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9. (Chem.) A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called chemical bond. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of , and . Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond.
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10. (Elec.) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
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11. League; association; confederacy. [South Africa]
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The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism. James Bryce.
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Coloq. Arbitration bond . See under . -- Coloq. Bond creditor (Law), a creditor whose debt is secured by a bond. Blackstone. -- Coloq. covalent bond , an attractive force between two atoms of a molecule generated by the merging of an electron orbital of each atom into a combined orbital in the molecule. Such bonds vary in strength, but in molecules of substances typically encountered in human experience (as, water or alcohol) they are sufficiently strong to persist and maintain the identity and integrity of the molecule over appreciable periods of time. Each such bond satisfies one unit of for each of the atoms thus bonded. Contrasted with hydrogen bond, which is weaker and does not satisfy the valence of either atom involved. -- Coloq. double bond , Coloq. triple bond , a covalent bond which involves the merging of orbitals of two (or three) electrons on each of the two connected atoms, thus satisfying two (or three) units of valence on each of the bonded atoms. When two carbon atoms are thus bonded, the bond (and the compound) are said to be unsaturated. -- Coloq. Bond debt (Law), a debt contracted under the obligation of a bond. Burrows. -- Coloq. hydrogen bond , a non-covalent bond between hydrogen and another atom, usually oxygen or nitrogen. It does not involve the sharing of electrons between the bonded atoms, and therefore does not satisfy the valence of either atom. Hydrogen bonds are weak (ca. 5 kcal/mol) and may be frequently broken and reformed in solution at room temperature. -- Coloq. Bond of a slate or Coloq. lap of a slate , the distance between the top of one slate and the bottom or drip of the second slate above, i. e., the space which is covered with three thicknesses; also, the distance between the nail of the under slate and the lower edge of the upper slate. -- Coloq. Bond timber , timber worked into a wall to tie or strengthen it longitudinally.
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Syn. -- Chains; fetters; captivity; imprisonment.
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Bond (bŏnd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bonded; p. pr. & vb. n. Bonding.] 1. To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.
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2. (Arch.) To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.
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Bond, n. [OE. bond, bonde, peasant, serf, AS. bonda, bunda, husband, bouseholder, from Icel. bōndi husbandman, for būandi, fr. būa to dwell. See , .] A vassal or serf; a slave. [Obs. or Archaic]
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Bond, a. In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
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By one Spirit are we all baptized . . . whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free. 1 Cor. xii. 13.
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bondable adj. 1. capable of being fastened or secured with a rope or bond.
Syn. -- bindable.
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2. capable of holding together or cohering; as particles in a mass.
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Bondage (�), n. [LL. bondagium. See , a.]
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1. The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity.
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The King, when he designed you for my guard,
Resolved he would not make my bondage hard. Dryden.
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2. Obligation; tie of duty.
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He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of observing oaths. South.
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3. (Old Eng. Law) Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.
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Syn. -- Thralldom; bond service; imprisonment.
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Bondager (�), n. A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field. [Scot.]
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Bondar (�), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A small quadruped of Bengal (Paradoxurus bondar), allied to the genet; -- called also musk cat.
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Bonded (�), a. Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to certain regulations.
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Coloq. Bonded goods , goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse. -- Coloq. Bonded warehouse , a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.
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Bonder (�), n. 1. One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.
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2. (Masonry) A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.
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Bonder, n. [Norwegian bonde.] A freeholder on a small scale. [Norway] Emerson.
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Bondholder (�), n. A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.
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bonding n. the process of fastening firmly together.
Syn. -- soldering.
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Bondmaid (�), n. [Bond, a. or n. + maid.] A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.
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Bondman (�), n.; pl. Bondmen (�). [Bond,a.orn.+ man.] 1. A man slave, or one bound to service without wages. “To enfranchise bondmen.” Macaulay.
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2. (Old Eng. Law) A villain, or tenant in villenage.
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bond-servant, Bond servant (�). A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.
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If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.
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Bond service (�). The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery.
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Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21.
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Bondslave (�), n. A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.
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Bondsman (�), n.; pl. Bondsmen. [Bond, a. or n. + man.] 1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman.
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Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. Derham.
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2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another.
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Bondstone (�), n. [Bond,n.+ stone.] (Masonry) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.
