Part 10

~Bileduct~, _n._ Biliary duct, hepatic duct.

~Biliary calculus~, Gall-stone.

~Biliary duct~, Bileduct, hepatic duct.

~Bilk~, _v. a._ Deceive (_by not fulfilling an engagement_), disappoint, elude.

~Bill~, _n._ ~1.~ Beak, mandible, neb.

~2.~ Account, charges, reckoning, score.

~3.~ Statement of particulars.

~4.~ Draft of a law, projected law.

~Bill of exchange~, Draft.

~Billet~, _n._ Note, short letter.

~Billet~, _v. a._ Assign (_to a lodging place, as soldiers, by a billet_), apportion, allot, distribute, quarter, place in lodgings.

~Billet-doux~, _n._ [Fr.] Love-letter.

~Billing and Cooing~, BLANDISHMENT.

~Billingsgate~, _n._ Ribaldry, BLACKGUARDISM, foul or profane language.

~Billow~, _n._ Wave, surge, breaker.

~Bin~, _n._ Bunker, crib.

~Binary~, _a._ Dual, double, consisting of two.

~Bind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Confine, restrain, restrict, put bonds upon.

~2.~ Enwrap, put a bandage upon.

~3.~ Tie, fasten, secure by a bond.

~4.~ Engage, oblige, OBLIGATE, make responsible, lay under obligation.

~5.~ Confirm, ratify, sanction.

~6.~ Put a border round.

~Binding~, _n._ ~1.~ Bandage, band, fillet.

~2.~ Cover, covering.

~Binding~, _a._ ~1.~ Astringent, contracting, styptic.

~2.~ Obligatory, valid.

~Binoxide~, _n._ Deutoxide.

~Biography~, _n._ ~1.~ Life, memoir, history of a person's life.

~2.~ Biographical writings.

~Bird~, _n._ Fowl, fowl of the air.

~Birth~, _n._ ~1.~ Nativity, coming into life.

~2.~ Lineage, extraction, descent, race, family, line, ancestry.

~Birthday~, _n._ ~1.~ Natal day.

~2.~ Anniversary of one's birth.

~Bisect~, _v. a._ Cut or divide into two equal parts, cut in halves, halve.

~Bisection~, _n._ Halving, cutting, or dividing into two equal parts.

~Bishop~, _n._ ~1.~ Prelate.

~2.~ Bustle, tournure.

~Bishopric~, _n._ Diocese, see, jurisdiction or charge of a bishop.

~Bison~, _n._ [_U. S._] Buffalo.

~Bissextile~, _n._ Leap-year.

~Bit~, _n._ ~1.~ Mouth-piece of a bridle.

~2.~ Mouthful, morsel, crumb, fragment, scrap.

~3.~ Whit, tittle, jot, iota, particle, atom, grain, mite, ace, scintilla.

~Bitch~, _n._ Slut, female dog.

~Bite~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Gnaw, chew, champ.

~2.~ Blast, nip (_as frost_).

~3.~ Defraud, deceive, cheat, dupe, trick, gull, overreach, jockey, cozen, chouse, outwit, bamboozle, diddle, impose upon, beguile, mislead, inveigle, gammon.

~Biting~, _a._ ~1.~ Pungent, piquant, hot, sharp, peppery, stinging, high-flavored, high-seasoned.

~2.~ Severe, sarcastic, cutting, caustic.

~3.~ Cold, freezing, nipping, piercing.

~Bitter~, _a._ ~1.~ That tastes like wormwood.

~2.~ Fierce, savage, cruel, merciless, relentless, virulent, fell, ruthless.

~3.~ Severe, harsh, stern.

~4.~ Distressing, painful, grievous, sorrowful, afflictive, poignant, calamitous.

~Bitter-apple~, _n._ Colocynth, coloquintida, bitter-cucumber.

~Bitter-cucumber~, _n._ BITTER-APPLE.

~Bitterness~, _n._ ~1.~ Bitter taste.

