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Boding (bōdĭng), a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bodingly, adv.
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Boding, n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding.
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Bodkin (bŏdkĭn), n. [OE. boydekyn dagger; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bidog hanger, short sword, Ir. bideog, Gael. biodag.] 1. A dagger. [Obs.]
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When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin. Shak.
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2. (Needlework) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a stiletto; an eyeleteer.
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3. (Print.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking out letters from a column or page in making corrections.
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4. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
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Wedged whole ages in a bodkin's eye. Pope.
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5. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.
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Coloq. To sit , Coloq. ride , or Coloq. travel bodkin , to sit closely wedged between two persons. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
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Bodkin, n. See . [Obs.] Shirley.
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Bodle (�), n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny. Sir W. Scott.
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Bodleian, a. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.
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Bodock (�), n. [Corrupt. fr. bois d'arc.] The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]
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Bodrage (�), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin: cf. .] A raid. [Obs.]
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Bod veal. Veal too immature to be suitable for food.
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Body (�), n.; pl. Bodies (�). [OE. bodi, AS. bodig; akin to OHG. botah. √257. Cf. .]
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1. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
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Absent in body, but present in spirit. 1 Cor. v. 3
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For of the soul the body form doth take.
For soul is form, and doth the body make. Spenser.
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2. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
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Who set the body and the limbs
Of this great sport together? Shak.
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The van of the king's army was led by the general; . . . in the body was the king and the prince. Clarendon.
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Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. Addison.
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3. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
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Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. Col. ii. 17.
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4. A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.
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A dry, shrewd kind of a body. W. Irving.
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5. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
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A numerous body led unresistingly to the slaughter. Prescott.
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6. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.
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7. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aëriform body. “A body of cold air.” Huxley.
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By collision of two bodies, grind
The air attrite to fire. Milton.
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8. Amount; quantity; extent.
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9. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
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10. The bed or box of a vehicle, on or in which the load is placed; as, a wagon body; a cart body.
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11. (Print.) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated); as, a nonpareil face on an agate body.
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12. (Geom.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness; any solid figure.
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13. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
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☞ Colors bear a body when they are capable of being ground so fine, and of being mixed so entirely with oil, as to seem only a very thick oil of the same color.
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14. (Aëronautics) The central, longitudinal framework of a flying machine, to which are attached the planes or aërocurves, passenger accommodations, controlling and propelling apparatus, fuel tanks, etc. Also called .
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Coloq. After body (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat. -- Coloq. Body cavity (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the cælum; -- in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities. -- Coloq. Body of a church , the nave. -- Coloq. Body cloth ; pl. Coloq. Body cloths , a cloth or blanket for covering horses. -- Coloq. Body clothes . (pl.) 1. Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. 2. Body cloths for horses. [Obs.] Addison. -- Coloq. Body coat , a gentleman's dress coat. -- Coloq. Body color (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash. -- Coloq. Body of a law (Law), the main and operative part. -- Coloq. Body louse (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See . -- Coloq. Body plan (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length. -- Coloq. Body politic , the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. Wharton.
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As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of “people”, or “nation”. Bouvier.
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-- Coloq. Body servant , a valet. -- Coloq. The bodies seven (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. [Obs.]
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Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. Chaucer.
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-- Coloq. Body snatcher , one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist. -- Coloq. Body snatching (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.
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Body (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bodied (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bodying.] To furnish with, or as with, a body; to produce in definite shape; to embody.
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Coloq. To body forth , to give from or shape to mentally.
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Imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown. Shak.
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bodybuilder n. someone who does special exercises to develop the musculature.
Syn. -- musclebuilder.
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bodybuilding n. exercise that builds muscles through tension.
Syn. -- anaerobic exercise, musclebuilding.
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Bodyguard (�), n. 1. A guard or group of guards to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.
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2. Retinue; attendance; following. Bp. Porteus.
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body shop n. an establishment where the frame or outer body of a vehicle may be repaired or painted; -- contrasted with a mechanic, who repairs the motor and other working components.
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bodywork n. 1. the exterior body of a motor vehicle.
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2. the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies.
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Boehmenism n. the mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers.
Syn. -- Behmenism.
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Boehmeria n. a genus comprising the false nettle.
Syn. -- genus Boehmeria.
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Boeotia n. 1. a district of ancient Greece northwest of Athens.
