Boracite
Bo″ra‐cite (�), n.(Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Boracous
Bo″ra‐cous (�), a.(Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.
Borage
Bor″age (�), n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. �), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy l...
Boragewort
Bor″age‐wort′ (�), n. Plant of the Borage family.
Boraginaceous
Bo‐rag′i‐na″ceous (�), a.(Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous pla...
Boragineous
Bor′a‐gin″e‐ous (�), a.(Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.
Boramez
Bor″a‐mez (�), n. See Barometz.
Borate
Bo″rate (�), n. [From Boric.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Borax
Bo″rax (�), n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b�rag, fr. Pers. b�rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight al...
Borborygm
Bor″bo‐rygm (�), n. [F. borborygme, fr. Gr. �, fr. � to rumble in the bowels.] (Med.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Dunglison.
Bord
Bord (�), n. [See Board, n.] 1. A board; a table. Chaucer.2. (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
Bord (2)
Bord (�), n. See Bourd. Spenser.
Bord service
Bord″ serv′ice (�). [Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service.] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage.
Bordage
Bord″age (�), n. [LL. bordagium.] The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
Bordar
Bord″ar (�), n. [LL. bordarius, fr. borda a cottage; of uncertain origin.] A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.The cottar, the bordar, and the labor...
Bordeaux
Bor‐deaux″ (�), a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. — n. A claret wine from Bordeaux.
Bordeaux mixture
Bor‐deaux″ mix″ture. (Hort.) A fungicidal mixture composed of blue vitriol, lime, and water. The formula in common use is: blue vitriol, 6 lbs.; lime, 4 lbs.; water, 35 — 50 gal...
Bordel
{ Bor″del (�), Bor‐del″lo (�), } n. [F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board, n. See Board, n.] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a ho...
Bordelais
‖Bor′de‐lais″ (�), a. Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.
Bordeller
Bor″del‐ler (�), n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. Gower.
Border
Bor″der (�), n. [OE. bordure, F. bordure, fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board...
Border (2)
Bor″der, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bordered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bordering.] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; — with on or upon as, Connecticut borders...
Border (3)
Bor″der, v. t. 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.2. To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touch...
Bordereau
‖Bor′de‐reau″ (?), n.; pl. Bordereaux (#). A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.
Borderer
Bor″der‐er (�), n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region.Borderers of t...
Bordland
Bord″land′ (�), n. [Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + land.] (O. Eng. Law) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table....
Bordlode
Bord″lode′ (�), n. [Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + lode leading.] (O. Eng. Law) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. ...