~2.~ Spleen, gall, rankling, rancor, heart-burning, animosity, hatred, malice, malignity, spite, enmity, ill-will.

~3.~ Asperity, acerbity, severity, harshness, acrimony, ill-temper, bad blood.

~4.~ Distress, pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, heaviness, regret, despondency.

~Bitter-sweet~, _n._ Woody nightshade (_Solanum dulcamara_).

~Bivalve~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.

~Bivalved~, _a._ Two-valved, bivalvular.

~Bivalvular~, _a._ Two-valved, BIVALVE.

~Bivouac~, _n._ and _v. n._ Halt for the night (_without encamping_).

~Bizarre~, _a._ [Fr.] Odd, fantastic, strange, singular, whimsical.

~Blab~, _v. a._ Betray, disclose, reveal, divulge, let out, speak out.

~Blab~, _v. n._ Tattle, prattle, prate, BLOW, tell tales, tell a secret, let the cat out of the bag, tell tales out of school.

~Blab~, _n._ Prater, tattler, babbler, tell-tale.

~Black~, _a._ ~1.~ Dark, ebon, inky, atramentous, swarthy, murky, dusky, pitchy, dingy, Cimmerian.

~2.~ Wicked, atrocious, villanous, heinous, flagitious, diabolic, infernal, hellish, outrageous, monstrous, horrible.

~Black~, _n._ ~1.~ Black color.

~2.~ Mourning, black garment.

~3.~ Negro, blackamoor, black man.

~Blackamoor~, _n._ Negro, BLACK.

~Black art~, Magic, conjuration, sorcery, NECROMANCY, magical art.

~Blackball~, _v. a._ Exclude by black balls, reject by a negative vote.

~Blackcap~, _n._ Blackcap warbler, mock-nightingale (_Corucca atricapilla_).

~Black-coat~, _n._ Clergyman, minister, divine, pastor, priest.

~Black-cock~, _n._ Heath-cock, black-grouse, black-game (_Tetrao tetrix_).

~Blacken~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Darken, make black.

~2.~ Vilify, defame, slander, calumniate, asperse, traduce, malign, abuse, revile, rail at, sneer at, run down, speak ill of.

~Blackfish~, _n._ Tautog (_Labrus Americanus_).

~Blackfriar~, _n._ Dominican, predicant, jacobin, preaching friar.

~Black-game~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.

~Black-grouse~, _n._ BLACKCOCK.

~Blackguard~, _n._ Scurrilous or abusive fellow, person of low character, vile fellow.

~Blackguard~, _a._ Scurrilous, abusive, contumelious, insulting, ribald, vituperative, reproachful, opprobrious.

~Blackguardism~, _n._ Ribaldry, billingsgate, scurrility, indecency, obscenity, foul or profane language.

~Black hellebore~, Christmas rose (_Helleborus niger_).

~Black-jack~, _n._ [_Term used by miners._] Blende, zinc-blende, sulphuret of zinc, false galena, mock lead.

~Black-lead~, _n._ Plumbago, graphite.

~Blackleg~, _n._ Gambler, sharper, swindler.

~Black-mail~, _n._ ~1.~ Tribute (_paid for immunity from robbery_).

~2.~ [_U. S._] Hush-money, bribe to keep silence.

~Black man~, Negro, blackamoor, black.

~Black Sea~, Euxine.

~Black tea~, Bohea.

~Blackthorn~, _n._ Sloe (_Prunus spinosa_).

~Blade~, _n._ ~1.~ Leaf.

~2.~ Flat part (_as of a knife or an oar_).

~3.~ Buck, gallant, spark; gay, dashing fellow.

~Blain~, _n._ Pustule, blister, blotch, sore.

~Blamable~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blameworthy.

~Blame~, _v. a._ Censure, reprove, reprehend, reflect upon, lay or cast blame upon, find fault with, cry out against.

~Blame~, _n._ Censure, reprehension, animadversion, reproof, condemnation, imputation of fault.

