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☞ Boat is much used either adjectively or in combination; as, boat builder or boatbuilder; boat building or boatbuilding; boat hook or boathook; boathouse; boat keeper or boatkeeper; boat load; boat race; boat racing; boat rowing; boat song; boatlike; boat-shaped.
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Coloq. Advice boat . See under . -- Coloq. Boat hook (Naut.), an iron hook with a point on the back, fixed to a long pole, to pull or push a boat, raft, log, etc. Totten. -- Coloq. Boat rope , a rope for fastening a boat; -- usually called a painter. -- Coloq. In the same boat , in the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] F. W. Newman.
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Boat (bōt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boated; p. pr. & vb. n. Boating.] 1. To transport in a boat; as, to boat goods.
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2. To place in a boat; as, to boat oars.
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Coloq. To boat the oars . See under .
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Boat, v. i. To go or row in a boat.
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I boated over, ran my craft aground. Tennyson.
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Boatable (�), a. 1. Such as can be transported in a boat.
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2. Navigable for boats, or small river craft.
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The boatable waters of the Alleghany. J. Morse.
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Boatage (�), n. Conveyance by boat; also, a charge for such conveyance.
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Boatbill (�), n. (Zoöl.) 1. A wading bird (Cancroma cochlearia) of the tropical parts of South America. Its bill is somewhat like a boat with the keel uppermost.
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2. A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.
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Boat bug (�). (Zoöl.) An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; -- so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Called also boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman.
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Boatful (�), n.; pl. Boatfuls. The quantity or amount that fills a boat.
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Boathouse (�), n. A house for sheltering boats.
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Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth.
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Boating, n. 1. The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.
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2. In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish.
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Boation (�), n. [L. boatus, fr. boare to roar.] A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation. [Obs.]
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The guns were heard . . . about a hundred Italian miles, in long boations. Derham.
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Boatman (�), n.; pl. Boatmen (�). 1. A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.
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As late the boatman hies him home. Percival.
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2. (Zoöl.) A boat bug. See .
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Boatmanship, n. The art of managing a boat.
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Boat-shaped (�), a. (Bot.) See .
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Boat shell (�). (Zoöl.) (a) A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. (b) A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba.
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Boatsman (�), n. A boatman. [Archaic]
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Boatswain (�), n. [Boat + swain.] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird.
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Coloq. Boatswain's mate , an assistant of the boatswain. Totten.
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Boat-tail (�), n. (Zoöl.) A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States.
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Boatwoman (�), n.; pl. Boatwomen (�). A woman who manages a boat.
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Bob (bŏb), n. [An onomatopoetic word, expressing quick, jerky motion; OE. bob bunch, bobben to strike, mock, deceive. Cf. Prov. Eng. bob, n., a ball, an engine beam, bunch, blast, trick, taunt, scoff; as, a v., to dance, to courtesy, to disappoint, OF. bober to mock.] 1. Anything that hangs so as to play loosely, or with a short abrupt motion, as at the end of a string; a pendant; as, the bob at the end of a kite's tail.
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In jewels dressed and at each ear a bob. Dryden.
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2. A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait.
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Or yellow bobs, turned up before the plow,
Are chiefest baits, with cork and lead enow. Lauson.
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3. A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.
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4. The ball or heavy part of a pendulum; also, the ball or weight at the end of a plumb line.
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5. A small wheel, made of leather, with rounded edges, used in polishing spoons, etc.
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6. A short, jerking motion; act of bobbing; as, a bob of the head.
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7. (Steam Engine) A working beam.
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8. A knot or short curl of hair; also, a bob wig.
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A plain brown bob he wore. Shenstone.
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9. A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.
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10. The refrain of a song.
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To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.
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11. A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.
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12. A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.
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He that a fool doth very wisely hit,
Doth very foolishly, although he smart,
Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.
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13. A shilling. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
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Bob (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bobbed (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bobbing.] [OE. bobben. See , n.] 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. “He bobbed his head.” W. Irving.