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Bœotian (�), a. [L. Boeotia, Gr. �, noted for its moist, thick atmosphere, and the dullness and stupidity of its inhabitants.] Of or pertaining to Bœotia; hence, stupid; dull; obtuse. -- n. A native of Bœotia; also, one who is dull and ignorant.
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Boer (�), n. [D., a farmer. See .] A colonist or farmer in South Africa of Dutch descent.
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Boes (�), 3d sing. pr. of . Behoves or behooves. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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boeuf n. meat from an adult domestic bovine.
Syn. -- beef.
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boff, boffo n. 1. (Theater) a hearty laugh.
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2. (Theater) a joke or gag line that produces hearty laughter.
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3. (Theater) something very successful, especially a box-office hit.
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boffin n. a scientist or technician, especially one engaged in military research. [British slang]
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boffo a. highly successful; superbly well done. [slang]
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bog (bŏg), n. [Ir. & Gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf. Ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, Gael. bogan quagmire.]
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1. A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.
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Appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit,
Of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread. R. Jago.
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2. A little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and grass, in a marsh or swamp. [Local, U. S.]
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Coloq. Bog bean . See . -- Coloq. Bog bumper (bump, to make a loud noise), Coloq. Bog blitter , Coloq. Bog bluiter , Coloq. Bog jumper , the bittern. [Prov.] -- Coloq. Bog butter , a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found in the peat bogs of Ireland. -- Coloq. Bog earth (Min.), a soil composed for the most part of silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. P. Cyc. -- Coloq. Bog moss . (Bot.) Same as . -- Coloq. Bog myrtle (Bot.), the sweet gale. -- Coloq. Bog ore . (Min.) (a) An ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a variety of brown iron ore, or limonite. (b) Bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese. -- Coloq. Bog rush (Bot.), any rush growing in bogs; saw grass. -- Coloq. Bog spavin . See under .
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Bog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bogged (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Bogging.] To sink, as into a bog; to submerge in a bog; to cause to sink and stick, as in mud and mire.
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At another time, he was bogged up to the middle in the slough of Lochend. Sir W. Scott.
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Bogart n. Humphrey DeForest Bogart, famous movie actor; most commonly called Humphrey Bogart; b. 1899, d. 1957.
Syn. -- Humphrey Bogart, Humphrey DeForest Bogart.
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Bogartian adj. of or pertaining to Humphrey Bogart.
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bogbean n. a perennial plant of Europe and America (Menyanthes trifoliata) having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.
Syn. -- water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil.
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Bogberry (�), n. (Bot.) The small cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccus), which grows in boggy places.
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Bogey (?), n.; pl. Bogeys (#). [Also bogie and bogy, plural bogies.] 1. A goblin; a bugbear.
Syn. -- bogeyman.
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I have become a sort of bogey -- a kill-joy. Wm. Black.
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2. (Golf) a score one stroke over par for a hole; formerly, the definition of bogey was the same as that now used for par, i.e., an ideal score or number of strokes, for each hole, against which players compete; -- it was said to be so called because assumed to be the score of an imaginary first-rate player called Colonel Bogey. Now the standard score is called par.
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3. (Mil.) an unidentified aircraft; in combat situations, such craft not identified as friendly are assumed to be hostile.
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Bogeyman (?), n.; pl. Bogeymen (#). A goblin; a bugbear; a . This is the form used by parents to frighten children; as, if you don't eat your vegetables, the bogeyman will get you.
Syn. -- bogey.
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Boggard (�), n. A bogey. [Local, Eng.]
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Boggle (�), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boggled (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Boggling (�).] [ See , n.] 1. To stop or hesitate as if suddenly frightened, or in doubt, or impeded by unforeseen difficulties; to take alarm; to exhibit hesitancy and indecision.
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We start and boggle at every unusual appearance. Glanvill.
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Boggling at nothing which serveth their purpose. Barrow.
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2. To do anything awkwardly or unskillfully.
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3. To play fast and loose; to dissemble. Howell.
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Syn. -- To doubt; hesitate; shrink; stickle; demur.
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Boggle, v. t. To embarrass with difficulties; to make a bungle or botch of. [Local, U. S.]
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Boggler (�), n. One who boggles.
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Bogglish (�), a. Doubtful; skittish. [Obs.]
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Boggy (�), a. Consisting of, or containing, a bog or bogs; of the nature of a bog; swampy; as, boggy land.
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Bogie (�), n. [A dialectic word. N. of Eng. & Scot.] A four-wheeled truck, having a certain amount of play around a vertical axis, used to support in part a locomotive on a railway track.
