Boxwood
Box″wood′ (�), n. The wood of the box (Buxus).
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Boy
Boy (�), n. [Cf. D. boef, Fries. boi, boy; akin to G. bube, Icel. bofi rouge.] A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.My only boy fell by the side o...
Boy (2)
Boy, v. t. To act as a boy; — in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.I shall seeSome squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness.Shak.
Boy (3)
Boy, n. In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race.He reverted again and again to the labor difficulty, a...
Boy scout
Boy scout. Orig., a member of the “Boy Scouts,” an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit o...
Boyar
{ Bo‐yar″ (�), Bo‐yard″ (�), } n. [Russ. boiárin'.] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania.☞ English ...
Boyau
‖Boy″au (�), n.; pl.Boyaux or Boyaus (�). [F. boyau gut, a long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See Bowel.] (Fort.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or co...
Boycott
Boy″cott′ (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Boycotted; p. pr. & vb. n.Boycotting.] [From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880.] To combine against (a landlor...
Boycott (2)
Boy″cott, n. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business...
Boycotter
Boy″cott′er (�), n. A participant in boycotting.
Boycottism
Boy″cott‐ism (�), n. Methods of boycotters.
Boydekin
Boy″de‐kin (�), n. A dagger; a bodkin.
Boyer
Boy″er (�), n. [D. boeijer; — so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: cf. F. boyer. See Buoy.] (Naut.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at e...
Boyhood
Boy″hood (�), n. [Boy + -hood.] The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy. Hood.
Boyish
Boy″ish, a. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.A boyish, odd conceit.Baillie.
Boyishly
Boy″ish‐ly, adv. In a boyish manner; like a boy.
Boyishness
Boy″ish‐ness, n. The manners or behavior of a boy.
Boyism
Boy″ism (�), n. 1. Boyhood. T. Warton.2. The nature of a boy; childishness. Dryden.
Boyle's law
Boyle's″ law′ (�). See under Law.
Boza
‖Bo″za (�), n. [See Bosa.] An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made...
Brabantine
Bra‐bant″ine (�), a. Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.
Brabble
Brab″ble (�), v. i. [D. brabbelen to talk confusedly. �95. Cf. Blab, Babble.] To clamor; to contest noisily.
Brabble (2)
Brab″ble, n. A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.This petty brabble will undo us all.Shak.
Brabblement
Brab″ble‐ment (�), n. A brabble. Holland.
Brabbler
Brab″bler (�), n. A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. Shak.
Braccate
Brac″cate (�), a. [L. bracatus wearing breeches, fr. bracae breeches.] (Zoöl.) Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.
Brace
Brace (�), n. [OF. brace, brasse, the two arms, embrace, fathom, F. brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms (stretched out), pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr. �.] 1. That which hold...