The Gutenberg Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
Chapter 186
Bour"bon*ist , n. One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.
Bourbon whisky <Xpage=171>
Bour"bon whis"ky . See under Whisky .
Bourd <Xpage=171>
Bourd (?) , n. [F. bourde fib, lie, OF. borde , bourde , jest, joke.] A jest. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bourd <Xpage=171>
Bourd (?) , v. i. To jest. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bourder <Xpage=171>
Bourd"er (?) , n. A jester. [Obs.]
Bourdon <Xpage=171>
Bour"don (?) , n. [F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also, crutch, prop.] A pilgrim's staff.
Bourdon <Xpage=171>
Bour"don` (?) , n. [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop.
Bourgeois <Xpage=171>
Bour*geois" (?) , n. [From a French type founder named Bourgeois , or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois , borgis . Cf. Burgess .] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type .
&hand; This line is printed in bourgeois type.
Bourgeois <Xpage=171>
Bour*geois" (?) , n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess .] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.]
a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Bourgeoisie <Xpage=171>
Bour*geoi*sie" , n. [F.] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.
Bourgeon <Xpage=171>
Bour"geon (?) , v. i. [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.] To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.
Bouri <Xpage=171>
Bou"ri (?) , n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A mullet ( Mugil capito ) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.
Bourn, Bourne <Xpage=171>
Bourn , Bourne (?) , n. [OE. burne , borne , AS. burna ; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born , brunnen , OHG. prunno , Goth. brunna , Icel. brunnr , and perh. to Gr. <?/. The root is prob. that of burn , v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent , and see Burn , v .] A stream or rivulet; a burn.
My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn . Spenser.
Bourn, Bourne <Xpage=171>
Bourn , Bourne (?) , n. [F. borne . See Bound a limit.] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.
Where the land slopes to its watery bourn . Cowper.
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveler returns. Shak.
Sole bourn , sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth.
To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne . Tyndall.
Bournless <Xpage=171>
Bourn"less , a. Without a bourn or limit.
Bournonite <Xpage=171>
Bour"non*ite (?) , n. [Named after Count<?/ Bournon , a minerologist.] (Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.
Bournous <Xpage=171>
Bour*nous" (?) , n. See Burnoose .
Bourr\'82e <Xpage=171>
Bour*r\'82e (?) , n. [F.] (Mus.) An old French dance tune in common time.
Bourse <Xpage=171>
Bourse (?) , n. [F. bourse purse, exchange, LL. bursa , fr. Gr.<?/ skin, hide, of which a purse was usually made. Cf. Purse , Burse .] An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.
Bouse <Xpage=171>
Bouse (?) , v. i. To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze .
Bouse <Xpage=171>
Bouse , n. Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A good bouse of liquor."
Carlyle.
Bouser <Xpage=171>
Bous"er (?) , n. A toper; a boozer.
Boustrophedon <Xpage=171>
Bou`stro*phe"don (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ turning like oxen in plowing; <?/ to turn.] An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.
Boustrophedonic <Xpage=171>
Bou*stroph`e*don"ic (?) , a. Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.
Boustorphic <Xpage=171>
Bou*storph"ic (?) , a. [Gr. <?/ <?/ox-guiding.] Boustrophedonic.
Bousy <Xpage=171>
Bousy (?) , a. Drunken; sotted; boozy.
In his cups the bousy poet songs. Dryden.
Bout <Xpage=171>
Bout (?) , n. [A different spelling and application of bought bend.]
1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.
In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton.
The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout . Goldsmith.
2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout ; a drinking bout .
The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. Shak.
Boutade <Xpage=171>
Bou*tade" (?) , n. [F., fr. bouter to thrust. See Butt .] An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [Obs.]
Boutefeu <Xpage=171>
Boute"feu (?) , n. [F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire.] An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.]
Animated by . . . John \'85 Chamber, a very boutefeu , . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.
Boutonni\'8are <Xpage=171>
Bou`ton`ni\'8are" (?) , n. [F., buttonhole.] A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.
Bouts-rim\'82s <Xpage=171>
Bouts`-ri*m\'82s" (?) , n. pl. [F. bout end + rim\'82 rhymed.] Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.
