Chapter L: Appendix: Vermiformis (29)

Defn: Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the same liquid under different pressures. For water, at the level of the sea, barometer 30 in., it is 212 º Fahrenheit; for alcohol, 172.96º; for ether, 94.8º; for mercury, about 675º. The boiling point of water is lowered one degree Fahrenheit for about 550 feet of ascent above the level of the sea. -- Boiling spring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser. -- To be at the boiling point, to be very angry. -- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]

BOILING Boil"ing, n.

1. The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.

2. Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.

BOILINGLY Boil"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With boiling or ebullition. And lakes of bitumen rise boiling higher. Byron.

BOIS D'ARC Bois" d'arc". Etym: [F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians.] (Bot.)

Defn: The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies. U. S. Census (1880).

BOIS DURCI Bois" dur`ci". Etym: [F., hardened wood.]

Defn: A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

BOIST Boist, n. Etym: [OF. boiste, F. boîte, from the same root as E. box.]

Defn: A box. [Obs.]

BOISTEROUS Bois"ter*ous, a. Etym: [OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.]

1. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] "Boisterous sword." "Boisterous hand." Shak.

2. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy. The waters swell before a boisterous storm. Shak. The brute and boisterous force of violent men. Milton.

3. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. I like not that loud, boisterous man. Addison.

4. Vehement; excessive. [R.] The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them. Woodward.

Syn. -- Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

BOISTEROUSLY Bois"ter*ous*ly, adv.

Defn: In a boisterous manner.

BOISTEROUSNESS Bois"ter*ous*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.

BOISTOUS Bois"tous, a.

Defn: Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Bois"tous*ly, adv. -- Bois"tous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BOJANUS ORGAN Bo*ja"nus or"gan. Etym: [From Bojanus, the discoverer.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

BOKADAM Bo"ka*dam`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Cerberus.

BOKE Boke, v. t. & i.

Defn: To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]

BOLAR Bo"lar, a. Etym: [See Bole clay.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

BOLAS Bo"las, n. sing. & pl. Etym: [Sp.]

Defn: A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.

BOLD Bold, a. Etym: [OE. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin to Icel. ballr, OHG. bald, MHG. balt, D. boud, Goth. bal boldness, It. baldo. In Ger. there remains only bald, adv. soon. Cf. Bawd, n.]

1. Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

2. Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous. "The bold design leased highly." Milton.

3. In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent. Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice. Shak.

4. Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in o composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold. "Bold tales." Waller. The cathedral church is a very bold work. Addison.

5. Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief. Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder. Dryden.

6. Steep; abrupt; prominent. Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears. Trumbull.

BOLD Bold, v. t.

Defn: To make bold or daring. [Obs.] Shak.

BOLD Bold, v. i.

Defn: To be or become bold. [Obs.]

BOLD EAGLE Bold eagle, (Zoöl.)

Defn: an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.

Syn. -- Courageous; daring; brave; intrepid; fearless; dauntless; valiant; manful; audacious; stouthearted; high-spirited; adventurous; confident; strenuous; forward; impudent.

BOLDEN Bold"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boldened. ]

Defn: To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.

BOLD-FACED Bold"-faced` (, a.

1. Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman. I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. Bramhall.

2. (Print.)

Defn: Having a conspicuous or heavy face.

Note: This line is bold-faced nonpareil.

BOLDLY Bold"ly, adv. Etym: [AS. bealdlice.]

Defn: In a bold manner.

BOLDNESS Bold"ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being bold.

Syn. -- Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood; assurance.

BOLDO; BOLDU Bol"do, Bol"du, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.

BOLE Bole, n. Etym: [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. bål, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge.]

Defn: The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it. Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson.

BOLE Bole, n. Etym: [Etym. doubtful.]

Defn: An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [Scot.] Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin. Sir W. Scott.

BOLE Bole, n.

Defn: A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer.

