Webster's Dictionary 1913

4186

Bouge (2)

Bouge, v. t. To stave in; to bilge. Holland.

4187

Bouge (3)

Bouge, n. [F. bouche mouth, victuals.] Bouche (see Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions.made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted.....

4188

Bouget

Bou″get (�), n. [Cf. F. bougette sack, bag. Cf. Budget.] (Her.) A charge representing a leather vessel for carrying water; — also called water bouget.

4189

Bough

Bough (�), n. [OE. bogh, AS. bōg, bōh, bough, shoulder; akin to Icel. bōgr shoulder, bow of a ship, Sw. bog, Dan. bov, OHG. buog, G. bug, and to Gr.� (for �) forearm, Skr. bāhu ...

4190

Bought

Bought (�), n. [Cf. Dan. bugt bend, turning, Icel. bug�a. Cf. Bight, Bout, and see Bow to bend.]1. A flexure; a bend; a twist; a turn; a coil, as in a rope; as the boughts of a ...

4191

Bought (2)

Bought (�), imp. & p. p. of Buy.

4192

Bought (3)

Bought, p. a. Purchased; bribed.

4193

Boughten

Bought″en (�), a. Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.

4194

Boughty

Bought″y (�), a. Bending. Sherwood.

4195

Bougie

‖Bou‐gie″ (�), n. [F. bougie wax candle, bougie, fr. Bougie, Bugia, a town of North Africa, from which these candles were first imported into Europe.]1. (Surg.) A long, flexible...

4196

Bougie décimale

‖Bou‐gie″ dé′ci′male″ (?). A photometric standard used in France, having the value of one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly less than a British standard can...

4197

Bouilli

‖Bou′illi″ (�), n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] (Cookery) Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon...

4198

Bouillon

‖Bou′illon″ (�), n. [F., fr. bouillir to boil.] 1. A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.2. (Far.) An excrescence on a ho...

4199

Bouk

Bouk (bo͞ok), n. [AS. būc belly; akin to G. bauch, Icel. būkr body.]1. The body. Chaucer.2. Bulk; volume.

4200

Boul

Boul (bo͞ol), n. A curved handle. Sir W. Scott.

4201

Boulangerite

Bou‐lan″ger‐ite (�), n. [From Boulanger, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a su...

4202

Boulangism

Bou‐lan″gism (?), n. [F. boulangisme.] The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of...

4203

Boulder

Boul″der (bōl″dẽr), n. Same as Bowlder.

4204

Bouldery

Boul″der‐y (�), a. Characterized by bowlders.

4205

Boule

{ Boule (�), Boule″work′ } (�), n. Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

4206

Boule (2)

Bou″le (?), n. 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A legislative council of elders or chiefs; a senate. The boule of Homeric times was an aristocratic body of princes and leaders, merely advisory t...

4207

Boulevard

‖Bou″le‐vard′ (�), n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark.]1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.2. A public walk or street o...

4208

Boulevardier

‖Boule′var′dier″ (?), n. A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison.

4209

Bouleversement

‖Boule′verse′ment″ (�), n. [F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow.] Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

4210

Boult

Boult (bōlt), n. Corrupted form Bolt.

4211

Boultel

{ Boul″tel (�), Boul″tin } (�), n.(Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric cap...

4212

Boulter

Boul″ter (�), n. A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.