Bovate <Xpage=171>
Bo"vate (?) , n. [LL. bovata , fr. bos , bovis , ox.] (O.Eng.Law.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.
Bovey coal <Xpage=171>
Bo"vey coal` (?) . (Min.) A kind of mineral coal, or brown lignite, burning with a weak flame, and generally a disagreeable odor; -- found at Bovey Tracey, Devonshire, England. It is of geological age of the o\'94lite, and not of the true coal era.
Bovid <Xpage=171>
Bo"vid (?) , a. [L. bos , bovis , ox, cow.] (Zo\'94l.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus Bos is the type.
Boviform <Xpage=171>
Bo"vi*form (?) , a. [L. bos , bovis , ox + -form .] Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]
Bovine <Xpage=171>
Bo"vine (?) , a. [LL. bovinus , fr.L. bos , bovis , ox, cow: cf. F. bovine . See Cow .]
1. (Zo\'94l.) of or pertaining to the genus Bos ; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.
2. Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament .
The bovine gaze of gaping rustics. W. Black.
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (bou) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bowed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing .] [OE. bowen , bogen , bugen , AS. b\'d4gan (generally v.i.); akin to D. buigen , OHG. biogan , G. biegen , beugen , Icel. boginn bent, beygja to bend, Sw. b\'94ja , Dan. b\'94ie , bugne , Coth. biugan ; also to L. fugere to flee, Gr. <?/, and Skr. bhuj to bend. &root;88. Cf. Fugitive .]
1. To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
We bow things the contrary way, to make them come to their natural straightness. Milton.
The whole nation bowed their necks to the worst kind of tyranny. Prescott.
2. To exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline.
Adversities do more bow men's minds to religion. Bacon.
Not to bow and bias their opinions. Fuller.
3. To bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension.
They came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. 2 Kings ii. 15.
4. To cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;<?/ to crush; to subdue.
Whose heavy hand hath bowed you to the grave. Shak.
5. To express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks .
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (bou) , v. i. 1. To bend; to curve. [Obs.]
2. To stop. [Archaic]
They stoop, they bow down together. Is. xlvi. 2<?/
3. To bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down .
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. Ps. xcv. 6.
4. To incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow.
Admired, adored by all circling crowd, For wheresoe'er she turned her face, they bowed . Dryden.
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (bou) , n. An inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility .
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (b\'d3) , n. [OE. bowe , boge , AS. boga , fr. AS. b\'81<?/gan to bend; akin to D. boog , G. bogen , Icel. bogi . See Bow , v. t. ]
1. Anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow.
I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.
2. A weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.
3. An ornamental knot, with projecting lops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string.
4. The U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke.
5. (Mus.) An appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument.
6. An acrograph.
7. (Mech. & Manuf.) Any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters.
8. (Naut.) A rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea.
9. (Saddlery) sing. or pl. Two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree.
Bow bearer (O. Eng. Law) , an under officer of the forest who looked after trespassers. -- Bow drill , a drill worked by a bow and string. -- Bow instrument (Mus.) , any stringed instrument from which the tones are produced by the bow. -- Bow window (Arch.) See Bay window . -- To draw a long bow , to lie; to exaggerate. [Colloq.]
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (b\'d3) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bowed (#) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bowing .] To play (music) with a bow. -- v. i. To manage the bow.
Bow <Xpage=171>
Bow (b\'d3) , n. [Icel. b\'d3gr shoulder, bow of a ship. See Bough .]
1. (Naut.) The bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow.
2. (Naut.) One who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar.
Bow chaser (Naut.) , a gun in the bow for firing while chasing another vessel.
Totten.
- Bow piece , a piece of ordnance carried at the bow of a ship. -- On the bow ( Naut .), on that part of the horizon within 45° on either side of the line ahead.
Totten.
Bowable <Xpage=171>
Bow"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. [Obs.]
Bowbell <Xpage=171>
Bow"bell` (?) , n. One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney.
Halliwell.
Bow-bells <Xpage=171>
Bow"-bells` (?) , n. pl. The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom.