BOLE Bole, n. Etym: [Gr. a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and also L. bolus morsel. Cf. Bolus.]

1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.

2. A bolus; a dose. Coleridge. Armenian bole. See under Armenian. -- Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BOLECTION Bo*lec"tion, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.

BOLERO Bo*le"ro, n. Etym: [Sp.] (Mus.)

Defn: A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.

BOLETE bolete n.

Defn: any fungus of the family Boletaceae. [WordNet 1.5]

BOLETIC Bo*let"ic, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric acid.

BOLETUS Bo*le"tus, n. Etym: [L. boletus, Gr. .] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.

BOLEY; BOLYE Bo"ley, Bo"lye, n.

Defn: Same as Booly.

BOLIDE Bo"lide, n. Etym: [F. See Bolis.]

Defn: A kind of meteor; a bolis.

BOLIS Bo"lis, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. missile, arrow, fr. to throw.]

Defn: A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

BOLIVIAN Bo*liv"i*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Bolivia. -- n.

Defn: A native of Bolivia.

BOLL Boll, n. Etym: [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]

1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

2. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels. [Sometimes spelled bole.]

BOLL Boll, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bolled.]

Defn: To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed. The barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Ex. ix. 31.

BOLLANDISTS Bol"land*ists, n. pl.

Defn: The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.

BOLLARD Bol"lard, n. Etym: [Cf. Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard.]

Defn: An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes. Bollard timber (Naut.), a timber, also called a knighthead, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.

BOLLEN Boll"en, a.

Defn: See Boln, a.

BOLLING Boll"ing, n. Etym: [Cf. Bole stem of a tree, and Poll, v. t.]

Defn: A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.

BOLLWORM Boll"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

BOLN Boln, v. i. Etym: [OE. bolnen, bollen; cf. Dan. bulne. Cf. Bulge.]

Defn: To swell; to puff. Holland.

BOLN; BOLLEN Boln, Boll"en, a.

Defn: Swollen; puffed out. Thin, and boln out like a sail. B. Jonson.

BOLO Bo"lo, n. [Sp.]

Defn: A kind of large knife resembling a machete. [Phil. Islands]

BOLOGNA Bo*lo"gna, n.

1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

2. A Bologna sausage. Bologna sausage Etym: [It. salsiccia di Bologna], a large sausage made of bacon or ham, veal, and pork, chopped fine and inclosed in a skin. -- Bologna stone (Min.), radiated barite, or barium sulphate, found in roundish masses composed of radiating fibers, first discovered near Bologna. It is phosphorescent when calcined. -- Bologna vial, a vial of unannealed glass which will fly into pieces when its surface is scratched by a hard body, as by dropping into it a fragment of flint; whereas a bullet may be dropped into it without injury.

BOLOGNESE Bo*lo`gnese", a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Bologna. -- n.

Defn: A native of Bologna. Bolognese school (Paint.), a school of painting founded by the Carracci, otherwise called the Lombard or Eclectic school, the object of which was to unite the excellences of the preceding schools.

BOLOGNIAN Bo*lo"gnian, a. & n.

Defn: Bolognese. Bolognian stone. See Bologna stone, under Bologna.

BOLOMETER Bo*lom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. a stroke, ray + -meter.] (Physics)

Defn: An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance. S. P. Langley.

BOLSA Bol"sa, n. [Sp., lit., purse. See Bourse.]

Defn: An exchange for the transaction of business. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]

BOLSTER Bol"ster, n. Etym: [AS. bolster; akin to Icel. b, Sw. & Dan. bolster, OHG. bolstar, polstar, G. polster; from the same root as E. bole stem, bowl hollow vessel. Cf. Bulge, Poltroon.]

1. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows. And here I'll fling the pillow, there the bolster, This way the coverlet, another way the sheets. Shak.

2. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. This arm shall be a bolster for thy head. Gay.

3. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

4. (Saddlery)

Defn: A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

5. (Naut.) (a) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing. (b) Anything used to prevent chafing.

6. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.

7. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.

8. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.

9. (Mech.)

Defn: the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

10. (Cutlery) (a) That part of a knife blade which abuts upon the end of the handle. (b) The metallic end of a pocketknife handle. G. Francis.

11. (Arch.)

Defn: The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. G. Francis.

12. (Mil.)

Defn: A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.

Note: [See Illust. of Gun carriage.] Bolster work (Arch.), members which are bellied or curved outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical styles.

BOLSTER Bol"ster, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolstering.]

1. To support with a bolster or pillow. S. Sharp.

2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up. To bolster baseness. Drayton. Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride. Compton Reade.

BOLSTERED Bol"stered, a.

1. Supported; upheld.

2. Swelled out.

BOLSTERER Bol"ster*er, n.

Defn: A supporter.

BOLT Bolt, n. Etym: [AS. bolt; akin to Icel. bolti, Dan. bolt, D. bout, OHG. bolz, G. bolz, bolzen; of uncertain origin.]

1. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart. Look that the crossbowmen lack not bolts. Sir W. Scott. A fool's bolt is soon shot. Shak.

2. Lightning; a thunderbolt.

3. A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.

4. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

5. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.] Away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him. Shak.

6. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.

7. A bundle, as of oziers. Bolt auger, an auger of large size; an auger to make holes for the bolts used by shipwrights. -- Bolt and nut, a metallic pin with a head formed upon one end, and a movable piece (the nut) screwed upon a thread cut upon the other end. See B, C, and D, in illust. above.

Note: See Tap bolt, Screw bolt, and Stud bolt.

BOLT Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.]

1. To shoot; to discharge or drive forth.

2. To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out. I hate when Vice can bolt her arguments. Milton.

3. To swallow without chewing; as, to bolt food.

4. (U. S. Politics)

Defn: To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

5. (Sporting)

Defn: To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge, as conies, rabbits, etc.

6. To fasten or secure with, or as with, a bolt or bolts, as a door, a timber, fetters; to shackle; to restrain. Let tenfold iron bolt my door. Langhorn. Which shackles accidents and bolts up change. Shak.

BOLT Bolt, v. i.

1. To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room. This Puck seems but a dreaming dolt, . . . And oft out of a bush doth bolt. Drayton.

2. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt. His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads. Milton.

3. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.

4. (U.S. Politics)

Defn: To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.

BOLT Bolt, adv.

Defn: In the manner of a bolt; suddenly; straight; unbendingly. [He] came bolt up against the heavy dragoon. Thackeray. Bolt upright. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BOLT Bolt, n. Etym: [From Bolt, v. i.]

1. A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

2. A sudden flight, as to escape creditors. This gentleman was so hopelessly involved that he contemplated a bolt to America -- or anywhere. Compton Reade.

3. (U. S. Politics)

Defn: A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

BOLT Bolt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolting.] Etym: [OE. bolten, boulten, OF. buleter, F. bluter, fr. Ll. buletare, buratare, cf. F. bure coarse woolen stuff; fr. L. burrus red. See Borrel, and cf. Bultel.]

1. To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means. He now had bolted all the flour. Spenser. Ill schooled in bolted language. Shak.

2. To separate, as if by sifting or bolting; -- with out. Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. L'Estrange.

3. (Law)

Defn: To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law. Jacob. To bolt to the bran, to examine thoroughly, so as to separate or discover everything important. Chaucer. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran. Harte. The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran. Burke.

BOLT Bolt, n.

Defn: A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. B. Jonson.

BOLTEL Bol"tel, n.

Defn: See Boultel.

BOLTER Bolt"er, n.

Defn: One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.

BOLTER Bolt"er, n.

1. One who sifts flour or meal.

2. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.

BOLTER Bolt"er, n.

