Boroughhead Bor"ough·head` noun See Headborough . [ Obsolete]
Boroughholder Bor"ough·hold"er noun A headborough; a borsholder.
Boroughmaster Bor"ough·mas"ter noun [ Confer
Burgomaster .]
The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
Boroughmonger Bor"ough·mon"ger noun One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
Boroughmongering, Boroughmongery Bor"ough·mon"ger·ing, Bor"ough·mon"ger·y noun The practices of a boroughmonger.
Borracho Bor·rach"o noun See Borachio . [ Obsolete]
Borrage Bor"rage noun ,
Bor*rag`i*na"ceous adjective , etc.
See Borage , noun , etc.
Borrel Bor"rel noun [ Old French
burel a kind of coarse woolen cloth, from French
bure drugget. See
Bureau . Rustic and common people dressed in this cloth, which was probably so called from its color.]
1. Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
Borrel Bor"rel adjective [ Prob. from
Borrel ,
noun ]
Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Borrow Bor"row transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Borrowed ;
present participle & verbal noun Borrowing .] [ Middle English
borwen , Anglo-Saxon
borgian , from
borg ,
borh , pledge; akin to Dutch
borg , German
borg ; probably from root of Anglo-Saxon
beorgan to protect. ...95. See 1st
Borough .]
1. To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend . 2. (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend. 3. To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another. Rites borrowed from the ancients.
Macaulay.
It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above.
Milton.
4. To feign or counterfeit. "
Borrowed hair."
Spenser. The borrowed majesty of England.
Shak.
5. To receive; to take; to derive. Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother.
Shak.
To borrow trouble ,
to be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
Borrow Bor"row noun 1. Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [ Obsolete]
Ye may retain as borrows my two priests.
Sir W. Scott.
2. The act of borrowing. [ Obsolete]
Of your royal presence I'll adventure
The borrow of a week.
Shak.
Borrower Bor"row·er noun One who borrows. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
Shak.
Borsholder Bors"hold`er noun [ Middle English
borsolder ; probably from Anglo-Saxon
borg , gen.
borges , pledge +
ealdor elder. See
Borrow , and
Elder ,
adjective ]
(Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough ); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.
Bort Bort noun Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
Boruret Bo"ru·ret noun (Chemistry) A boride. [ Obsolete]
Borwe Bor"we noun Pledge; borrow. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Bos Bos noun [ Latin , ox, cow.]
(Zoology) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.
Bosa Bo"sa noun [ Arabic
b...za , Pers.
b...zah : confer French
bosan .]
A drink, used in the East. See Boza .
Boscage Bos"cage noun [ Old French
boscage grove, French
bocage , from Late Latin
boscus ,
buscus , thicket, wood. See 1st
Bush .]
1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. 2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.
Bosh Bosh noun [ Confer German
posse joke, trifle; Italian
bozzo a rough stone,
bozzetto a rough sketch,
s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.]
Figure; outline; show. [ Obsolete]
Bosh Bosh noun [ Turk.]
Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [ Colloq.]
Bosh Bosh noun ;
plural Boshes [ Confer German
böschung a slope.]
1. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace. 2. plural The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part. 3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
Boshbok Bosh"bok noun [ Dutch
bosch wood +
bok buck.]
(Zoology) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck .
Boshvark Bosh"vark noun [ Dutch
bosch wood +
varken pig.]
(Zoology) The bush hog. See under Bush , a thicket.
Bosjesman Bos"jes·man noun ;
plural Bosjesmans . [ Dutch
boschjesman .]
See Bushman .
Bosk Bosk noun [ See
Bosket .]
A thicket; a small wood. "Through
bosk and dell."
Sir W. Scott.
Boskage Bos"kage noun Same as Boscage . Thridding the somber boskage of the wood.
Tennyson.
Bosket, Bosquet Bos"ket, Bos"quet noun [ French
bosquet a little wood, dim. from Late Latin
boscus . See
Boscage , and confer
Bouquet .]
(Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
Boskiness Bosk"i·ness noun Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
Bosky Bosk"y adjective [ Confer
Bushy .]
1. Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton. 2. Caused by boscage. Darkened over by long bosky shadows.
H. James.
Bosom Bos"om (boz"ŭm)
noun [ Anglo-Saxon
b...sm ; akin to Dutch
bozem , Fries.
b...sm , Old High German
puosum , German
busen , and probably English
bough .]
1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife.
Shak.
2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. Tut, I am in their bosoms , and I know
Wherefore they do it.
Shak.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom .
Job xxxi. 33.
3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church.
Hooker.
4. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The
bosom of the ocean."
Addison. 5. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom . He put his hand into his bosom : and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.
Ex. iv. 6.
6. Inclination; desire. [ Obsolete]
Shak. 7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight.
Bosom Bos"om adjective 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom. 2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
Bosom Bos"om transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bosomed (-ŭmd);
present participle & verbal noun Bosoming .]
1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel,
You'll find it wholesome.
Shak.
2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines.
Pope.
Bosomed Bos"omed (boz"ŭmd)
adjective Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.
Bosomy Bos"om·y (-ȳ)
adjective Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Boson Bo"son (bō"s'n)
noun See Boatswain . [ Obsolete]
Dryden.
Bosporian Bos·po"ri·an adjective [ Latin
Bosporus , German
Bo`sporos , lit.,
ox-ford , the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; from
boy^s ox, heifer +
po`ros ford.]
Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus. The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians.
Tooke.
Bosporus Bos"po·rus (bŏs"po*rŭs)
noun [ Latin ]
A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus , between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [ Written also
Bosphorus .]
Bosquet Bos"quet noun See Bosket .
Boss Boss (bŏs; 115)
noun ;
plural Bosses (-ĕz). [ Middle English
boce ,
bose ,
boche , Old French
boce ,
boche ,
bosse , French
bosse , of G. origin; confer Old High German
bōzo tuft, bunch, Old High German
bōzan , Middle High German
bôzen , to beat. See
Beat , and confer
Botch a swelling.]
1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood. 2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus . 3. (Architecture) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations. 4. [ Confer Dutch
bus box, Danish
bösse .]
A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. Gwilt. 5. (Mech.) (a) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another. (b) A swage or die used for shaping metals. 6. A head or reservoir of water. [ Obsolete]
Boss Boss (bŏs)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Bossed (bŏst);
present participle & verbal noun Bossing .] [ Middle English
bocen , from Old French
bocier . See the preceding word.]
To ornament with bosses; to stud.
Boss Boss noun [ Dutch
baas master.]
A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [ Slang, U. S.]
Bossage Boss"age noun [ French
bossage , from
bosse . See
Boss a stud.]
1. (Architecture) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt. 2. (Architecture) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt.
Bossed Bossed adjective Embossed; also, bossy.
Bosset Bos"set noun [ Confer
Boss a stud.]
(Zoology) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Bossism Boss"ism noun The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [ Slang, U. S.]
Bossy Boss"y adjective Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Bossy Bos"sy noun [ Dim. from Prov. English
boss in
boss-calf ,
buss-calf , for
boose-calf , prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st
Boose .]
A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called. [ U. S.]
Boston Bos"ton noun A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
Bostryx Bos"tryx noun [ New Latin ; irreg. from Greek ... a curl.]
(Botany) A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; -- called also a uniparous helicoid cyme .
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