Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913, 100,000 entries)Use the search box below if you want to search in Websters only, use the box at the right to search all of Enyclo. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | Webster > Letter B > Page 76 of 120. « Previous ¦68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 ¦ Next » Bolt Bolt transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bolted ; present participle & verbal noun Bolting .] [ Middle English bolten , boulten , Old French buleter , French bluter , from Ll. buletare , buratare , confer French bure coarse woolen stuff; from Latin burrus red. See Borrel , and confer Bultel .] He now had bolted all the flour. Ill schooled in bolted language. Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. This bolts the matter fairly to the bran . The report of the committee was examined and sifted and bolted to the bran . Bolt Bolt noun A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter. B. Jonson.
Boltel Bol"tel noun See Boultel .
Bolter Bolt"er noun One who bolts; esp.: Bolter Bolt"er noun Bolter Bolt"er noun A kind of fishing line. See Boulter .
Bolthead Bolt"head` noun Bolting Bolt"ing noun A darting away; a starting off or aside.
Bolting Bolt"ing noun Boltonite Bol"ton·ite noun (Min.) A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.
Boltrope Bolt"rope` noun (Nautical) A rope stitched to the edges of a sail to strengthen the sail.
Boltsprit Bolt"sprit` noun [ A corruption of bowsprit .] (Nautical) See Bowsprit .
Bolty Bol"ty noun (Zoology) An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis ). [ Written also bulti .]
Bolus Bo"lus noun ; plural Bom Bom noun (Zoology) A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.
Bomb Bomb noun [ French bombe bombshell, from Latin bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Greek ... .] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bomb Bomb transitive verb To bombard. [ Obsolete] Prior.
Bomb Bomb intransitive verb [ Confer Boom .] To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound. [ Obsolete] B. Jonson.
Bombace Bom"bace noun [ Old French ] Cotton; padding. [ Obsolete]
Bombard Bom"bard noun [ French bombarde , Late Latin bombarda , from Latin bombus + -ard . Confer Bumper , and see Bomb .] They planted in divers places twelve great bombards , wherewith they threw huge stones into the air, which, falling down into the city, might break down the houses. Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. Bombard Bom"bard noun [ Middle English bombarde , from French bombarde .] (Mus.) See Bombardo . [ Obsolete]
Bombard Bom·bard" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Bombarded ; present participle & verbal noun Bombarding .] To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into. Next, she means to bombard Naples. His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. Bombardier Bom`bar·dier" noun [ French bombardier .] (Mil.) Bombardman Bom"bard·man noun One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [ Obsolete] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. Bombardment Bom·bard"ment noun [ French bombardement .] An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.
Bombardo, Bombardon Bom·bar"do, Bom·bar"don noun [ Italian bombardo .] (Mus.) Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. Grove.
Bombasine Bom`ba·sine" noun Same as Bombazine .
Bombast Bom"bast (bŏm"bȧst or bŭm"bȧst; 277) noun [ Old French bombace cotton, Late Latin bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See Bombazine .] A candle with a wick of bombast . How now, my sweet creature of bombast ! Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least. Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. Bombast Bom"bast adjective High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic. [ He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. Bombast Bom·bast" (bŏm*bȧst" or bŭm*bȧst") transitive verb To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [ Obsolete] Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed. Bombastic Bom·bas"tic (bŏm*bȧs"tĭk or bŭm*bȧs"tĭk), A theatrical, bombastic , windy phraseology.Syn. -- Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. Bombastry Bom"bast·ry noun Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian. Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. Bombax Bom"bax noun [ Late Latin , cotton. See Bombast , noun ] (Botany) A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree ; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.
Bombazet Bombazette Bom`ba·zet" Bom`ba·zette" noun [ Confer Bombazine .] A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.
Bombazine Bom`ba·zine" noun [ French bombasin , Late Latin bombacinium , bambacinium , Latin bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or cotton texture, from bombyx silk, silkworm, Greek ... . Confer Bombast , Bombycinous .] A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments. [ Sometimes spelt bombasin , and bombasine .] Tomlinson.
Bombic Bom"bic adjective [ Latin bombyx silk, silkworm: confer French bombique .] Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; as, bombic acid.
Bombilate Bom"bi·late intransitive verb [ Late Latin bombilare , for Latin bombitare . See Bomb , noun ] To hum; to buzz. [ R.]
Bombilation Bom`bi·la"tion noun A humming sound; a booming. To . . . silence the bombilation of guns. Bombinate Bom"bi·nate intransitive verb To hum; to boom.
Bombination Bom`bi·na"tion noun A humming or buzzing.
Bombolo Bom"bo·lo noun ; plural Bombproof Bomb"proof` adjective Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- noun A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.
Bombshell Bomb"shell` noun A bomb. See Bomb , noun
Bombycid Bom·by"cid adjective (Zoology) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ .
Bombycinous Bom·byc"i·nous adjective [ Latin bombycinus . See Bombazine .] Bombylious Bom·byl"i·ous adjective [ Latin bombylius a bumblebee, Greek ... .] Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. [ Obsolete] Derham.
Bombyx Bom"byx (bŏm"bĭks) noun [ Latin , silkworm. See Bombazine .] (Zoology) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm .
Bon Bon adjective [ French, from Latin bonus .] Good; valid as security for something.
Bon Silène Bon" Si`lène" [ French] (Botany) A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
Bon ton Bon" ton" [ French, good tone, manner.] The height of the fashion; fashionable society.
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