Webster's Dictionary 1913

3565

Boastless

Boast″less, a. Without boasting or ostentation.

3566

Boat

Boat (�), n. [OE. boot, bat, AS. bāt; akin to Icel. bātr, Sw. båt, Dan. baad, D. & G. boot. Cf. Bateau.]1. A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles,...

3567

Boat (2)

Boat (bōt), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Boated; p. pr. & vb. n.Boating.] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.To boat the oars. See under ...

3568

Boat (3)

Boat, v. i. To go or row in a boat.I boated over, ran my craft aground.Tennyson.

3569

Boat bug

Boat″ bug′ (�). (Zoöl.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; — so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also ...

3570

Boat shell

Boat″ shell′ (�). (Zoöl.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of...

3571

Boat-shaped

Boat″–shaped′ (�), a.(Bot.) See Cymbiform.

3572

Boat-tail

Boat″–tail′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.

3573

Boatable

Boat″a‐ble (�), a. 1. Such as can be transported in a boat.2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.The boatable waters of the Alleghany.J. Morse.

3574

Boatage

Boat″age (�), n. Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.

3575

Boatbill

Boat″bill′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) 1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.2. A perching b...

3576

Boatful

Boat″ful (�), n.; pl.Boatfuls. The quantity or amount that fills a boat.

3577

Boathouse

Boat″house′ (�), n. A house for sheltering boats.Half the latticed boathouse hides.Wordsworth.

3578

Boating

Boat″ing, n. 1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in ...

3579

Boation

Bo‐a″tion (�), n. [L. boatus, fr. boare to roar.] A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.The guns were heard... about a hundred Italian miles, in long boations.Derham.

3580

Boatman

Boat″man (�), n.; pl.Boatmen (�). 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.As late the boatman hies him home.Percival.2. (Zoöl.) A boat bug. See Boat bug.

3581

Boatmanship

Boat″man‐ship, n. The art of managing a boat.

3582

Boatsman

Boats″man (�), n. A boatman.

3583

Boatswain

Boat″swain (�), n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the...

3584

Boatwoman

Boat″wom′an (�), n.; pl.Boatwomen (�). A woman who manages a boat.

3585

Bob

Bob (�), n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast,...

3586

Bob (2)

Bob (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bobbed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See Bob, n.] 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. “He bobb...

3587

Bob (3)

Bob, v. i. 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. “Bobbing and courtesying.” Thackeray.2. To angle with a bob....

3588

Bob wig

Bob″ wig′ (�). A short wig with bobs or short curls; — called also bobtail wig. Spectator.

3589

Bob-cherry

Bob″–cher′ry (�), n. A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.

3590

Bobac

‖Bo″bac (�), n.(Zoöl.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).

3591

Bobance

Bo‐bance″ (�), n. [OF. bobance, F. bombance, boasting, pageantry, fr. L. bombus a humming, buzzing.] A boasting. Chaucer.