Defn: A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

BOLTHEAD Bolt"head` (, n.

1. (Chem.)

Defn: A long, straightnecked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; -- called also a matrass or receiver.

2. The head of a bolt.

BOLTING Bolt"ing, n.

Defn: A darting away; a starting off or aside.

BOLTING Bolt"ing, n.

1. A sifting, as of flour or meal.

2. (Law)

Defn: A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. [Obs.] Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; -- used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath. -- Bolting hutch, a bin or tub for the bolted flour or meal; (fig.) a receptacle.

BOLTONITE Bol"ton*ite, n. (Min.)

Defn: A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

BOLTROPE Bolt"rope` (, n. (Naut.)

Defn: A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.

BOLTSPRIT Bolt"sprit` (, n. Etym: [A corruption of bowsprit.] (Naut.)

Defn: See Bowsprit.

BOLTY Bol"ty, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis). [Written also bulti.]

BOLUS Bo"lus, n.; pl. Boluses. Etym: [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.]

Defn: A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.

BOM Bom, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.

BOMB Bomb, n. Etym: [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. .]

1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon.

2. (Mil.)

Defn: A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars. See Shell.

3. A bomb ketch. Bomb chest (Mil.), a chest filled with bombs, or only with gunpowder, placed under ground, to cause destruction by its explosion. -- Bomb ketch, Bomb vessel (Naut.), a small ketch or vessel, very strongly built, on which mortars are mounted to be used in naval bombardments; -- called also mortar vessel. -- Bomb lance, a lance or harpoon with an explosive head, used in whale fishing. -- Volcanic bomb, a mass of lava of a spherical or pear shape. "I noticed volcanic bombs." Darwin.

BOMB Bomb, v. t.

Defn: To bombard. [Obs.] Prior.

BOMB Bomb, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Boom.]

Defn: To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

BOMBACE Bom"bace, n. Etym: [OF.]

Defn: Cotton; padding. [Obs.]

BOMBARD Bom"bard, n. Etym: [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus + -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.]

1. (Gun.)

Defn: A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon. They planted in divers places twelve great bombards, wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Knolles.

2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] J. Barlow.

3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.] Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. Shak.

4. pl.

Defn: Padded breeches. [Obs.] Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

BOMBARD Bom"bard, n. Etym: [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.)

Defn: See Bombardo. [Obs.]

BOMBARD Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bombarding.]

Defn: To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. Burke. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. Wood.

BOMBARDIER Bom`bar*dier", n. Etym: [F. bombardier.] (Mil.) (a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a gunner. [Archaic] (b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery. Bombardier beetle (Zoöl.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from its anal glands. The name is applied to other related species, as the B. displosor, which can produce ten or twelve explosions successively. The common American species is B. fumans.

BOMBARDMAN Bom"bard*man, n.

Defn: One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. B. Jonson.

BOMBARDMENT Bom*bard"ment, n. Etym: [F. bombardement.]

Defn: An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

BOMBARDO; BOMBARDON Bom*bar"do, Bom*bar"don, n. Etym: [It. bombardo.] (Mus.)

Defn: Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.

BOMBASINE Bom`ba*sine", n.

Defn: Same as Bombazine.

BOMBAST Bom"bast, n. Etym: [OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See Bombazine.]

1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.] A candle with a wick of bombast. Lupton.

2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.] How now, my sweet creature of bombast! Shak. Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least. Stubbes.

3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian. Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. Dryden.

BOMBAST Bom"bast, a.

Defn: High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic. [He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly stuffed with epithets of war. Shak. Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. Cowley.

BOMBAST Bom*bast", v. t.

Defn: To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [Obs.] Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed. Drayton.

BOMBASTIC; BOMBASTICAL Bom*bas"tic, Bom*bas"tic*al, a.

Defn: Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

Syn. -- Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.

BOMBASTRY Bom"bast*ry, n.

Defn: Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian. Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. Swift.

