Bokadam Bo"ka·dam` noun (Zoology) See Cerberus .

Boke Boke transitive verb & i. To poke; to thrust. [ Obsolete or Dial.]

Bolar Bo"lar adjective [ See Bole clay.] Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

Bolas Bo"las noun sing. & plural [ Spanish ] 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 (bōld) adjective [ Middle English bald , bold , Anglo-Saxon bald , beald ; akin to Icelandic ballr , Old High German bald , Middle High German balt , D. boud, Goth. balþei boldness, Italian baldo . In German there remains only bald , adverb soon. Confer Bawd , noun ] 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 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 eagle , (Zoology) 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.

Bold Bold transitive verb To make bold or daring. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Bold Bold intransitive verb To be or become bold. [ Obsolete]

Bold-faced Bold"-faced` adjective 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.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.

» This line is bold-faced nonpareil.

Bolden Bold"en transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Boldened ] 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.

Boldly Bold"ly adverb [ Anglo-Saxon bealdlīce .] In a bold manner.

Boldness Bold"ness noun The state or quality of being bold.

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

Boldo Bol"do Bol"du noun (Botany) 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 noun [ Middle English bole , from Icelandic bolr ; akin to Swedish bål , Danish bul , trunk, stem of a tree, German bohle a thick plank or board; confer LG. boll round. Confer Bulge .] The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.
Tennyson.

Bole Bole noun [ Etym. doubtful.] 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 noun A measure. See Boll , noun , 2. Mortimer.

Bole Bole noun [ Greek ... a clod or lump of earth: confer French bol , and also Latin bolus morsel. Confer 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. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Bolection Bo·lec"tion noun (Architecture) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection . Gwilt.

Bolero Bo·le"ro noun [ Spanish ] (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.

Bolero Bo·le"ro noun A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women.

bolete bolete noun any fungus of the family Boletaceae .
[ WordNet 1.5]

Boletic Bo·let"ic adjective (Chemistry) 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 noun [ Latin boletus , Greek ... .] (Botany) 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 noun Same as Booly .

Bolide Bo"lide noun [ French See Bolis .] A kind of bright meteor; a bolis .

Bolis Bo"lis noun [ Latin , from Greek ... missile, arrow, from ... to throw.] A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

Bolivian Bo·liv"i·an adjective Of or pertaining to Bolivia. -- noun A native of Bolivia.

Boll Boll noun [ Middle English bolle boll, bowl, Anglo-Saxon 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 intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bolled ] 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 noun plural The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.

Bollard Bol"lard noun [ Confer Bole the stem of a tree, and Pollard .] An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.

Bollard timber (Nautical) , 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 adjective See Boln , adjective

Bolling Boll"ing noun [ Confer Bole stem of a tree, and Poll , transitive verb ] A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.

Bollworm Boll"worm` noun (Zoology) 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 intransitive verb [ Middle English bolnen , bollen ; confer Danish bulne . Confer Bulge .] To swell; to puff. Holland.

Boln, Bollen Boln, Boll"en adjective Swollen; puffed out.

Thin, and boln out like a sail.
B. Jonson.

Bolo Bo"lo noun [ Spanish ] A kind of large knife resembling a machete. [ Phil. Islands]

Bologna Bo·lo"gna noun 1. A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.

2. A Bologna sausage.

Bologna sausage [ Italian 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" adjective Of or pertaining to Bologna. -- noun 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 adjective & noun Bolognese.

Bolognian stone . See Bologna stone , under Bologna .

Bolometer Bo·lom"e·ter noun [ Greek ... a stroke, ray + -meter .] (Physics) 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 noun [ Spanish , lit., purse. See Bourse .] An exchange for the transaction of business. [ Spanish Amer. & Phil. Islands]

Bolster Bol"ster noun [ Anglo-Saxon bolster ; akin to Icelandic b...lstr , Swedish & Danish bolster , Old High German bolstar , polstar , German polster ; from the same root as English bole stem, bowl hollow vessel. Confer 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) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

5. (Nautical) (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.) 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. (Architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital. G. Francis.

12. (Mil.) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation. [ See Illust. of Gun carriage .]

Bolster work (Architecture) , members which are bellied or curved outward like cushions, as in friezes of certain classical styles.

Bolster Bol"ster transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bolstered ; present participle & verbal noun 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 adjective 1. Supported; upheld.

2. Swelled out.

Bolsterer Bol"ster·er noun A supporter.

Bolt Bolt noun [ Anglo-Saxon bolt ; akin to Icelandic bolti , Danish bolt , Dutch bout , Old High German bolz , German 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. [ Obsolete]

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.

See Tap bolt , Screw bolt , and Stud bolt .

Bolt Bolt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bolted ; present participle & verbal noun 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) 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) 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 (bōlt; 110) intransitive verb 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) 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 adverb 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. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Bolt Bolt noun [ From Bolt , intransitive verb ] 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) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.

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