~Blameless~, _a._ Irreproachable, unimpeachable, irreprehensible, inculpable, faultless, guiltless, unblemished, unspotted, unsullied, undefiled, spotless, stainless, innocent.

~Blameworthy~, _a._ Culpable, censurable, reprehensible, faulty, blamable.

~Blanc-fix~, _n._ Permanent white, sulphate of baryta (_artificially made_).

~Blanch~, _v. a._ Bleach, whiten, etiolate, make or render white.

~Bland~, _a._ Soft, mild, gentle, not harsh.

~Blandishment~, _n._ Caressing, caresses, endearment, soft words, expression of affection, billing and cooing.

~Blank~, _a._ ~1.~ Void, empty.

~2.~ White, of a white color.

~3.~ Astonished, confounded, confused, dumfounded, disconcerted, nonplussed, struck dumb.

~Blank verse~, Unrhymed verse (_especially the heroic verse of five feet_).

~Blare~, _n._ Noise, sound, roar, peal, blast, clang, clamor, uproar.

~Blarney~, _n._ ~1.~ Flattery, adulation.

~2.~ Unmeaning talk, smooth phrases.

~Blase~, _a._ [Fr.] Surfeited, cloyed, satiated, palled, incapable of enjoyment (_in consequence of excesses_).

~Blaspheme~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Speak irreverently or impiously of.

~2.~ [_Rare._] Revile, calumniate, defame, traduce, malign, speak evil of.

~Blaspheme~, _v. n._ Utter blasphemy, speak irreverently of God or of sacred things.

~Blasphemous~, _a._ Impious, irreverent, profane.

~Blasphemy~, _n._ Impiety, irreverence, profanity.

~Blast~, _n._ ~1.~ Gust, squall, sudden breeze.

~2.~ Peal, blare, clang.

~3.~ Explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge.

~4.~ Blight, pestilential influence.

~Blast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel.

~2.~ Rend by explosion.

~Blatant~, _a._ ~1.~ Bellowing, braying.

~2.~ Clamorous, obstreperous, vociferous, noisy.

~Blatherskite~, _n._ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] ~1.~ Blusterer, swaggerer, bully, boaster, vaunter, braggart, braggadocio, roisterer, huff, drawcansir, noisy fellow.

~2.~ BLUSTER, boasting.

~Blattering~, _a._ BLUSTERING, swaggering, noisy.

~Blattering~, _n._ BLUSTER.

~Blaze~, _n._ Flame.

~Blaze~, _v. n._ Flame, burn with a flame.

~Blaze~, _v. a._ Publish, proclaim, blazon, make known, noise abroad, spread abroad, blaze abroad.

~Blaze abroad~, BLAZE.

~Blazing star~, Comet.

~Blazon~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Emblazon, emblaze, adorn with ensigns armorial.

~2.~ Display, exhibit, set forth, make a show of, show off.

~3.~ Proclaim, publish, blaze, make known, noise, spread or blaze abroad.

~Blazon~, _n._ ~1.~ Blazonry.

~2.~ Publication, proclamation.

~3.~ Exhibition, show, pompous display.

~Blazonry~, _n._ Emblazonry, heraldry.

~Bleach~, _v. a._ Whiten, blanch, etiolate, make or render white.

~Bleach~, _v. n._ Whiten, etiolate, grow or become white.

~Bleaching powder~, Chloride of lime.

~Bleak~, _a._ ~1.~ Cold, chill, chilly, raw, biting, piercing.

~2.~ Unsheltered, exposed to cold, exposed to wind.

~Blearedness~, _n._ Lippitude, dim-sightedness.

~Blear-eyed~, _a._ Dim-sighted.

~Bleb~, _n._ ~1.~ Blister, vesicle, little tumor.

~2.~ Air-bubble.

~Bleed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Lose blood.

~2.~ Lose sap or juice.

~3.~ Be slaughtered.

~Bleeding~, _n._ Phlebotomy, venesection, blood-letting.

~Blemish~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stain, sully, blur, spot, tarnish, mar, injure, taint.