BOMBAX Bom"bax, n. Etym: [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.

BOMBAZET; BOMBAZETTE Bom`ba*zet" Bom`ba*zette", n. Etym: [Cf. Bombazine.]

Defn: A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.

BOMBAZINE Bom`ba*zine", n. Etym: [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium, bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. . Cf. Bombast, Bombycinous.]

Defn: A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and bombasine.] Tomlinson.

BOMBIC Bom"bic, a. Etym: [L. bombyx silk, silkworm: cf. F. bombique.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.

BOMBILATE Bom"bi*late, v. i. Etym: [LL. bombilare, for L. bombitare. See Bomb, n.]

Defn: To hum; to buzz. [R.]

BOMBILATION Bom`bi*la"tion, n.

Defn: A humming sound; a booming. To . . . silence the bombilation of guns. Sir T. Browne.

BOMBINATE Bom"bi*nate, v. i.

Defn: To hum; to boom.

BOMBINATION Bom`bi*na"tion, n.

Defn: A humming or buzzing.

BOMBOLO Bom"bo*lo, n.; pl. Bomboloes. Etym: [Cf. It bombola a pitcher.]

Defn: A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor. [Written also bumbelo, and bumbolo.]

BOMBPROOF Bomb"proof`, a.

Defn: Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.

Defn: A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

BOMBSHELL Bomb"shell` (, n.

Defn: A bomb. See Bomb, n.

BOMBYCID Bom*by"cid, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ.

BOMBYCINOUS Bom*byc"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. bombycinus. See Bombazine.]

1. Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.

2. Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

BOMBYLIOUS Bom*byl"i*ous, a. Etym: [L. bombylius a bumblebee, Gr. .]

Defn: Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. [Obs.] Derham.

BOMBYX Bom"byx, n. Etym: [L., silkworm. See Bombazine.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

BON Bon, a. Etym: [F., fr. L. bonus.]

Defn: Good; valid as security for something.

BON-ACCORD Bon-ac*cord", n.

Defn: Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [Scot.]

BONACI Bo`na*ci", n. [Amer. Sp. bonasí, prob. from native name.] (Zoöl.) (a) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the West Indies, valuable as a food fish; -- called also aguaji and, in Florida, black grouper. (b) Also, any one of several other similar fishes.

BONA FIDE Bo"na fi"de. Etym: [L.]

Defn: In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

BONA FIDES Bo"na fi"des (bo"na fi"dez). [L.]

Defn: Good faith; honesty; freedom from fraud or deception.

BONAIR Bo*nair", a. Etym: [OE., also bonere, OF. bonnaire, Cotgr., abbrev. of debonnaire. See Debonair.]

Defn: Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [Obs.]

BONANZA Bo*nan"za, n. Etym: [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.]

Defn: In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

BONAPARTEAN Bo`na*part"e*an, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

BONAPARTISM Bo"na*part`ism, n.

Defn: The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

BONAPARTIST Bo"na*part`ist, n.

Defn: One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

BONA PERITURA Bo"na per`i*tu"ra. Etym: [L.] (Law)

Defn: Perishable goods. Bouvier.

BONA ROBA Bo"na ro"ba. Etym: [It., prop. "good stuff."]

Defn: A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak

BONASUS; BONASSUS Bo*na"sus, Bo*nas"sus, n. Etym: [L. bonasus, Gr. , .] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

BONBON Bon"bon`, n. Etym: [F. bonbon, fr. bon bon very good, a superlative by reduplication, fr. bon good.]

Defn: Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

BONBONNIERE Bon`bon`nière", n.; pl. -nières (#). [F.]

Defn: A small fancy box or dish for bonbons.

BONCE Bonce, n. Etym: [Etymol. unknown.]

Defn: A boy's game played with large marbles.

BONCHRETIEN Bon`chré`tien", n. Etym: [F., good Christian.]

