BORACITE
BO'RACITE, noun Borate of magnesia; magnesian earth combined with boracic acid. It is generally of a cubic form, and remarkable for its electrical properties when heated.
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BORACITED
BO'RACITED, adjective Combined with boracic acid.BO'RACOUS ACID, noun The base of boracic acid, partially saturated with oxygen.
BORAGE
BORAGE, noun bur'rage. A plant of the genus Borago.
BORATE
BO'RATE, noun A salt formed by a combination of boracic acid with any base saturated.
BORAX
BO'RAX, noun Sub-borate of soda; a salt formed by the combination of boracic acid with the marine alkali or soda. It is brought from the East Indies, where it is said to be foun...
BORD-HALFPENNY
BORD-HALFPENNY, noun Money paid for setting up boards or a stall in market.
BORD-LAND
BORD-LAND, noun [bord and land.] See Board.]In old law, the demain land which a lord kept in his hands for the maintenance of his bord, board, or table.
BORD-LODE
BORD-LODEBORD-MAN, noun [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions.BORD'-RAGING, noun An incursion upon the borders of a country.BORD'-SERVICE,...
BORD-MAN
BORD-MAN, n. [bord and man.] A tenant of bord-land, who supplied his lord with provisions.
BORDAGE
BORDAGE, noun [See Bordland.]
BORDEL
BORD'ELBORD'ELLER, noun The keeper of a brothel.
BORDELLER
BORD'ELLER, n. The keeper of a brothel.
BORDELLO
BORDEL'LO, noun [This is the Eng. brothel.] A brothel; a bawdy-house; a house devoted to prostitution.
BORDER
BORD'ER, noun The outer edge of any thing; the extreme part or surrounding line; the confine or exterior limit of a country, or of any region or tract of land; the exterior part...
BORDERED
BORD'ERED, participle passive Adorned or furnished with a border.
BORDERER
BORD'ERER, noun 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.
BORDERING
BORD'ERING, participle present tense Lying adjacent to; forming a border.
BORDURE
BORD'URE, noun In heraldry, a tract or compass of metal, color or fur, within the escutcheon, and around it.
BORE
BORE, verb transitive [Latin foro and perforo, to bore to perforate; Gr. to pierce or transfix; also, to pass over, in which sense it coincides with ferry; Latin veru, from thru...
BORE-COLE
BO'RE-COLE, noun A species of Brassica or cabbage.
BOREAL
BO'REAL, adjective [Latin borealis. See Boreas.] Northern; pertaining to the north or the north wind.
BOREAS
BO'REAS, noun [Latin boreas; Gr. the north wind.] The northern wind; a cold northerly wind.
BORED
BO'RED, participle passive Perforated by an auger or other turning instrument; made hollow.
BOREE
BOREE', noun A certain dance, or movement in common time, of four crotchets in a bar; always beginning in the last quaver or last crotchet of the measure.
BORER
BO'RER, noun One who bores; also an instrument to make holes with by turning.1. Terebella, the piercer, a genus of sea worms, that pierce wood.
BORN
BORN, participle passive of bear. baurn. Brought forth, as an animal. A very useful distinction is observed by good authors, who, in the sense of produced or brought forth, writ...
BORNE
BORNE, participle passive of bear. Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed.BORNE, noun The more correct orthography of bourn, a limit or boundary. [See Bourn.]