~2.~ Defame, vilify, traduce, ASPERSE, calumniate, slander, malign, revile, run down, speak ill of.

~Blemish~, _n._ ~1.~ Stain, spot, defect, speck, blur, soil, tarnish, flaw, fault.

~2.~ Disgrace, dishonor, reproach, taint.

~Blench~, _v. n._ Shrink, flinch, start back, give way, lack courage or resolution.

~Blend~, _v. a._ Mingle, mix, intermingle, commingle, amalgamate.

~Blende~, _n._ (_Min._) Black-jack, sulphuret of zinc, mock lead, false galena.

~Bless~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask or implore a blessing upon.

~2.~ Delight, gladden, make happy.

~3.~ Wish happiness to.

~4.~ Glorify, exalt, celebrate, magnify, praise.

~Blessed~, _a._ ~1.~ Happy.

~2.~ Holy, hallowed, sacred.

~Blessedness~, _n._ Bliss, blissfulness, happiness, felicity, beatitude, joy.

~Blessing~, _n._ ~1.~ Benediction, benison, invocation of happiness.

~2.~ Good, benefit, advantage, profit, gain, boon, service.

~Blight~, _n._ Pestilence (_among plants_), mildew, blast.

~Blight~, _v. a._ Blast, wither, shrivel, kill, destroy, taint with mildew, cause to decay.

~Blind~, _a._ ~1.~ Sightless, eyeless, unseeing, stone-blind, stark- blind, unable to see.

~2.~ Ignorant, undiscerning, unaware, unmindful, inattentive, heedless, incapable of judging.

~Blind~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Make blind, deprive of sight.

~2.~ Hoodwink, blindfold.

~Blind~, _n._ Screen, cover.

~Blind alley~, CUL-DE-SAC.

~Blind-coal~, _n._ Anthracite, glance-coal, hard-coal, stone-coal.

~Blindfold~, _v. a._ Blind, hoodwink, cover the eyes of, hinder from seeing (_by a bandage over the eyes_).

~Blindfold~, _a._ Blinded (_by a bandage over the eyes_), blindfolded.

~Blindside~, _n._ Weakness, foible, failing, defect, weak side, weak part.

~Blink~, _v. n._ Wink, NICTATE, see obscurely.

~Blink~, _v. a._ Overlook (_purposely_), disregard, avoid, evade, pass over, gloss over, shut out of sight, make no account of, not take into account, not mind, not trouble one's self with, pretend not to see.

~Bliss~, _n._ Happiness, felicity, blessedness, blissfulness, beatitude, beatification, transport, rapture, ecstasy, heavenly joy.

~Blissful~, _a._ Transported, enraptured, in raptures, in ecstasies, very happy, full of joy, highly blessed.

~Blister~, _n._ ~1.~ Vesicle, pustule, blain.

~2.~ Vesicatory, blistering plaster.

~Blister~, _v. a._ Raise blisters on.

~Blister~, _v. n._ Rise in blisters.

~Blithe~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, sprightly, lively, animated, elated, vivacious, joyous, joyful, merry, mirthful, jocund, sportive, airy, buoyant, debonair, blithesome, of good cheer, in high spirits, in good spirits, full of life, full of spirit.

~Blithesome~, _a._ Cheerful, gay, BLITHE.

~Bloat~, _v. a._ Swell, inflate, distend, puff up, blow up, make turgid.

~Bloat~, _v. n._ Swell, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid.

~Bloating~, _n._ Swelling, dilatation, DILATION, expanding, expansion.

~Blobber-lip~, _n._ Thick lip.

~Blobber-lipped~, _a._ Thick-lipped.

~Block~, _v. a._ Obstruct, close, BLOCKADE, shut up, stop up, block up.

~Block~, _n._ ~1.~ Thick and heavy piece (_as of wood or stone_).

~2.~ Wooden mould (_on which hats are made_).

~3.~ Simpleton, fool, blockhead, DUNCE.

~4.~ [_U. S._] Mass of houses (_in a square or a continuous row_).

~5.~ (_Naut._) Pulley.