Defn: A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

BONCILATE Bon"ci*late, n. Etym: [Empirical trade name.]

Defn: A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

BOND Bond, n. Etym: [The same word as band. Cf. Band, Bend.]

1. That which binds, ties, fastens,or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle. Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. Shak.

2. pl.

Defn: The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Acts xxvi.

3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship. A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind. Burke.

4. Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

5. (Law)

Defn: A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum. Bouvier. Wharton.

6. An instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.

7. The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.

8. (Arch.)

Defn: The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.

9. (Chem.)

Defn: A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Arbitration bond. See under Arbitration. -- Bond crediter (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. Blackstone. -- Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. Burrows. -- Bond (or lap) of a slate, the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Bond timber, timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally.

Syn. -- Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.

BOND Bond, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bonded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bonding.]

1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

BOND Bond, n. Etym: [OE. bond, bonde, peasant, serf, AS. bonda]C, bunda, husband, bouseholder, from Icel. b husbandman, for b, fr. b to dwell. See Boor, Husband.]

Defn: A xassal or serf; a slave. [Obs. or Archaic]

BOND Bond, a.

Defn: In a state of servitude or slavery; captive. By one Spirit are we all baptized .. whether we be Jews or Bentiles, whether we be bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 13.

BONDAGE Bond"age, n. Etym: [LL. bondagium. See Bond, a.]

1. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity. The King, when he designed you for my guard, Resolved he would not make my bondage hard. Dryden.

2. Obligation; tie of duty. He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths. South.

3. (Old Eng. Law)

Defn: Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

Syn. -- Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.

BONDAGER Bond"a*ger, n.

Defn: A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field. [Scot.]

BONDAR Bon"dar, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.

BONDED Bond"ed, a.

Defn: Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to coertain regulations. Bonded goods, goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse. -- Bonded warehouse, a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.

BONDER Bond"er, n.

1. One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.

2. (Masonry)

Defn: A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.

BONDER Bond"er, n. Etym: [Norwegian bonde.]

Defn: A freeholder on a small scale. [Norway] Emerson.

BONDHOLDER Bond"hold`er, n.

Defn: A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.

BONDMAID Bond"maid`, n. Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ maid.]

Defn: A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.

BONDMAN Bond"man, n.; pl. Bondmen. Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ man.]

1. A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. "To enfranchise bondmen." Macaulay.

2. (Old Eng. Law)

Defn: A villain, or tenant in villenage.

BOND SERVANT Bond" serv`ant.

Defn: A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.

BOND SERVICE Bond" serv`ice.

Defn: The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery. Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.

BONDSLAVE Bond"slave` (, n.

Defn: A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.

BONDSMAN Bonds"man, n.; pl. Bondsmen . Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ man.]

1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman. Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. Derham.

2. (Law)

Defn: A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.

BONDSTONE Bond"stone`, n. Etym: [Bond,n.+ stone.] (Masonry)

Defn: A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

BONDSWOMAN Bonds"wom`an, n.

Defn: See Bondwoman.

BONDUC Bon"duc, n. Etym: [F. bonduc, fr. Ar. bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut.] (Bot.)

Defn: See Nicker tree.

BONDWOMAN Bond"wom`an, n.; pl. Bondwomen. Etym: [Bond,a.orn.+ woman.]

Defn: A woman who is a slave, or in bondage. He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.

BONE Bone, n. Etym: [OE. bon, ban, AS. ban; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.

Note: Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute cavities containing living matter and connected by minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals through which blood vessels ramify.

2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.

3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

4. pl.

Defn: Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

5. pl.

Defn: Dice.

6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.