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2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap.
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If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. Elyot.
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3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.
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Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. Shak.
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4. To mock or delude; to cheat.
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To play her pranks, and bob the fool,
The shrewish wife began. Turbervile.
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5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.
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Bob, v. i. 1. To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything. “Bobbing and courtesying.” Thackeray.
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2. To angle with a bob. See , n., 2 & 3.
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He ne'er had learned the art to bob
For anything but eels. Saxe.
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Coloq. To bob at an apple , Coloq. cherry , etc. to attempt to bite or seize with the mouth an apple, cherry, or other round fruit, while it is swinging from a string or floating in a tug of water.
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Bobac (�), n. (Zoöl.) The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).
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Bobance (�), n. [OF. bobance, F. bombance, boasting, pageantry, fr. L. bombus a humming, buzzing.] A boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Bobber (�), n. One who, or that which, bobs.
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Bobbery (�), n. [Prob. an Anglo-Indian form of Hindi bāp re O thou father! (a very disrespectful address).] A squabble; a tumult; a commotion; a noisy disturbance; as, to raise a bobbery. [Low] Halliwell.
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Bobbin (�), n. [F. bobine; of uncertain origin; cf. L. bombus a humming, from the noise it makes, or Ir. & Gael. baban tassel, or E. bob.] 1. A small pin, or cylinder, formerly of bone, now most commonly of wood, used in the making of pillow lace. Each thread is wound on a separate bobbin which hangs down holding the thread at a slight tension.
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2. A spool or reel of various material and construction, with a head at one or both ends, and sometimes with a hole bored through its length by which it may be placed on a spindle or pivot. It is used to hold yarn or thread, as in spinning or warping machines, looms, sewing machines, etc.
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3. The little rounded piece of wood, at the end of a latch string, which is pulled to raise the latch.
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4. (Haberdashery) A fine cord or narrow braid.
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5. (Elec.) A cylindrical or spool-shaped coil or insulated wire, usually containing a core of soft iron which becomes magnetic when the wire is traversed by an electrical current.
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Coloq. Bobbin and fly frame , a roving machine. -- Coloq. Bobbin lace , lace made on a pillow with bobbins; pillow lace.
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Bobbinet (�), n. [Bobbin + net.] A kind of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.]
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The English machine-made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. Tomlinsom.
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Bobbinwork (�), n. Work woven with bobbins.
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Bobbish (�), a. Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.
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Bobby (�), n. A nickname for a British policeman; -- from Sir Robert Peel, who remodeled the police force. See . [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.
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bobbysocker n. same as .
Syn. -- bobbysoxer.
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bobbysocks n. a sock that reaches just above the ankle.
Syn. -- anklet, anklets, bobbysock.
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bobbysoxer n. an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s); -- sometimes used for any adolescent girl, especially one following the latest youthful fashion .
Syn. -- bobbysocker.
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bobcat (bŏbkăt), n. 1. small lynx (Lynx rufus) of North America.
Syn. -- bay lynx.
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Bob-cherry (�), n. A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth.
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bobfloat n. 1. a small float usually made of cork; attached to a fishing line.
Syn. -- bob, bobber, cork.
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Bobfly (�), n. (Fishing) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.
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Bobolink (�), n. (Zoöl.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.
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The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving.
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{ Bobsled (�), Bobsleigh } (�), n. 1. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.]
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The long wagon body set on bobsleds. W. D. Howells.
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2. a long racing sled (for 2 or more people), having two pairs of runners, with the front pair connected to a steering mechanism. They are usually raced one at a time down a steeply sloping path or specially constructed chute, with sharp banked curves, and attain high speeds.
Syn. -- bobsled.
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Bobstay (�), n. [Bob + stay.] (Naut.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; -- usually in the pl.
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Bobtail (�), n. [Bob + tail.] An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.
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Coloq. Rag, tag, and bobtail , the rabble.