~Blockade~, _v. a._ Close (_as ports, so as to prevent egress or ingress_), block, shut up, stop up.

~Blockade~, _n._ Closure (_as of a port_), shutting up, blocking up.

~Blockhead~, _n._ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.

~Blockish~, _a._ Stupid, stolid, heavy, doltish, unintelligent, dull, stockish.

~Block up~, Obstruct, BLOCK.

~Blonde~, _a._ Fair, light, flaxen.

~Blood~, _n._ ~1.~ Vital fluid, vital current, life blood.

~2.~ Kindred, relation, family, consanguinity.

~3.~ Royal lineage, royal line.

~4.~ High birth, noble extraction.

~5.~ Hotspur, madcap, fiery fellow.

~Bloodroot~, _n._ BLOODWORT.

~Bloodshed~, _n._ Slaughter, carnage, butchery, massacre, murder.

~Bloodstone~, _n._ ~1.~ Hematite.

~2.~ Heliotrope.

~Blood-sucker~, _n._ Leech.

~Blood-thirsty~, _a._ Cruel, savage, ferocious, inhuman, barbarous, barbarian, fell, truculent, ruthless, bloody, murderous, bloody-minded.

~Bloodwort~, _n._ Bloodroot, red root, red puccoon (_Sanguinarea Canadensis_).

~Bloody~, _a._ ~1.~ Sanguinary, ensanguined, gory.

~2.~ Murderous, cruel, BLOOD-THIRSTY.

~Bloody-flux~, _n._ Dysentery.

~Bloody-minded~, _a._ BLOOD-THIRSTY.

~Bloom~, _n._ ~1.~ Efflorescence, flower, blossom, blow.

~2.~ Flush, freshness, vigor.

~Bloom~, _v. n._ Flower, blossom, put forth blossoms.

~Bloomy~, _a._ Flowery.

~Blossom~, _n._ Flower, bloom, blow.

~Blossom~, _v. n._ Flower, bloom, blow.

~Blot~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Efface, obliterate, erase, cancel, expunge, rub out, blot out, scratch out, strike out.

~2.~ Spot, stain, blur, disfigure.

~3.~ Tarnish, sully, disgrace.

~Blot~, _n._ ~1.~ Obliteration, erasure, blotting.

~2.~ Blur, spot, stain, blemish.

~3.~ Disgrace, cause of reproach.

~Blotch~, _n._ Pustule, eruption, pimple, blain.

~Blow~, _n._ ~1.~ Stroke, knock, rap, pat, thump, dab, beat.

~2.~ Calamity, disaster, misfortune, affliction.

~3.~ Bloom, blossom, flower.

~4.~ [_Low._] SPREE, carousal, drinking frolic, BLOW-OUT.

~Blow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Move or flow in currents (_as the wind_).

~2.~ Pant, puff, lose breath, breathe hard.

~3.~ Flower, bloom, blossom.

~4.~ [_Low._] BLAB, tell a secret, tell tales, let the cat out of the bag.

~Blow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Drive by the wind.

~2.~ Force wind upon, direct a current of air upon.

~Blow down~, Prostrate (_by the wind_).

~Blow off~, ~1.~ Drive from shore (_by the wind, as a ship_).

~2.~ Detach or scatter (_by the wind_, _as fruit from trees_).

~3.~ Let off (_as steam_), suffer to escape.

~Blow out~, Extinguish.

~Blow-out~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Carousal, BLOW.

~Blow up~, [_Active._] ~1.~ Inflate, fill with air.

~2.~ Burst, scatter by explosion, cause to explode.

~3.~ Kindle.

~4.~ (_Low._) Scold, rate, berate, chide, reprimand, censure, reprove, blame, scold at.

~Blow up~, [_Neuter._] Explode, burst, be scattered by explosion.

~Blow upon~, Discredit, blast, taint, bring into disfavor, make distasteful.

~Blow-valve~, _n._ Snifting-valve.

~Blowzed~, _a._ Ruddy, BLOWZY.