7. Fig.: The framework of anything. A bone of contention, a subject of contention or dispute. -- A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). -- Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. -- Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; -- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under Black. -- Bone cave, a cave in which are found bones of extinct or recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones of man. Am. Cyc. -- Bone dust, ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer. -- Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of calcium. -- Bone lace, a lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone. -- Bone oil, an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil. -- Bone setter. Same as Bonesetter. See in the Vocabulary. -- Bone shark (Zoöl.), the basking shark. -- Bone spavin. See under Spavin. -- Bone turquoise, fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise. -- Bone whale (Zoöl.), a right whale. -- To be upon the bones of, to attack. [Obs.] -- To make no bones, to make no scruple; not to hesitate. [Low] -- To pick a bone with, to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]

BONE Bone, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boned (; p. pr. & vb. n. Boning.]

1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. "To bone a turkey." Soyer.

2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. Ash.

3. To fertilize with bone.

4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]

BONE Bone, v. t. Etym: [F. bornoyer to look at with one eye, to sight, fr. borgne one-eyed.]

Defn: To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. Knight. Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges. W. M. Buchanan.

BONEACHE Bone"ache`, n.

Defn: Pain in the bones. Shak.

BONEBLACK Bone"black`, n.

Defn: See Bone black, under Bone, n.

BONED Boned, a.

1. Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned. No big-boned men framed of the Cyclops' size. Shak.

2. Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.

3. Manured with bone; as, boned land.

BONEDOG Bone"dog`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The spiny dogfish.

BONEFISH Bone"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Ladyfish.

BONELESS Bone"less, a.

Defn: Without bones. "Boneless gums." Shak.

BONESET Bone"set`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.

BONESETTER Bone"set*ter, n.

Defn: One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bone"set*ting, n.

BONESHAW Bone"shaw, n. (Med.)

Defn: Sciatica. [Obs.]

BONETTA Bo*net"ta, n.

Defn: See Bonito. Sir T. Herbert.

BONFIRE Bon"fire`, n. Etym: [OE. bonefire, banefire, orig. a fire of bones; bone + fire; but cf. also Prov. E. bun a dry stalk.]

Defn: A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement. Full soon by bonfire and by bell, We learnt our liege was passing well. Gay.

BONGO Bon"go (bon"go), n.

Defn: Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and B. isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.

BONGRACE Bon"grace` (, n. Etym: [F. bon good + grâce grace, charm.]

Defn: A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]

BONHOMIE; BONHOMMIE Bon`ho*mie", Bon`hom*mie" (, n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

BONIBELL Bon"i*bell, n.

Defn: See Bonnibel. [Obs.] Spenser.

BONIFACE Bon"i*face, n. Etym: [From the sleek, jolly landlord in Farquhar's comedy of "The Beaux' Stratagem."]

Defn: An innkeeper.

BONIFORM Bon"i*form, a. Etym: [L. bonus good + -form.]

Defn: Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. Dr. H. More.

BONIFY Bon"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [L. bonus good + -fy: cf. F. bonifier.]

Defn: To convert into, or make, good. To bonify evils, or tincture them with good. Cudworth.

BONINESS Bon"i*ness, n.

Defn: The condition or quality of being bony.

BONING Bon"ing, n. Etym: [Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st Bone, sense 3 fr. 3d Bone.]

1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

2. The manuring of land with bones.

3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.

BONITARY Bon"i*ta*ry, a.

Defn: Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.

BONITO Bo*ni"to, n.; pl. Bonitoes (. Etym: [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bainit and bainith.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zoöl.)

1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.

2. The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. They are large and active fishes, of a blue color with black oblique stripes.

3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.

4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.

BONMOT Bon"mot`, n.; pl. Bonsmots. Etym: [ F. bon good + mot word.]

Defn: A witty repartee; a jest.

BONNAZ Bon"naz, n.

Defn: A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine, said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following a perforated design.

BONNE Bonne, n.

Defn: (F., prop. good woman.) A female servant charged with the care of a young child.

BONNE BOUCHE Bonne" bouche"; pl. Bonnes bouches (. Etym: [F. bon, fem. bonne, good + bouche mouth.]

Defn: A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit.