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Bobtail, a. Bobtailed. “Bobtail cur.” Marryat.
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Bobtailed (�), a. Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.
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Bobwhite (�), n. (Zoöl.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); -- so called from its note.
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Bob wig (�). A short wig with bobs or short curls; -- called also bobtail wig. Spectator.
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Bocal (�), n. [F.] A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.
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Bocardo (�), n. [A mnemonic word.] 1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.
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Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. Bowen.
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2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] Latimer.
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Bocasine (�), n. [F. bocassin, boucassin.] A sort of fine buckram.
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Bocca (�), n. [It., mouth.] The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out. Craig.
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Boce (bōs), n. [L. box, bocis, Gr. boax, bw^x.] (Zoöl.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.
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Bock beer (�). [G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [Also written buck beer.]
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Bockelet (�), n. (Zoöl.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [Obs.]
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Bockey (�), n. [D. bokaal.] A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [Local, New York] Bartlett.
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Bocking, n. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.
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Bockland (�), n. See .
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Boddhisatva n. a Buddhist, worthy of nirvana, who postpones it to help others.
Syn. -- Bodhisattva.
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Boddice (�), n. See .
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Bode (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boding.] [OE. bodien, AS. bodian to announce, tell from bod command; akin to Icel. bo�a to announce, Sw. båda to announce, portend. √89. See .] To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
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A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith.
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Good onset bodes good end. Spenser.
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Bode, v. i. To foreshow something; to augur.
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Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden.
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Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.
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Bode, n. 1. An omen; a foreshadowing. [Obs.]
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The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer.
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2. A bid; an offer. [Obs. or Dial.] Sir W. Scott
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Bode, n. [AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See , v. t.] A messenger; a herald. Robertson.
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Bode, n. [See .] A stop; a halting; delay. [Obs.]
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Bode, imp. & p. p. from . Abode.
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There that night they bode. Tennyson.
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Bode, p. p. of . Bid or bidden. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Bodeful (�), a. Portentous; ominous. Carlyle.
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Bodement (�), n. An omen; a prognostic. [Obs.]
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This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl
Makes all these bodements. Shak.
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Bodge (�), n. A botch; a patch. [Dial.] Whitlock.
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Bodge (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodged (�).] To botch; to mend clumsily; to patch. [Obs. or Dial.]
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Bodge, v. i. See .
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{ Bodhisat (?), Bodhisattva, Bodhisattwa (?) }, n. [Skr. bōdhisattva (perh. through Pali bōdhisattō); fr. bōdhi knowledge, enlightenment + sattva being, essence.] (Buddhism) One who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. -- Bodhisatship, n.
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Bodian (�), n. (Zoöl.) A large food fish (Diagramma lineatum), native of the East Indies.
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Bodice (�), n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. , and see .] 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays.
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2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it.
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Her bodice half way she unlaced. Prior.
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Bodiced (�), a. Wearing a bodice. Thackeray.
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Bodied (�), a. Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied.
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A doe . . . not altogether so fat, but very good flesh and good bodied. Hakluyt.
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bodikin (�), n. Same as ; -- a variant spelling. [R.]
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Bodiless (�), a. 1. Having no body.
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2. Without material form; incorporeal.
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Phantoms bodiless and vain. Swift.
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Bodiliness (�), n. Corporeality. Minsheu.
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Bodily (�), a. 1. Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
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You are a mere spirit, and have no knowledge of the bodily part of us. Tatler.
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2. Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. “Bodily defects.” L'Estrange.
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3. Real; actual; put in execution. [Obs.]
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Be brought to bodily act. Shak.
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Coloq. Bodily fear , apprehension of physical injury.
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Syn. -- See .
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Bodily, adv. 1. Corporeally; in bodily form; united with a body or matter; in the body.
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For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. Col. ii. 9
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2. In respect to, or so as to affect, the entire body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. “Leapt bodily below.” Lowell.
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