~Blowzy~, a. Ruddy, blowzed, tanned, ruddy-faced, high-colored, sun- burnt.

~Blubber~, _n._ Whale fat.

~Blubber~, _v. n._ Cry (_so as to swell the cheeks_), whine, whimper, weep.

~Bludgeon~, _n._ Club, cudgel.

~Blue~, _a._ ~1.~ Azure, cerulean, sky-colored.

~2.~ [_Colloquial._] Melancholy, dejected, dispirited, depressed, sad, glum, gloomy, mopish, downcast, desponding, downhearted, hypochondriac, hypped, chopfallen, low-spirited, cast down, in the dumps, with a long face, down in the mouth.

~Blue~, _n._ Azure, sky-color.

~Blue-devils~, _n. pl._ BLUES.

~Blue-fish~, _n._ Tailor, skip-jack, snapping mackerel (_Temnodon saltator_).

~Blues~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] Melancholy, dejection, depression, despondency, hypochondria, dumps, vapors, megrims, low spirits, blue-devils, the dismals.

~Blue-stocking~, _n._ Literary woman.

~Blue-vitriol~, _n._ Sulphate of copper.

~Bluff~, _a._ Blustering, swaggering, bullying, vaporing, pompous, coarse, rude, BLUNT, gruff, churlish, bearish.

~Bluff~, _n._ Precipitous bank (_especially on the margin of a river or the sea_).

~Bluff~, _v. a._ [_Low._] Repulse (_by a bluff manner_), repel, snub, bluff off, send away with a flea in one's ear.

~Blunder~, _v. n._ Mistake (_grossly_), err (_from want of care_), make a bull.

~Blunder~, _n._ Mistake (_of the grossest kind_), error (_from thoughtlessness_), gross mistake, bull.

~Blunderbuss~, _n._ ~1.~ Short gun (_with a large bore_).

~2.~ Blunderer, blunderhead, stupid fellow.

~Blunderer~, _n._ Blunderhead, blunderbuss, stupid fellow.

~Blunderhead~, _n._ BLUNDERER.

~Blunt~, _a._ ~1.~ Dull, obtuse, pointless, edgeless.

~2.~ Abrupt, bluff, gruff, rough, rude, ungentle, uncivil, ungracious, bearish, discourteous, uncourteous, impolite, BRUSQUE, not gentle.

~Blunt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Dull, make dull.

~2.~ Benumb, paralyze, deaden, stupefy, obtund, hebetate; make insensible, callous, or obtuse.

~3.~ Moderate, allay, assuage, mitigate, quiet, alleviate, soften.

~Blunt-witted~, _a._ Dull, stupid, stolid, doltish, blockish, obtuse, unintelligent, unintellectual, shallow.

~Blur~, _n._ Blot, stain, spot, blemish, soil, tarnish, defect.

~Blur~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Obscure, darken.

~2.~ Tarnish, stain, blot, sully, spot, blemish.

~Blush~, _v. n._ Redden (_in the cheeks_), color.

~Blush~, _n._ Reddening (_of the cheeks_), suffusion of the face.

~Bluster~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar (_as the wind_), make a loud noise.

~2.~ Vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully.

~3.~ Make a great ado, make much ado about nothing.

~Bluster~, _n._ ~1.~ Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.

~2.~ Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE.

~3.~ Great ado, much ado about nothing.

~Blusterer~, _n._ Swaggerer, bully, boaster, braggart, vaunter, BOUNCER, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater, BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.

~Blustering~, _a._ ~1.~ Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty.

~2.~ Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming, important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self- conceited.

~Board~, _n._ ~1.~ Plank (_thin_).

~2.~ Table (_for food_), stand.

~3.~ Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.

~4.~ Conclave, council, committee.

~Board~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with boards.

~2.~ Enter or go on board of (_a vessel_) by force.

~3.~ Furnish with meals.

~Boards~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The stage (_of a theatre_).

~Boast~, _v. n._ Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, TALK BIG, ride a high horse.

