BORON
BO'RON, noun The undecomposable base of boracic acid.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BOROUGH
BOROUGH, noun bur'ro. [Latin parcus, saving.] Originally, a fortified city or town; hence a hill, for hills were selected for places of defense. But in later times, the term cit...
BOROUGH-HOLDER
BOROUGH-HOLDER, noun A head-borough; a borsholder.
BOROUGH-MASTER
BOROUGH-MASTER, noun The mayor, governor or baliff of a borough.
BORRACHIO
BORRACH'IO, noun The caoutchouc, India rubber, or elastic gum. [See caoutchouc.]
BORRELISTS
BOR'RELISTS, noun In church history, a sect of Christians in Holland, so called from Borrel, their founder, who reject the use of the sacraments, public prayer and all external ...
BORROW
BOR'ROW, verb transitive1. To take from another by request and consent, with a view to use the thing taken for a time, and return it, or if the thing taken is to be consumed or ...
BORROWED
BOR'ROWED, participle passive Taken by consent of another, to be returned or its equivalent in kind; copies; assumed.
BORROWER
BOR'ROWER, noun One who borrows; opposed to lender. [See the verb.]1. One who takes what belongs to another to use as one's own.
BORROWING
BOR'ROWING, participle present tense Taking by consent to use and return, or to return its equivalent; taking what belongs to another to use as one's own; copying; assuming; imi...
BORSHOLDER
BORS'HOLDER, noun [A contraction of burh's ealdor, borough's elder, the elder or chief of a borough.]The head or chief of a tithing or burg of ten men;; the head-borough.
BOS
BOS, noun [Latin] In zoology, the technical name of a genus of quadrupeds. The characters are, the horns are hollow within and turned outward in the form of crescents; there are...
BOSCAGE
BOSC'AGE, noun [Eng.bush.]1. Wood; under-wood; perhaps, sometimes, lands covered with underwood; also, a thicket.2. In old laws, food or sustenance for cattle, which is yielded ...
BOSCHAS
BOS'CHAS, noun The common wild duck, or mallard, belonging to the genus Anas.
BOSH
BOSH, noun Outline; figure.
BOSKET
BOSK'ETBOSK'Y, adjective [See Boscage.] Woody; covered with thickets.
BOSKY
BOSK'Y, a. [See Boscage.] Woody; covered with thickets.
BOSOM
BO'SOM, noun s as z.1. The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent.2. The folds or covering of clothes about the breast.Put thy hand in thy bosom Exodus 4:6.3. Embrace, a...
BOSOMED
BO'SOMED, participle passive Inclosed in the breast; concealed.
BOSON
BO'SON, noun A boatswain; a popular, but corrupt pronunciation.The merry bosom.
BOSPORIAN
BOSPO'RIAN, adjective [from Bosporus.] Pertaining to a bosporus, a strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a sea and a lake.The Alans forced the bosporian kings to pay them tr...
BOSPORUS
BOS'PORUS, noun [Gr. an ox, and a passage.]A narrow sea or a strait, between two seas or between a sea and a lake, so called, it is supposed, as being an ox-passage, a strait ov...
BOSQUET
BOS'QUETBOSS, noun1. A stud or knob; a protuberant ornament, of silver, ivory, or other material, used on bridles, harness, etc.2. A protuberant part; a prominence; as the boss ...
BOSS
BOSS, n.1. A stud or knob; a protuberant ornament, of silver, ivory, or other material, used on bridles, harness, &c.2. A protuberant part; a prominence; as the boss of a buckle...
BOSSAGE
BOSS'AGE, noun1. A stone in a building which has a projecture, and is laid rough, to be afterwards carved into moldings, capitals, coats of arms, etc.2. Rustic work, consisting ...
BOSSED
BOSS'ED, participle passive Studded; ornamented with bosses.
BOSSIVE
BOSS'IVE, adjective Crooked; deformed.