A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

One who, or that which, booms.

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.

The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns.

Same as Bumkin.

A small West African chevrotain (Hy/moschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

a remote and undeveloped area; -- sometimes used deprecatingly.

to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work.

Daniel Boone, a noted American frontiersman, 1734-1820.

A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.

See Bort.

To drink excessively. See Booze.

A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.

A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.

An instrument for regulating the electro-motive force in an alternating-current circuit; -- so called because used to /boost/, or raise, the pressure in the circuit.

Booty; spoil.

One who blacks boots.

Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

A half boot or short boot.

A northern constellation of stars near Ursa Major, containing the bright star Arcturus.

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.

To forage for booty; to plunder.

Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.

See Bothy.

A wooden hut or humble cot, esp. a rude hut or barrack for unmarried farm servants; a shepherd's or hunter's hut; a booth.

A little boot, legging, or gaiter.

A kind of torture. See Boot, n., 2.

A device for pulling off boots.

a long lace for fastening boots.

to sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol.

Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.

A toady; a bootlicker.

someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as he had no self-respect.

attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery.

One who makes boots.

A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

The act or process of daubing a vessel's bottom near the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

An instrument to stretch and widen the leg of a boot, consisting of two pieces, together shaped like a leg, between which, when put into the boot, a wedge is driven.

That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.

large tree (Heritiera trifoliolata or Terrietia trifoliolata) of Australasia.

A carouse; a drinking.

an occasion for heavy drinking.

drunk; intoxicated.

One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.

A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.

an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940).

The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.

Capable of being bored.

A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard.

Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.

A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Plant of the Borage family.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginace/) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

a genus of palm trees including the palmyra (Borassus flabellifer, formerly Borassus flabelliformis).

A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

mixed or impregnated with borax.

A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.

A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.

See Bourd.

The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.

A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.

Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. A claret wine from Bordeaux.

Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel.

a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution.

To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden.

A note or memorandum, esp. one containing an enumeration of documents.

having a border especially of a specified kind; sometimes used as a combining term; as, black-bordered handkerchief. Antonym of unbordered.

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 or region.

Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house.

A bordar; a tenant in bordage.

An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid.

A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

imp. of 1st 2d Bear.

a hole or passage made by a drill, especially one made for exploratory purposes.

Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

The north wind; -- usually a personification.

A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

tired of the world; bored with life.

The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.

Same as Bourr/e.

See Borrel.

The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).

One that bores; an instrument for boring.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.

A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.

The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.

Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.

Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.

A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.

A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.

A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic number 5. Atomic weight 10.81. Symbol B.

of or pertaining to boron.

A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other. The pledge or surety thus given.

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 no issue, to the youngest brother.

See Headborough.

A headborough; a borsholder.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.

The practices of a boroughmonger.

See Borachio.

See Borage, n., etc.

Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.

Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.

One who borrows.

a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.

a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.

a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.