Webster's Dictionary 1828

1972

BOBBINWORK

BOB'BINWORK, noun [bobbin and work.] Work woven with bobbins.BOB'-CHERRY, noun [bob and cherry.] Among children, a play in which a cherry is hung so as to bob against the mouth.

1973

BOBO

BO'BO, noun A Mexican fish, two feet long, in high esteem for food.

1974

BOBSTAYS

BOB'STAYS, noun [bob and stay.] Ropes to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem.

1975

BOBTAIL

BOB'TAIL, noun [bob and tail.] A short tail, or a tail cut short.1. The rabble; used in contempt.

1976

BOCAQUE

BOCAQUE or BOCAKE, noun An animal found on the banks of the Nieper, resembling a rabbit, except that its ears are shorter, and it has no tail.

1977

BOCASINE

BOC'ASINE, noun A sort of fine linen or buckram.

1978

BOCE

BOCE, noun The sparus, a beautiful fish.

1979

BOCKELET

BOCK'ELETBOCK'ERET, noun A kind of long-winged hawk.

1980

BOCKERET

BOCK'ERET, n. A kind of long-winged hawk.

1981

BOCKLAND

BOCK'LAND, noun [book and land.] In old English laws, charter land, held by deed under certain rents and free-services, which differed nothing from free socage lands. This speci...

1982

BODE

BODE, verb transitive To portend; to foreshow; to presage; to indicate something future by signs; to be the omen of; most generally applied to things; as, our vices bode evil to...

1983

BODEMENT

BO'DEMENT, noun An omen; portent; prognostic; a fore-showing.

1984

BODGE

BODGE, verb intransitive [See Boggle.] To boggle; to stop. [Not used.]BODGE, noun A botch. [Not used.]

1985

BODICE

BOD'ICE, noun Stays; a waistcoat, quilted with whalebone; worn by women.

1986

BODIED

BOD'IED, adjective [from body.] Having a body.

1987

BODILESS

BOD'ILESS, adjective [See Body.] Having no body or material form; incorporeal.

1988

BODILY

BOD'ILY, adjective Having or containing a body or material form; corporeal; as bodily dimensions.1. Relating or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind; as bodily d...

1989

BODING

BO'DING, participle present tense [from bode.] Foreshowing; presaging.BO'DING, noun An omen.

1990

BODKIN

BOD'KIN, noun [Gr.a thorn.]1. An instrument of steel; bone, ivory or the like, with a small blade, and a sharp point, for making holes by piercing. A like instrument with an eye...

1991

BODLEIAN

BOD'LEIAN, adjective Pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, who founded a celebrated library in the 16th century.

1992

BODY

BOD'Y, noun1. The frame of an animal; the material substance of an animal, in distinction from the living principle of beasts, and the soul of man.Be not anxious for your body2....

1993

BODY-CLOTHES

BOD'Y-CLOTHES, nounplural [body and cloth.]Clothing or covering for the body, as for a horse.

1994

BODY-GUARD

BOD'Y-GUARD, noun The guard that protects or defense the person; the life guard. Hence, security.

1995

BOG

BOG, noun1. A quagmire covered with grass or other plants. It is defined by marsh, and morass, but differs from a marsh, as a part from the whole. Wet grounds are bogs, which ar...

1996

BOG-ORE

BOG'-ORE, noun An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land.BOG'-RUSH, noun [bog and rush.] A rush that grows in bogs, the Schoenus.1. A bird, a species of warbler, of the size ...

1997

BOGGLE

BOG'GLE, verb intransitive1. To doubt; to hesitate; to stop, as if afraid to proceed, or as if impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to play fast and loose. We boggle at every unu...

1998

BOGGLED

BOG'GLED, participle passive Perplexed and impeded by sudden difficulties; embarrassed.