Chapter 181

Book"sell`ing (?) , n. The employment of selling books.

Bookshelf <Xpage=166>

Book"shelf` (?) , n. ; pl. Bookshelves (<?/) . A shelf to hold books.

Bookshop <Xpage=166>

Book"shop` (?) , n. A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]

Bookstall <Xpage=166>

Book"stall` (?) , n. A stall or stand where books are sold.

Bookstand <Xpage=166>

Book"stand` (?) , n. 1. A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.

2. A stand to hold books for reading or reference.

Bookstore <Xpage=166>

Book"store` (?) , n. A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.

Bookwork <Xpage=166>

Book"work` (?) , n. 1. Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

2. Study; application to books.

Bookworm <Xpage=166>

Book"worm` (?) , n. 1. (Zo\'94l.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.

2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.

I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.

Booky <Xpage=166>

Book"y (?) , a. Bookish.

Booly <Xpage=166>

Boo"ly (?) , n. ; pl. Boolies (#) . [Ir. buachail cowherd; bo cow + giolla boy.] A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley , bolye , bouillie .]

Spenser.

Boom <Xpage=166>

Boom (b&oomac;m) , n. [D. boom tree, pole, beam, bar. See Beam .] 1. (Naut.) A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom , the studding-sail boom , etc.

2. (Mech.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.

3. A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.]

4. (Mil. & Naval) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.

5. (Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.

Boom iron , one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. -- The booms , that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed.

Totten.

Boom <Xpage=166>

Boom (b&oomac;m) , v. t. (Naut.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.

Boom <Xpage=166>

Boom (b&oomac;m) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Boomed (#) , p. pr. & vb. n. Booming .] [Of imitative origin; cf. OE. bommen to hum, D. bommen to drum, sound as an empty barrel, also W. bwmp a hollow sound; aderyn y bwmp , the bird of the hollow sound, i. e., the bittern. Cf. Bum , Bump , v. i. , Bomb , v. i. ] 1. To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.

At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.

2. To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.

Alarm guns booming through the night air. W. Irving.

3. To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.

She comes booming down before it. Totten.

4. To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.

Boom <Xpage=166>

Boom , n. 1. A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.

2. A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]

Boom <Xpage=166>

Boom , v. t. To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.]

Boomdas <Xpage=166>

Boom"das (?) , n. [D. boom tree + das badger.] (Zo\'94l.) A small African hyracoid mammal ( Dendrohyrax arboreus ) resembling the daman.

Boomer <Xpage=166>

Boom"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, booms.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel .

3. (Zo\'94l.) A large male kangaroo.

4. One who works up a "boom". [Slang, U. S.]

Boomerang <Xpage=166>

Boom"er*ang (?) , n. 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.

Booming <Xpage=166>

Boom"ing , a. 1. Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. Falcone.

2. Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]

Booming <Xpage=166>

Boom"ing , n. 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 .

Howitt.

Boomkin <Xpage=166>

Boom"kin (?) , n. (Naut.) Same as Bumkin .

Boomorah <Xpage=166>

Boo"mo*rah (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A small West African chevrotain ( Hy\'91moschus aquaticus ), resembling the musk deer.

Boomslange <Xpage=166>

Boom"slang*e (?) , n. [D. boom tree + slang snake.] (Zo\'94l.) A large South African tree snake ( Bucephalus Capensis ). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

Boon <Xpage=166>

Boon (?) , n. [OE. bone , boin , a petition, fr. Icel. b<?/n ; akin to Sw. & Dan. b<?/n , AS. b<?/n , and perh. to E. ban ; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus . <?/86. See 2d Ban , Bounty .] 1. A prayer or petition. [Obs.]

For which to God he made so many an idle boon . Spenser.

2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ).

Boon <Xpage=166>

Boon , a. [F. bon . See Boon , n. ] 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage . [Obs.]

2. Kind; bountiful; benign.

Which . . . Nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton.

3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.

A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot.

Boon <Xpage=166>

Boon , n. [Scot. boon , bune , been , Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble.] The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.

Boor <Xpage=166>

Boor (?) , n. [D. boer farmer, boor; akin to AS. geb<?/r countryman, G. bauer ; fr. the root of AS. b<?/an to inhabit, and akin to E. bower , be . Cf. Neighbor , Boer , and Big to build.] 1. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.

2. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

3. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.

Boorish <Xpage=166>

Boor"ish , a. Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly. -- Boor"ish*ly , adv. -- Boor"ish*ness , n.

Which is in truth a gross and boorish opinion. Milton.

Boort <Xpage=166>

Boort (?) , n. See Bort .

Boose <Xpage=166>

Boose (?) , n. [AS. b\'d3s , b\'d3sig ; akin to Icel. b\'bess , Sw. b\'86s , Dan. baas , stall, G. banse , Goth. bansts barn, Skr. bh\'besas stall. \'fb252.] A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Boose <Xpage=166>

Boose (?) , v. i. To drink excessively. See Booze .

Booser <Xpage=166>

Boos"er (?) , n. A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer .

Boost <Xpage=166>

Boost (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boosted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Boosting .] [Cf. Boast , v. i. ] To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement. [Colloq. U. S.]

