BOOLEY
BOO'LEY, noun In Ireland, one who has not settled habitation, but wanders from place to place, with his flocks and herds, living on their milk, like the Tartars.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BOOM
BOOM, noun A long pole or spar, run out from various parts of a ship, or other vessel, for the purpose of extending the bottom of particular sails; as the jib-boom, studding-sai...
BOON
BOON, noun [Latin bonus.]1. A gift; a grant; a benefaction; a present; a favor granted.2. A prayer, or petition.BOON, adjective [Latin bonus.] Gay; merry; kind; bountiful; as a ...
BOOPS
BO'OPS, noun The pike-headed whale, with a double pipe in its snout, and a hard horny ridge on its back; so names from its sharp pointed nose.
BOOR
BOOR, noun A countryman; a peasant; a rustic; a plowman; a clown; hence, one who is rude in manners, and illiterate.
BOORISH
BOOR'ISH, adjective Clownish; rustic; awkward in manners, and illiterate.
BOORISHLY
BOOR'ISHLY, adverb In a clownish manner.
BOORISHNESS
BOOR'ISHNESS, noun Clownishness; rusticity, coarseness of manners.
BOOSE
BOOSE, noun [Heb. a stall or crib.] A stall or inclosure for an ox, cow or other cattle. Not used or local.]BOOSE
BOOST
BOOST, verb transitive To lift or raise by pushing; to push up. [A common vulgar wood in noun England.]
BOOSY
BOO'SY, adjective boo'zy. A little intoxicated; merry with liquor. [Vulgar.]
BOOT
BOOT, verb transitive [Eng. but. The primary sense of the root is to advance, or carry forward.]1. To profit; to advantageIt shall not boot them.2. To enrich; to benefit.I will ...
BOOTCATCHER
BOOT'CATCHER, noun [boot and catch.] The person at an inn whose business is to pull off boots.
BOOTED
BOOT'ED, participle passive Having boots on.
BOOTEE
BOOTEE', noun A word sometimes used for a half or short boot.
BOOTES
BOO'TES, noun A northern constellation; consisting, according to Flamstead's catalogue, of fifty-four stars.
BOOTH
BOOTH, noun [Heb. beth, a house or booth a nest for birds.]A house or shed built of boards, boughs of trees, or other slight materials, for a temporary residence.BOOT'-HOSE, nou...
BOOTLEG
BOOT'LEG, noun [boot and leg.] Leather cutout for the leg of a boot.
BOOTLESS
BOOT'LESS, adjective [from boot.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.
BOOTLESSLY
BOOT'LESSLY, adverb Without use or profit.BOOT'-TOPPING, noun [boot and top.] The operation of cleansing a ship's bottom, near the surface of the water, by scraping off the gras...
BOOTY
BOOT'Y, noun1. Spoil taken from an enemy in war; plunder; pillage.2. That which is seized by violence and robbery.To play booty is to play dishonestly with an intent to lose.
BOOZE
BOOZE, verb intransitive booz. To drink freely; to tope; to guzzle. [A vulgar word.]
BOPEEP
BOPEE'P, noun [bo, an exclamation, and peep.] The act of looking out or from behind something and drawing back, as children in play, for the purpose of frightening each other.
BOR
BOR, Sav. bur, signifies a chamber or a cottage.BUR, noun1. A rough prickly covering of the seeds of certain plants, as of the chestnut, and burdock.2. A broad ring of iron behi...
BORABLE
BO'RABLE, adjective [See Bore.] That may be bored. [Little used.]
BORACHIO
BORACH'IO, noun A drunkard.1. A bottle or cask. [Not used.]
BORACIC
BORAC'IC, adjective [See Borax.] Pertaining to or produced from borax.Boracic acid, a compound of a peculiar base, boron, with oxygen. It is generally obtained from borax, by ad...