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Booz"y (?) , a. A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy. [Colloq.]

C. Kingsley.

Bopeep <Xpage=167>

Bo*peep" (?) , n. [ Bo + peep .] The act of looking out suddenly, as from behind a screen, so as to startle some one (as by children in play), or of looking out and drawing suddenly back, as if frightened.

I for sorrow sung, That such a king should play bopeep , And go the fools among. Shak.

Borable <Xpage=167>

Bor"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being bored. [R.]

Borachte <Xpage=167>

Bo*rach"te (?) , n. [Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb.] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [Obs.]

You're an absolute borachio . Congreve.

Boracic <Xpage=167>

Bo*rac"ic (?) , a. [Cf. F. boracique . See Borax .] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid .

Boracite <Xpage=167>

Bo"ra*cite (?) , n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

Boracous <Xpage=167>

Bo"ra*cous (?) , a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.

Borage <Xpage=167>

Bor"age (?) , n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache , It. borraggine , borrace , LL. borago , borrago , LGr. <?/ ), fr. LL. borra , F. bourre , hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Boragewort <Xpage=167>

Bor"age*wort` (?) , n. Plant of the Borage family.

Boraginaceous <Xpage=167>

Bo*rag`i*na"ceous (?) , a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants ( Boraginace\'91 ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

Boragineous <Xpage=167>

Bor`a*gin"e*ous (?) , a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

Boramez <Xpage=167>

Bor"a*mez (?) , n. See Barometz .

Borate <Xpage=167>

Bo"rate (?) , n. [From Boric .] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

Borax <Xpage=167>

Bo"rax (?) , n. [OE. boras , fr. F. borax , earlier spelt borras ; cf. LL. borax , Sp. borraj ; all fr. Ar. b<?/rag , fr. Pers. b<?/rah .] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal . Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.

Borax bead . (Chem.) See Bead , n. , 3.

Borborygm <Xpage=167>

Bor"bo*rygm (?) , n. [F. borborygme , fr. Gr. <?/ , fr. <?/ to rumble in the bowels.] (Med.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.

Dunglison.

Bord <Xpage=167>

Bord (?) , n. [See Board , n. ] 1. A board; a table. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

2. (Mining) The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.

Bord <Xpage=167>

Bord (?) , n. See Bourd . [Obs.]

Spenser.

Bordage <Xpage=167>

Bord"age (?) , n. [LL. bordagium .] The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.

Bordar <Xpage=167>

Bord"ar (?) , n. [LL. bordarius , fr. borda a cottage; of uncertain origin.] A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.

The cottar, the bordar , and the laborer were bound to aid in the work of the home farm. J. R. Green.

Bordeaux <Xpage=167>

Bor*deaux" (?) , a. Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France. -- n. A claret wine from Bordeaux.

Bordel, Bordello <Xpage=167>

Bor"del (?) , Bor*del"lo (?) , n. [F. bordel , orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board , n. See. Board , n. ] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.]

B. Jonson.

Bordelais <Xpage=167>

Bor`de*lais" (?) , a. [F.] Of or pertaining to Bordeaux, in France, or to the district around Bordeaux.

Bordeller <Xpage=167>

Bor"del*ler (?) , n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.]

Gower.

Border <Xpage=167>

Bor"der (?) , n. [OE. bordure , F. bordure , fr. border to border, fr. bord a border; of German origin; cf. MHG. borte border, trimming, G. borte trimming, ribbon; akin to E. board in sense 8. See Board , n. , and cf. Bordure .] 1. The outer part or edge of anything, as of a garment, a garden, etc.; margin; verge; brink.

Upon the borders of these solitudes. Bentham.

In the borders of death. Barrow.

2. A boundary; a frontier of a state or of the settled part of a country; a frontier district.

3. A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

4. A narrow flower bed.

Border land , land on the frontiers of two adjoining countries; debatable land; -- often used figuratively; as, the border land of science. -- The Border , The Borders , specifically, the frontier districts of Scotland and England which lie adjacent. -- Over the border , across the boundary line or frontier.

Syn. -- Edge; verge; brink; margin; brim; rim; boundary; confine.

Border <Xpage=167>

Bor"der , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bordered (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bordering .] 1. To touch at the edge or boundary; to be contiguous or adjacent; -- with on or upon as, Connecticut borders on Massachusetts.

2. To approach; to come near to; to verge.

Wit which borders upon profaneness deserves to be branded as folly. Abp. Tillotson.

Border <Xpage=167>

Bor"der , v. t. 1. To make a border for; to furnish with a border, as for ornament; as, to border a garment or a garden .

2. To be, or to have, contiguous to; to touch, or be touched, as by a border; to be, or to have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest .

The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region." Prescott.

Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To confine within bounds; to limit. [Obs.]

That nature, which contemns its origin, Can not be bordered certain in itself. Shak.

Borderer <Xpage=167>

Bor"der*er (?) , n. One who dwells on a border, or at the extreme part or confines of a country, region, or tract of land; one who dwells near to a place or region.

Borderers of the Caspian. Dyer.

Bordland <Xpage=167>

Bord"land` (?) , n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + land .] (O. Eng. Law) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.

Spelman.

Bordlode <Xpage=167>

Bord"lode` (?) , n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + lode leading.] (O. Eng. Law) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house.

Bailey. Mozley & W.

Bordman <Xpage=167>

Bord"man (?) , n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + man .] A bordar; a tenant in bordage.