BONNET Bon"net, n. Etym: [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.]

1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.

2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And pbonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.

3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.

5. (Naut.)

Defn: An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt.

6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.

7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant] Bonnet head (Zoöl.), a shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies. -- Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Bonnet monkey (Zoöl.), an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. -- Bonnet piece, a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. -- To have a bee in the bonnet. See under Bee. -- Black bonnet. See under Black. -- Blue bonnet. See in the Vocabulary.

BONNET Bon"net, v. i.

Defn: To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [Obs.] Shak.

BONNETED Bon"net*ed, a.

1. Wearing a bonnet. "Bonneted and shawled." Howitt.

2. (Fort.)

Defn: Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).

BONNETLESS Bon"net*less, a.

Defn: Without a bonnet.

BONNET ROUGE Bon`net" rouge". [F.]

Defn: The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.

BONNIBEL Bon"ni*bel, n. Etym: [F. bonne et belle, good and beautiful. Cf. Bellibone.]

Defn: A handsome girl. [Obs.]

BONNIE Bon"nie, a. Etym: [Scot.]

Defn: See Bonny, a.

BONNILASS Bon"ni*lass`, n. Etym: [Bonny + lass.]

Defn: A "bonny lass"; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser.

BONNILY Bon"ni*ly, adv.

Defn: Gayly; handsomely.

BONNINESS Bon"ni*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]

BONNY Bon"ny, a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.] Etym: [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See Bounty, and cf. Bonus, Boon.]

1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.

2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. Be you blithe and bonny. Shak. Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matiSir W. Scott.

BONNY Bon"ny, n. (Mining)

Defn: A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.

BONNYCLABBER Bon"ny*clab`ber, n. Etym: [Ir. bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.]

Defn: Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.

BON SILENE Bon" Si`lène". Etym: [F.] (Bot.)

Defn: A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.

BONSPIEL Bon"spiel, n. Etym: [Scot.; of uncertain origin.]

Defn: A cur [Scot.]

BONTEBOK Bon"te*bok, n. Etym: [D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.

BON TON Bon" ton". Etym: [F., good tone, manner.]

Defn: The height of the fashion; fashionable society.

BONUS Bo"nus, n.; pl. Bonuses (. Etym: [L. bonus good. Cf. Bonny.]

1. (Law)

Defn: A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.

2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.

3. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

BON VIVANT Bon" vi`vant"; pl. Bons vivants. Etym: [F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre to live.]

Defn: A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

BONY Bon"y, a.

1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.

2. Having large or prominent bones. Bony fish (Zoöl.), the menhaden. -- Bony pike (Zoöl.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).

BONZE Bon"ze, n. Etym: [Pg. bonzo, fr. Japan bozu a Buddhist priest: cf. F. bonze.]

Defn: A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

Note: The name was given by the Portuguese to the priests of Japan, and has since been applied to the priests of China, Cochin China, and the neighboring countries.

BOOBY Boo"by, n.; pl. Boobies. Etym: [Sp. bobe dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]

1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.

Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. -- Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. Forby. -- Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened.

BOOBY Boo"by, a.

Defn: Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.

BOOBYISH Boo"by*ish, a.

Defn: Stupid; dull.

BOODH Boodh, n.

Defn: Same as Buddha. Malcom.

BOODHISM Boodh"ism, n.

Defn: Same as Buddhism.

BOODHIST Boodh"ist, n.

Defn: Same as Buddhist.

BOODLE Boo"dle, n. Etym: [Origin uncertain.]

1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.

2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.]

BOOHOE Boo`hoe", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boohooed; p. pr. & vb. n. Boohooing.] Etym: [An imitative word.]

Defn: To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett.

BOOHOO Boo"hoo`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.

BOOK Book, n. Etym: [OE. book, bok, AS. b; akin to Goth. b a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b, b, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. Beech.]

1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.

Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet.

Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. Abbott.

2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton.

3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.