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Boost <Xpage=167>

Boost (?) , n. A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help. [Colloq. U. S.]

Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot (?) , n. [OE. bot , bote , adbantage, amends, cure, AS. b<?/t ; akin to Icel. b<?/t , Sw. bot , Dan. bod , Goth. b<?/ta , D. boete , G. busse ; prop., a making good or better, from the root of E. better , adj. <?/255.] 1. Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

He gaf the sike man his boote . Chaucer.

Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. Sir W. Scott.

Next her Son, our soul's best boot . Wordsworth.

2. That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.

I'll give you boot , I'll give you three for one. Shak.

3. Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]

Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot . Shak.

To boot , in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered.

Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot . Shak.

A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot . Jer. Taylor.

Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Booted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting .] 1. To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it ; as, what boots it?

What booteth it to others that we wish them well, and do nothing for them? Hooker.

What subdued To change like this a mind so far imbued With scorn of man, it little boots to know. Byron.

What boots to us your victories? Southey.

2. To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition. [Obs.]

And I will boot thee with what gift beside Thy modesty can beg. Shak.

Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot , n. [OE. bote , OF. bote , F. botte , LL. botta ; of uncertain origin.] 1. A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.

2. An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.

So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots ; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg. Bp. Burnet.

3. A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.]

4. A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.

5. An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

6. (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

Boot catcher , the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift . -- Boot closer , one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp , a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook , a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. -- Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics) , the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. -- Sly boots . See Slyboots , in the Vocabulary.

Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Booted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Booting .] 1. To put boots on, esp. for riding.

Coated and booted for it. B. Jonson.

2. To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

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Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot , v. i. To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.

Boot <Xpage=167>

Boot , n. Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.]

Shak.

Bootblack <Xpage=167>

Boot"black` (<?/) , n. One who blacks boots.

Booted <Xpage=167>

Boot"ed (?) , a. 1. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire .

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.

Bootee <Xpage=167>

Boot*ee" (?) , n. A half boot or short boot.

Bo\'94tes <Xpage=167>

Bo*\'94"tes (?) , n. [L. Bootes , Gr. <?/ herdsman, fr. <?/ , gen. <?/ , ox, cow.] (Astron.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

Booth <Xpage=167>

Booth (?) , n. [OE. bothe ; cf. Icel. b<?/ , Dan. & Sw. bod , MHG. buode , G. bude , baude ; from the same root as AS. b<?/an to dwell, E. boor , bower , be ; cf. Bohem. bauda , Pol. buda , Russ. budka , Lith. buda, W. bwth , pl. bythod , Gael. buth , Ir. both .] 1. A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.

Camden.

2. A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.

Boothale <Xpage=167>

Boot"hale` (?) , v. t. & i. [ Boot , for booty + hale .] To forage for booty; to plunder. [Obs.]

Beau. & Fl.

Boothose <Xpage=167>

Boot"hose` (?) , n. 1. Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.

Shak.

2. Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.

Sir W. Scott.

Boothy <Xpage=167>

Booth"y (?) , n. See Bothy .

Bootikin <Xpage=167>

Boot"i*kin (?) , n. [ Boot + -kin .] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter.

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.

H. Walpole.

Booting <Xpage=167>

Boot"ing , n. Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.]

Sir. J. Harrington.

Booting <Xpage=167>

Boot"ing , n. 1. A kind of torture. See Boot , n. , 2.

2. A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]

Bootjack <Xpage=167>

Boot"jack` (<?/) , n. A device for pulling off boots.

Bootless <Xpage=167>

Boot"less (?) , a. [From Boot profit.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success.

Chaucer.

I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak.

-- Boot"less*ly , adv. -- Boot"less*ness , n.

Bootlick <Xpage=167>

Boot"lick` (<?/) , n. A toady. [Low, U. S.]

Bartlett.

Bootmaker <Xpage=167>

Boot"mak`er (?) , n. One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing , n.

Boots <Xpage=167>

Boots (?) , n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

Boottopping <Xpage=167>

Boot"top`ping (?) , n. 1. (Naut.) 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.

2. (Naut.) Sheathing a vessel with planking over felt.

Boottree <Xpage=167>

Boot"tree` (?) , n. [ Boot + tree wood, timber.] 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.

The pretty boots trimly stretched on boottrees . Thackeray.

Booty <Xpage=167>

Boo"ty (?) , n. [Cf. Icel. b<?/ti exchange, barter, Sw. byte barter, booty, Dan. bytte ; akin to D. buit booty, G. beute , and fr. Icel. byta , Sw. byta , Dan. bytte , to distribute, exchange. The Scandinavian word was influenced in English by boot profit.] That which is seized by violence or obtained by robbery, especially collective spoil taken in war; plunder; pillage.

Milton.

To play booty , to play dishonestly, with an intent to lose; to allow one's adversary to win at cards at first, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.]

L'Estrange.

Booze <Xpage=167>

Booze (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Boozed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing .] [D. buizen ; akin to G. bausen , and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar.] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also bouse , and boose .]

Landor.

This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis.

Booze <Xpage=167>

Booze , n. A carouse; a drinking.

Sir W. Scott.

Boozer <Xpage=167>

Booz"er (?) , n. One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

Boozy <Xpage=167>