Webster's Dictionary 1913

4051

Borosilicate

Bo″ro‐sil″i‐cate (�), n. [Boron + silicate.] (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

4052

Borough

Bor″ough (�), n. [OE. burgh, burw, boru, port, town, burrow, AS. burh, burg; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg, OS. & D. burg, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc, G. burg, Goth. baúrgs; ...

4053

Borough (2)

Bor″ough, n. [See Borrow.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. (b) The pledge or surety thus gi...

4054

Borough-English

Bor″ough–Eng″lish (�), n.(Eng. Law) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have...

4055

Boroughhead

Bor″ough‐head′ (�), n. See Headborough.

4056

Boroughholder

Bor″ough‐hold″er (�), n. A headborough; a borsholder.

4057

Boroughmaster

Bor″ough‐mas″ter (�), n. [Cf. Burgomaster.] The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

4058

Boroughmonger

Bor″ough‐mon″ger (�), n. One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

4059

Boroughmongering

{ Bor″ough‐mon″ger‐ing, Bor″ough‐mon″ger‐y } (�), n. The practices of a boroughmonger.

4060

Borracho

Bor‐rach″o (�), n. See Borachio.

4061

Borrage

Bor″rage (�), n., Bor‐rag′i‐na″ceous (�), a., etc. See Borage, n., etc.

4062

Borrel

Bor″rel (�), n. [OF. burel a kind of coarse woolen cloth, fr. F. bure drugget. See Bureau. Rustic and common people dressed in this cloth, which was prob. so called from its col...

4063

Borrel (2)

Bor″rel, a. [Prob. from Borrel, n.] Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. Chaucer.

4064

Borrow

Bor″row (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Borrowed (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Borrowing.] [OE. borwen, AS. borgian, fr. borg, borh, pledge; akin to D. borg, G. borg; prob. fr. root of AS. beorga...

4065

Borrow (2)

Bor″row, n. 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.Sir W. Scott.2. The act of borrowing.Of your royal presence...

4066

Borrower

Bor″row‐er (�), n. One who borrows.Neither a borrower nor a lender be.Shak.

4067

Borsholder

Bors″hold′er (�), n. [OE. borsolder; prob. fr. AS. borg, gen. borges, pledge + ealdor elder. See Borrow, and Elder, a.] (Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (se...

4068

Bort

Bort (�), n. Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.

4069

Boruret

Bo″ru‐ret (�), n.(Chem.) A boride.

4070

Borwe

Bor″we (�), n. Pledge; borrow. Chaucer.

4071

Bos

‖Bos (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from th...

4072

Bosa

‖Bo″sa (�), n. [Ar. b�za, Pers. b�zah: cf. F. bosan.] A drink, used in the East. See Boza.

4073

Boscage

Bos″cage (�), n. [OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush.] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wood...

4074

Bosh

Bosh (�), n. [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.] Figure; outline; show.

4075

Bosh (2)

Bosh, n. Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

4076

Bosh (3)

Bosh, n.; pl.Boshes (�). [Cf. G. böschung a slope.]1. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a ...

4077

Boshbok

‖Bosh″bok (�), n. [D. bosch wood + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.