'tom-lānd, n. p. 154See BOTTOM, No. 3.Bŏt'tom-less, a. p. 154Without a bottom; hence, fathomless, whose bottom can not be found by sounding; as, a bottomless abyss or ocean. “Bottomless speculations.” Burke.Bŏt'tom-ry, n. p. 154(Mar. Law.) A contract by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if…Bōt'ton-y, a. p. 154(Her.) Having a bud or button at the end; furnished with knobs or buttons. Cross bottony (Her.), a cross having each arm terminating in three buds, knots, or buttons, resembling, in some measure, the…Bo-tū'li-fōrm, a. p. 154(Bot.) Having the form of a sausage.Bou'doir, n. p. 154A small room or cabinet, where one may retire to be alone, or to receive intimate friends; a lady's private room. Bescherelle.Bouge, v. i. p. 154To swell out; to bilge. [Obs.] “Their ship bouged.” Hakluyt.Bouge, n. p. 154An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers and servants in a palace, or at court; food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombard-man that brought bouge…Bou'get, n. p. 154(Her.) The representation of a vessel for carrying water. Wright.Bough, n. p. 154An arm or large branch of a tree. ’Twas all her joy the ripened fruits to tend, And see the boughs with happy burdens bend. Pope.Bought, imp. & p. p. p. 154of buy. See BUY.Bought or Bout, n. p. 154A twist; a link; a knot; a flexure, or bend. Milton. Browne. 2. The part of a sling that contains the stone.Bought'en, a. p. 154Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.Bôught'y, a. p. 154Bending. [Obs.] Sherwood.