BOTS
BOTS, noun Generally used in the plural.A species of small worms found in the intestines of horses. They are the larvas of a species of OEstrus or gad-fly, which deposits its eg...
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BOTTLE
BOT'TLE, noun1. A hollow vessel of glass, wood, leather or other material, with a narrow mouth, for holding and carrying liquors. The oriental nations use skins or leather for t...
BOTTLE-ALE
BOT'TLE-ALE, noun Bottled ale.
BOTTLE-COMPANION
BOT'TLE-COMPANIONBOT'TLE-FLOWER, noun A plant, the cyanus, or blue bottle, a species of Centaurea.
BOTTLE-FRIEND
BOT'TLE-FRIEND, noun A friend or companion in drinking.
BOTTLE-SCREW
BOT'TLE-SCREW, noun A screw to draw corks out of bottles.
BOTTLED
BOT'TLED, participle passive Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles.1. Having a protuberant belly.
BOTTLING
BOT'TLING, participle present tense Putting into bottles.BOT'TLING, noun The act of putting into bottles and corking.
BOTTOM
BOT'TOM, noun1. The lowest part of any thing; as the bottom of a well, vat or ship; the bottom of a hill.2. The ground under any body of water; as the bottom of the sea, of a ri...
BOTTOMED
BOT'TOMED, participle passive Furnished with a bottom; having a bottomThis word is often used in composition, as a flat-bottomed boat, in which case the compound becomes an adje...
BOTTOMING
BOT'TOMING, participle present tense Founding; building upon; furnishing with a bottom.
BOTTOMLESS
BOT'TOMLESS, adjective Without a bottom; applied to water, caverns etc., it signified fathomless, whose bottom cannot be found by sounding; as a bottomless abyss or ocean.
BOTTOMRY
BOT'TOMRY, noun [from bottom.] The act of borrowing money, and pledging the keel or bottom of the ship, that is, the ship itself, as security for the repayment of the money. The...
BOTTONY
BOT'TONY, noun [from the same root as bud, button.]In heraldry, a cross bottony terminates at each end in three buds, knots or buttons, resembling in some measure the three-leav...
BOUCHET
BOUCHET', noun A sort of pear.
BOUD
BOUD, noun An insect that breeds in malt or other grain; called also a weevil.
BOUGE
BOUGE, verb intransitive booj. To swell out. [Little used.]BOUGE, noun Provisions. [Not in use.]
BOUGH
BOUGH, noun bou. The branch of a tree; applied to a branch of size, not to a small shoot.
BOUGHHTY
BOUGHHT'Y, adjective baw'ty. Bending.
BOUGHT
BOUGHT, bast, preterit tense and participle passive of buy. [See Buy.]BOUGHT, noun bawt.1. A twist; a link; a knot; a flexure, or bend.2. The part of a sling that contains the s...
BOUGIE
BOUGIE, noun boogee'.In Surgery, a long slender instrument, that is introduced through the urethra into the bladder, to remove obstructions. It is usually made of slips of waxed...
BOUILLON
BOUILLON, noun Broth; soup.
BOULDER-WALL
BOULDER-WALL, noun [rather bowlder-wall. See Bowlder.]A wall built of round flints or pebbles laid in a strong mortar, used where the sea has a beach cast up, or where there is ...
BOULET
BOULET', noun [from the root of ball, or bowl.]In the manege, a horse is so called, when the fetlock or pastern joint bends forward, and out of its natural position.
BOULT
BOULT, an incorrect orthography. [See Bolt.]
BOULTIN
BOULTIN, noun [from the root of bolt.]In architecture, a molding, the convexity of which is just one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the plinth in the Tuscan and D...
BOUNCE
BOUNCE, verb intransitive1. To leap or spring; to fly or rush out suddenly.Out bounced the mastiff.2. To spring or leap against any thing, so as to rebound; to beat or thump by ...