BOGGLER
BOG'GLER, noun A doubter; a timorous man.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BOGGLING
BOG'GLING, participle present tense Starting or stopping at difficulties; hesitating.
BOGGLISH
BOG'GLISH, adjective Doubtful. [Not used.]
BOGGY
BOG'GY, adjective [from bog.] Containing bogs; full of bogs.
BOGHOUSE
BOG'HOUSE, noun [bog and house.] A house of office.BOG'-LAND, adjective [bog and land.] Living in or pertaining to a marshy country.
BOGLE
BO'GLE, or BOG'GLE, noun A bugbear.
BOHEA
BOHE'A, noun A species of coarse or low priced tea from China; a species of black tea.
BOIAR
BOI'AR or BOY'AR, noun In the Russian Empire, a nobleman; a lord; a person of quality; a soldier. This word answers nearly to Baron in Great Britain, and other countries in the ...
BOIARIN
BOI'ARIN, noun In Russia, a gentleman; a person of distinction; the master of a family.
BOIL
BOIL, verb intransitive [Latin bullio, bulla, a bubble.]1. To swell, heave, or be agitated by the action of heat; to bubble; to rise in bubbles; as, the water boils. In a chimic...
BOILED
BOIL'ED, participle passive Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of boiling liquor.
BOILER
BOIL'ER, noun A person who boils.1. A vessel in which any thing is boiled. A large pan, or vessel of iron, copper or brass, used in distilleries, pot-ash works and the like, for...
BOILERY
BOIL'ERY, noun A place for boiling and the apparatus.
BOILING
BOIL'ING, participle present tense Bubbling; heaving in bubbles; being agitated as boiling liquor; swelling with heat, ardor or passion; dressing or preparing for some purpose b...
BOIOBI
BOIO'BI, noun A green snake, found in America, an ell in length, called by the Portuguese, cobra de verb. It is harmless, unless provoked; but its bite is noxious.
BOISTEROUS
BOIS'TEROUS, adjective1. Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; as a boisterous wind.2. Turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; as a boisterous man.3. Large; unwieldy; huge; clumsily vi...
BOISTEROUSLY
BOIS'TEROUSLY, adverb Violently; furiously; with loud noise; tumultuously.
BOISTEROUSNESS
BOIS'TEROUSNESS, noun The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.
BOITIAPO
BOITI'APO, noun A Brazilian serpent, about eight feet long, covered with triangular scales, of an olive or yellowish color, whose bite is mortal.
BOLARY
BO'LARY, adjective [See Bole.] Pertaining to bole or clay, or partaking of its nature and qualities.
BOLBITINE
BOL'BITINE, adjective An epithet given to one of the channels of the Nile, by which its waters are discharged into the Mediterranean. It is the second from West to East, but nea...
BOLD
BOLD, adjective1. Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, bold as a lion.2. Requiring courage in the execution; executed with spirit ...
BOLD-FACE
BOLD-FACE, noun [bold and face.] Impudence; sauciness; a term of reprehension, and reproach.
BOLD-FACED
BOLD-FACED, adjective Impudent.
BOLDEN
BOLDEN, verb transitive To make bold; to give confidence. This is nearly disused; being superseded by embolden.
BOLDLY
BOLDLY, adverb In a bold matter; courageously; intrepidly; without timidity or fear; with confidence. Sometimes, perhaps, in a bad sense, for impudently.
BOLDNESS
BOLDNESS, noun Courage; bravery; intrepidity; spirit; fearlessness. I cannot, with Johnson, interpret this word by fortitude or magnanimity. boldness does not, I think, imply th...