Webster's Dictionary 1828

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BOURGEON

BOUR'GEON, verb intransitive bur'jun. To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth as a branch.

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BOURN

BOURN, rather BORNE, noun1. A bound; a limit.That undiscovered country, from whose bournNo traveller returns.-------2. A brook; a torrent; a rivulet. [In this sense obsolete; bu...

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BOURNONITE

BOURNONITE, noun Antimonial sulphuret of lead.BOUSE

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BOUSE

BOUSE, verb intransitive booz. To drink hard; to guzzle. [Vulgar.]

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BOUSY

BOUS'Y, adjective booz'y. Drunken; intoxicated. [Vulgar.]

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BOUT

BOUT, noun A turn; as much of an action as is performed at one time; a single part of an action carried on at successive intervals; essay; attempt.BOUT, noun [Latin bibo.] We us...

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BOUTADE

BOUTA'DE, noun [Eng.put.] Properly, a start; hence, a whim. [Not English.]

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BOUTEFEU

BOUTEFEU, noun An incendiary; a make-bate. [Not English.]

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BOUTISALE

BOUTISALE, noun A cheap sale; or according to others, a sale by a lighted match, during the burning of which a man may bid. [Not used.]

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BOVATE

BO'VATE, noun [In Law Latin bovata, from bos, bovis, an ox.]An ox-gate, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; Cowell says 28 acres.

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BOVEY-COAL

BO'VEY-COAL, noun Brown lignite, an inflammable fossil, resembling, in many of its properties, bituminous wood. Its structure is a little slaty; its cross fracture, even or conc...

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BOVINE

BO'VINE, adjective [Los Latin bovinus, from bos, bovis, an ox.]Pertaining to oxen and cows, or the quadrupeds of the genus bos.This animal is the strongest and fiercest of the b...

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BOW

BOW, verb transitive1. To bend; to inflect; as, to bow vines.2. To bend the body in token of respect or civility; as, to bow the head.3. To bend or incline towards, in condescen...

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BOW-BEARER

BOW-BEARER, noun [bos and bear.] An under officer of the forest, whose duty is to inform of trespasses.

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BOW-BENT

BOW-BENT, adjective [bow and bend.] Crooked.

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BOW-DYE

BOW-DYE, noun A kind of scarlet color, superior to madder, but inferior to the true scarlet grain for fixedness, and duration; first used at Bow, near London.BOW'-GRACE, noun In...

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BOW-HAND

BOW-HAND, noun [bow and hand.] The hand that draws a bow.

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BOW-LEGGED

BOW-LEGGED, adjective [bow and leg.] Having crooked legs.

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BOW-SHOT

BOW-SHOT, noun [bow and shot.] The space which an arrow may pass when shot from a bow. Genesis 21:16.

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BOW-STRING

BOW-STRING, noun [bow and string.] The string of a bow.

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BOW-WINDOW

BOW-WINDOW. [See Bay-window.]

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BOWABLE

BOW'ABLE, adjective Of a flexible disposition. [Not in use.]

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BOWED

BOW'ED, participle passive Bent; crushed; subdued.BOWED, participle passive Bent; like a bow.

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BOWEL

BOW'EL, verb transitive To take out the bowels; to eviscerate; to penetrate the bowels.

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BOWELLESS

BOW'ELLESS, adjective Without tenderness of pity.

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BOWELS

BOW'ELS, nounplural1. The intestines of an animal; the entrails, especially of man. The heart. 2 Corinthians 6:12.2. The interior part of any thing; as the bowels of the earth.3...

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BOWER

BOW'ER, noun [from bow.] An anchor carried at the bow of a ship. There are generally two bowers, called first and second, great and little, or best and small.BOW'ER, noun1. A sh...