Both-hands
Both″–hands′ (�), n. A factotum.He is his master's both-hands, I assure you.B. Jonson.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bother
Both″er (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bothered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Bothering.] [Cf. Ir. buaidhirt trouble, buaidhrim I vex.] To annoy; to trouble; to worry; to perplex. See Pother.☞ T...
Bother (2)
Both″er, v. i. To feel care or anxiety; to make or take trouble; to be troublesome.Without bothering about it.H. James.
Bother (3)
Both″er, n. One who, or that which, bothers; state of perplexity or annoyance; embarrassment; worry; disturbance; petty trouble; as, to be in a bother.
Botheration
Both′er‐a″tion (�), n. The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.
Botherer
Both″er‐er (�), n. One who bothers.
Bothersome
Both″er‐some (�), a. Vexatious; causing bother; causing trouble or perplexity; troublesome.
Bothie
Both″ie (�), n. Same as Bothy.
Bothnian
{ Both″ni‐an (�), Both″nic (�), } a. Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea.
Bothrenchyma
‖Both‐ren″chy‐ma (�), n. [Gr. � pit + � something poured in. Formed like parenchyma.] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
Bothy
{ Both″y (�) Booth″y } (�) n.; pl.-ies (�) [Scottish. Cf. Booth.] A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hu...
Botocudos
‖Bo′to‐cu″dos (�), n. pl. [Pg. botoque stopple. So called because they wear a wooden plug in the pierced lower lip.] A Brazilian tribe of Indians, noted for their use of poisons...
Botryogen
Bot″ry‐o‐gen (�), n. [Gr. � cluster of grapes + -gen.] (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of iron of a deep red color. It often occurs in botryoidal form.
Botryoid
{ Bot″ry‐oid (�), Bot′ry‐oid″al (�), } a. [Gr. � cluster of grapes + -oid.] Having the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregatio...
Botryolite
Bot″ry‐o‐lite (�), n. [Gr. � cluster of grapes + -lite.] (Min.) A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
Botryose
Bot″ry‐ose′ (�), a.(Bot.) (a) Having the form of a cluster of grapes. (b) Of the racemose or acropetal type of inflorescence. Gray.
Bots
Bots (�), n. pl. [Cf. Gael. botus belly worm, boiteag maggot.] (Zoöl.) The larvæ of several species of botfly, especially those larvæ which infest the stomach, throat, or intest...
Bottine
Bot‐tine″ (�), n. [F. See Boot (for the foot.).]1. A small boot; a lady's boot.2. An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or p...
Bottle
Bot″tle (�), n. [OE. bote, botelle, OF. botel, bouteille, F. bouteille, fr. LL. buticula, dim. of butis, buttis, butta, flask. Cf. Butt a cask.] 1. A hollow vessel, usually of g...
Bottle (2)
Bot″tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bottled (�) p. pr. & vb. n.Bottling (�).] To put into bottles; to inclose in, or as in, a bottle or bottles; to keep or restrain as in a bottle; as, ...
Bottle (3)
Bot″tle, n. [OE. botel, OF. botel, dim. of F. botte; cf. OHG. bozo bunch. See Boss stud.] A bundle, esp. of hay. Chaucer.Shak.
Bottle green
Bot″tle green′ (�) A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. — Bot″tle–green′, a.
Bottle-neck frame
Bot″tle–neck′ frame″. (Automobiles) An inswept frame.
Bottle-nose
Bot″tle–nose′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) 1. A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.2. The puffin.
Bottle-nosed
Bot″tle–nosed′ (–nōzd), a. Having the nose bottle-shaped, or large at the end. Dickens.
Bottled
Bot″tled (�), a. 1. Put into bottles; inclosed in bottles; pent up in, or as in, a bottle.2. Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. Shak.
Bottlehead
Bot″tle‐head′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; — called also bottle-nosed whale.☞ There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus Globiceph...