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Bogie engine. (Railroads) A switching engine the running gear and driving gear of which are on a bogie, or truck.
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Bogle (�), n. [Scot. and North Eng. bogle, bogill, bugill, specter; as a verb, to terrify, fr. W. bwgwl threatening, fear, bwg, bwgan, specter, hobgoblin. Cf. .] A goblin; a specter; a frightful phantom; a bogy; a bugbear. [Written also boggle.]
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Bogsucker (�), n. (Zoöl.) The American woodcock; -- so called from its feeding among the bogs.
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Bogtrotter (�), n. One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish. Halliwell.
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Bogtrotting (�), a. Living among bogs.
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Bogue (�), v. i. (Naut.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
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Bogue (�), n. (Zoöl.) The boce; -- called also bogue bream. See .
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Bogus (�), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. [Colloq. U. S.]
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Bogus, n. A liquor made of rum and molasses. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.
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Bogwood (�), n. The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.
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Bogy (�), n.; pl. Bogies (�). [See .] A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear. “Death's heads and bogies.” J. H. Newman. [Written also bogey.]
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There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing bogy in the history of savages. C. Kingsley.
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Bohea (�), n. [From Wu-i, pronounced by the Chinese bu-i, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.] Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under .
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☞ The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general.
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Bohemia (�), n. 1. A country of central Europe.
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2. Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See , n., 3.
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She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade.
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Bohemian (�), a. 1. Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See , n., 2.
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2. Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or “Bohemian” (see , n., 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy. [Modern]
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Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five and thirty. Blackw. Mag.
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Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black.
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Coloq. Bohemian chatterer , or Coloq. Bohemian waxwing (Zoöl.), a small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the waxwing. -- Coloq. Bohemian glass , a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.
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Bohemian (�), n. 1. A native of Bohemia.
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2. The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family.
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3. A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals. [Modern]
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☞ In this sense from the French bohémien, a gypsy; also, a person of irregular habits.
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She was of a wild, roving nature, inherited from father and mother, who were both Bohemians by taste and circumstances. Thackeray.
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Bohemianism (�), n. The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]
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Bohun upas (�). See .
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Boiar (�), n. See .
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Boil (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr. & vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F. bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from bulla bubble; akin to Gr. �, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. an edict, , v., and .] 1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
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2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
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He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. Job xii. 31.
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3. To pass from a liquid to an aëriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
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4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
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Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath. Surrey.
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5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
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Coloq. To boil away , to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by the action of heat. -- Coloq. To boil over , to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so as to lose self-control.
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Boil, v. t. 1. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
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2. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
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3. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
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The stomach cook is for the hall,
And boileth meate for them all. Gower.
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4. To steep or soak in warm water. [Obs.]
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To try whether seeds be old or new, the sense can not inform; but if you boil them in water, the new seeds will sprout sooner. Bacon.
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Coloq. To boil down , to reduce in bulk by boiling; as, to boil down sap or sirup.
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Boil, n. Act or state of boiling. [Colloq.]
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Boil, n. [Influenced by boil, v. See , .] A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
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Coloq. A blind boil , one that suppurates imperfectly, or fails to come to a head. -- Coloq. Delhi boil (Med.), a peculiar affection of the skin, probably parasitic in origin, prevailing in India (as among the British troops) and especially at Delhi.
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Boilary (�), n. See .
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Boiled (�), a. Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.
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boiled-down adj. expressing the essence; condensed; summarized. the final boiled-down crux of the matter
Syn. -- boiled down.
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Boiler (�), n. 1. One who boils.
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2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
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☞ The word boiler is a generic term covering a great variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers, evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc.
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3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
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☞ The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside. Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures. Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and tubular boilers.
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Coloq. Barrel of a boiler , the cylindrical part containing the flues. -- Coloq. Boiler plate , Coloq. Boiler iron , plate or rolled iron of about a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc. -- Coloq. Cylinder boiler , one which consists of a single iron cylinder. -- Coloq. Flue boilers are usually single shells containing a small number of large flues, through which the heat either passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water. -- Coloq. Locomotive boiler , a boiler which contains an inclosed fire box and a large number of small flues leading to the chimney. -- Coloq. Multiflue boiler . Same as , below. -- Coloq. Sectional boiler , a boiler composed of a number of sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built up. -- Coloq. Tubular boiler , a boiler containing tubes which form flues, and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler. See Illust. of Steam boiler, under . -- Coloq. Tubulous boiler . See under . See , n., 6, and 1st .
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