~Boast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Magnify (_unduly_), make much of, boast of, brag of.

~2.~ (_Sculp._) Shape roughly (_as a block of marble_).

~Boast~, _n._ ~1.~ Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.

~2.~ Cause of pride or laudable exultation.

~Boaster~, _n._ Braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.

~Boastful~, _a._ Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.

~Boasting~, _n._ Vaunt, brag, BOAST.

~Boast one's self~, Exult over-confidently.

~Boat-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cymbiform, navicular, SCAPHOID.

~Bob~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move with a jerk.

~2.~ Strike (_suddenly and lightly_), rap, knock.

~3.~ Clip, cut short.

~4.~ [_Rare._] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.

~Bob~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.

~2.~ Angle (_with a jerking motion_), fish.

~Bob~, _n._ ~1.~ Jerking motion.

~2.~ Pendent, hanging appendage.

~Bobolink~, _n._ Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).

~Bode~, _v. a._ Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.

~Bode~, _v. n._ Forebode, presage.

~Bodice~, _n._ ~1.~ Corset, stays.

~2.~ Waist (_of a dress_).

~Bodiless~, _a._ Incorporeal, without a body.

~Bodily~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the body.

~2.~ Corporeal.

~Bodily~, _ad._ ~1.~ Corporeally.

~2.~ Entirely (_as respects the body or mass_), completely, wholly.

~Body~, _n._ ~1.~ Material substance, material part (_as distinguished from the spirit or life_).

~2.~ Carcass, corpse, dead body.

~3.~ Visible form or frame.

~4.~ Trunk (_as distinguished from the limbs_), stem, BOLE.

~5.~ Bulk, main part (_as distinguished from subordinate parts_).

~6.~ Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.

~7.~ Company, band, party, COTERIE, society, association, corporation.

~8.~ System, summary, general collection.

~9.~ Consistency, thickness, substance.

~Body coat~, _n._ Dress coat.

~Bog~, _n._ Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.

~Bog-berry~, _n._ Cranberry.

~Boggle~, _v. n._ Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.

~Bogtrotter~, _n._ [_In derision._] Irishman.

~Bogus~, _a._ [_Cant term_, _U. S._] Spurious, counterfeit, false.

~Bohea~, _n._ Black tea.

~Boil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be agitated by heat.

~2.~ Bubble, rise in bubbles.

~3.~ Be ardent, be hot.

~Boil~, _v. a._ Seethe.

~Boil~, _n._ Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.

~Boiling~, _n._ Ebullition.

~Boisterous~, _a._ ~1.~ Roaring, loud, stormy.

~2.~ Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.

~Bold~, _a._ ~1.~ Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.

~2.~ Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.

~3.~ Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.

~4.~ Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.

~5.~ Steep, abrupt.

~Bold-faced~, _a._ Impudent, BOLD.

~Boldness~, _n._ ~1.~ Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, SPUNK.

~2.~ Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.

~3.~ Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK.

~4.~ Prominence, striking character or quality.

~5.~ Steepness, abruptness.

~Bold-spirited~, _a._ Courageous, BOLD.

~Bole~, _n._ ~1.~ Body (_of a tree_), stem, trunk.

~2.~ Bolus, large pill.

~Boll~, _n._ Pod, capsule, pericarp.

~Bolt~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrow, dart, shaft.

~2.~ Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.

~3.~ Pin (_of large size_).

~4.~ Sieve.

~Bolt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a bolt.

~2.~ Swallow (_without chewing_).

~3.~ Sift, pass through a sieve.

~Bolt~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.

~2.~ [_U. S._] RAT, abscond, withdraw (_especially from a political party_), desert suddenly.

~Bolt-upright~, _a._ Perpendicular, quite upright.

~Bolus~, _n._ Bole, large pill.

~Bombard~, _v. a._ Attack with bombs.

~Bombardment~, _n._ Attack with bombs.

~Bombast~, _n._ Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.

~Bombastic~, _a._ Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN.

~Bona fide~, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, without fraud.

~Bond~, _n._ ~1.~ Band, ligature, cord, chain, FETTER.

~2.~ Obligation, compact.