People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually called cockneys. Murray's Handbook of London.
Bowbent <Xpage=171>
Bow"bent` (?) , a. Bent, like a bow.
Milton.
Bow-compass <Xpage=171>
Bow"-com`pass (?) , n. ; pl. Bow-compasses (<?/) .
1. An arcograph.
2. A small pair of compasses, one leg of which carries a pencil, or a pen, for drawing circles. Its legs are often connected by a bow-shaped spring, instead of by a joint.
3. A pair of compasses, with a bow or arched plate riveted to one of the legs, and passing through the other.
Bowel <Xpage=171>
Bow"el (?) , n. [OE. bouel , bouele , OF. boel , boele , F. boyau , fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage.]
1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.
He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. Acts i. 18.
2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth .
His soldiers . . . cried out amain, And rushed into the bowels of the battle. Shak.
3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. "Thou thing of no bowels ."
Shak.
Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels . Fuller.
4. pl. Offspring. [Obs.]
Shak.
Bowel <Xpage=171>
Bow"el , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boweled or Bowelled (#) ; p. pr.& vb. n. Boweling or Bowelling .] To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Boweled <Xpage=171>
Bow"eled (?) , a. [Written also bowelled .] Having bowels; hollow. "The boweled cavern."
Thomson.
Bowelless <Xpage=171>
Bow"el*less , a. Without pity.
Sir T. Browne.
Bowenite <Xpage=171>
Bow"en*ite (?) , n. [From G.T. Bowen , who analyzed it in 1822.] (Min.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade.
Bower <Xpage=171>
Bo"wer (?) , n. [From Bow , v. & n .]
1. One who bows or bends.
2. (Naut.) An anchor carried at the bow of a ship.
3. A muscle that bends a limb, esp. the arm. [Obs.]
His rawbone arms, whose mighty brawned bowers
Were wont to rive steel plates and helmets hew. Spenser.
Best bower , Small bower . See the Note under Anchor .
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Bower <Xpage=172>
Bow"er (?) , n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See Boor .] One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
Right bower , the knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the "Joker") in the game. -- Left bower , the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value. -- Best bower or Joker , in some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.
Bower <Xpage=172>
Bow"er , n. [OE. bour , bur , room, dwelling, AS. b\'d4r , fr. the root of AS. b\'d4an to dwell; akin to Icel. b\'d4r chamber, storehouse, Sw. b\'d4r cage, Dan. buur , OHG. p\'d4r room, G. bauer cage, bauer a peasant. \'fb97] Cf. Boor , Byre .]
1. Anciently, a chamber; a lodging room; esp., a lady's private apartment.
Give me my lute in bed now as I lie, And lock the doors of mine unlucky bower . Gascoigne.
2. A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat.
Shenstone. B. Johnson.
3. A shelter or covered place in a garden, made with boughs of trees or vines, etc., twined together; an arbor; a shady recess.
Bower <Xpage=172>
Bow"er , v. t. To embower; to inclose.
Shak.
Bower <Xpage=172>
Bow"er , v. i. To lodge. [Obs.]
Spenser.
Bower <Xpage=172>
Bow"er , n. [From Bough , cf. Brancher .] (Falconry) A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest. [Obs.]
Bower bird <Xpage=172>
Bow"er bird` (?) . (Zo\'94l.) An Australian bird ( Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus ), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird.
&hand; The name is also applied to other related birds of the same region, having similar habits; as, the spotted bower bird ( Chalmydodera maculata ), and the regent bird ( Sericulus melinus ).
Bowery <Xpage=172>
Bow"er*y (?) , a. Shading, like a bower; full of bowers.
A bowery maze that shades the purple streams. Trumbull.
Bowery <Xpage=172>
Bow"er*y , n. ; pl. Boweries (#) [D. bouwerij .] A farm or plantation with its buildings. [U.S.Hist.]
The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations; and seeing the evils of this mode of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing." Bancroft.
Bowery <Xpage=172>
Bow"er*y , a. Characteristic of the street called the Bowery , in New York city; swaggering; flashy.
Bowess <Xpage=172>