Bordrag, Bordraging <Xpage=167>

Bord"rag (?) , Bord"ra`ging (?) , n. [Perh. from OE. bord , for border + raging . Cf. Bodrage .] An incursion upon the borders of a country; a raid. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Bord service <Xpage=167>

Bord" serv`ice (?) . [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service .] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage.

Bordure <Xpage=167>

Bor"dure (?) , n. [F. bordure . See Border , n. ] (Her.) A border one fifth the width of the shield, surrounding the field. It is usually plain, but may be charged.

Bore <Xpage=167>

Bore (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bored (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Boring .] [OE. borien , AS. borian ; akin to Icel. bora , Dan. bore , D. boren , OHG. por<?/n , G. bohren , L. forare , Gr. <?/ to plow, Zend bar . &root;91.] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank .

I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored . Shak.

2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole.

Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore , as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. T. W. Harris.

3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd ; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. "What bustling crowds I bored ."

Gay.

4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.

He bores me with some trick. Shak.

Used to come and bore me at rare intervals. Carlyle.

5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]

I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored , it seems. Beau. & Fl.

Bore <Xpage=167>

Bore , v. i. 1. To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil ( i . e ., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

2. To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore .

3. To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.

They take their flight . . . boring to the west. Dryden.

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4. (Ma<?/<?/) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; <?/ said of a horse.

Crabb.

Bore <Xpage=168>

Bore (?) , n. 1. A hole made by boring; a perforation.

2. The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.

The bores of wind instruments. Bacon.

Love's counselor should fill the bores of hearing. Shak.

3. The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.

4. A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.

5. Caliber; importance. [Obs.]

Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. Shak.

6. A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.

It is as great a bore as to hear a poet read his own verses. Hawthorne.

Bore <Xpage=168>

Bore , n. [Icel. b\'bera wave: cf. G. empor upwards, OHG. bor height, burren to lift, perh. allied to AS. beran , E. 1st bear . &root;92.] (Physical Geog.) (a) A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. (b) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.

Bore <Xpage=168>

Bore , imp. of 1st & 2d Bear .

Boreal <Xpage=168>

Bo"re*al (?) , a. [L. borealis : cf. F. bor\'82al . See Boreas .] Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast.

So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. Thomson.

Boreas <Xpage=168>

Bo"re*as (?) , n. [L. boreas , Gr. <?/ .] The north wind; -- usually a personification.

Borecole <Xpage=168>

Bore"cole` (?) , n. [Cf. D. boerenkool (lit.) husbandman's cabbage.] A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

Boredom <Xpage=168>

Bore"dom (?) , n. 1. The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.

Dickens.

2. The realm of bores; bores, collectively.

Boree <Xpage=168>

Bo*ree" (?) , n. Same as Bourr\'90\'82 . [Obs.]

Swift.

Borel <Xpage=168>

Bor"el (?) , n. See Borrel .

Borele <Xpage=168>

Bor"e*le (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa ( Atelodus bicornis ).

Borer <Xpage=168>

Bor"er (?) , n. 1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo . (b) Any bivalve mollusk ( Saxicava , Lithodomus , etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. (c) One of the larv\'91 of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer , under Apple . (d) The hagfish ( Myxine ).

Boric <Xpage=168>

Bo"ric (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.

Boric acid , a white crystalline substance B(OH)3 , easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.

Boride <Xpage=168>

Bo"ride (?) , n. (Chem.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret .

Boring <Xpage=168>

Bor"ing (?) , n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.

One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells. Tomlinson.

2. A hole made by boring.

3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.

Boring bar , a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or more cutting tools for dressing round holes. -- Boring tool (Metal Working) , a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes.

Knight.

Born <Xpage=168>

Born (?) , p. p. & a. [See Bear , v. t. ] 1. Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.

No one could be born into slavery in Mexico. Prescott.

2. Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar . "A born matchmaker."

W. D. Howells.

Born again (Theol.) , regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "Except a man be born again , he can not see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3 . -- Born days , days since one was born; lifetime. [Colloq.]

Borne <Xpage=168>

Borne (?) , p. p. of Bear . Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear , v. t.

Borneol <Xpage=168>

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

Bornite <Xpage=168>

Bor"nite (?) , n. [Named after Von Born , a mineralogist.] (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite ), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.

Borofluoride <Xpage=168>

Bo`ro*flu"or*ide (?) , n. [ Boron + fluoride .] (Chem.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride , and formerly fluoborate .

Boroglyceride <Xpage=168>

Bo"ro*glyc"er*ide (?) , n. [ Boron + glyceride .] (Chem.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.

Boron <Xpage=168>

Bo"ron (?) , n. [See Borax .] (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.

Borosilicate <Xpage=168>

Bo"ro*sil"i*cate (?) , n. [ Boron + silicate .] (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

Borough <Xpage=168>

Bor"ough (?) , n. [OE. burgh , burw , boru , port, town, burrow, AS. burh , burg ; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. borg , OS. & D. burg , OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. burc , G. burg , Goth. ba\'a3rgs ; and from the root of AS. beorgan to hide, save, defend, G. bergen ; or perh. from that of AS. beorg hill, mountain. <?/95. See Bury , v. t. , and cf. Burrow , Burg , Bury , n. , Burgess , Iceberg , Borrow , Harbor , Hauberk .] 1. In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

Burrill. Erskine.