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Bondswoman (�), n. See .
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Bonduc (�), n. [F. bonduc, fr. Ar. bunduq hazel nut, filbert nut.] (Bot.) See .
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Bondwoman (�), n.; pl. Bondwomen (�). [Bond,a.orn.+ woman.] A woman who is a slave, or in bondage.
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He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.
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Bone (bōn; 110), n. [OE. bon, ban, AS. bān; akin to Icel. bein, Sw. ben, Dan. & D. been, G. bein bone, leg; cf. Icel. beinn straight.] 1. (Anat.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone.
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☞ Even in the hardest parts of bone there are many minute cavities containing living matter and connected by minute canals, some of which connect with larger canals through which blood vessels ramify.
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2. One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony substance. (pl.) The frame or skeleton of the body.
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3. Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
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4. pl. Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
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5. pl. Dice.
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6. Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset.
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7. Fig.: The framework of anything.
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Coloq. A bone of contention , a subject of contention or dispute. -- Coloq. A bone to pick , something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). -- Coloq. Bone ash , the residue from calcined bones; -- used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. -- Coloq. Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substance into which bones are converted by calcination in close vessels; -- called also animal charcoal. It is used as a decolorizing material in filtering sirups, extracts, etc., and as a black pigment. See Ivory black, under . -- Coloq. Bone cave , a cave in which are found bones of extinct or recent animals, mingled sometimes with the works and bones of man. Am. Cyc. -- Coloq. Bone dust , ground or pulverized bones, used as a fertilizer. -- Coloq. Bone earth (Chem.), the earthy residuum after the calcination of bone, consisting chiefly of phosphate of calcium. -- Coloq. Bone lace , a lace made of linen thread, so called because woven with bobbins of bone. -- Coloq. Bone oil , an oil obtained by, heating bones (as in the manufacture of bone black), and remarkable for containing the nitrogenous bases, pyridine and quinoline, and their derivatives; -- also called Dippel's oil. -- Coloq. Bone setter . Same as . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Bone shark (Zoöl.), the basking shark. -- Coloq. Bone spavin . See under . -- Coloq. Bone turquoise , fossil bone or tooth of a delicate blue color, sometimes used as an imitation of true turquoise. -- Coloq. Bone whale (Zoöl.), a right whale. -- Coloq. To be upon the bones of , to attack. [Obs.] -- Coloq. To make no bones , to make no scruple; not to hesitate. [Low] -- Coloq. To pick a bone with , to quarrel with, as dogs quarrel over a bone; to settle a disagreement. [Colloq.]
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Bone (bōn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boned (bōnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Boning.] 1. To withdraw bones from the flesh of, as in cookery. “To bone a turkey.” Soyer.
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2. To put whalebone into; as, to bone stays. Ash.
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3. To fertilize with bone.
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4. To steal; to take possession of. [Slang]
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Bone, v. t. [F. bornoyer to look at with one eye, to sight, fr. borgne one-eyed.] To sight along an object or set of objects, to see if it or they be level or in line, as in carpentry, masonry, and surveying. Knight.
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Joiners, etc., bone their work with two straight edges. W. M. Buchanan.
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Boneache (�), n. Pain in the bones. Shak.
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Boneblack (�), n. See Bone black, under , n.
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Boned (�), a. 1. Having (such) bones; -- used in composition; as, big-boned; strong-boned.
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No big-boned men framed of the Cyclops' size. Shak.
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2. Deprived of bones; as, boned turkey or codfish.
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3. Manured with bone; as, boned land.
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bone-dry adj. without a trace of moisture.
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Bonedog (�), n. (Zoöl.) The spiny dogfish.
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Bonefish (�), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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bonehead n. a person of low intelligence; a dunce; a blockhead; -- used deprecatingly to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence or capabilities.
Syn. -- dunce, dunderhead, numskull, blockhead, lunkhead, hammerhead, knucklehead, loggerhead, muttonhead, shithead, fuckhead.
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boneheaded adj. very stupid; -- used of people or actions. [informal] -- boneheadedness, n.
Syn. -- blockheaded, fatheaded, loggerheaded, thick, thickheaded, thick-skulled, wooden-headed.
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bone-idle bone-lazy adj. 1. disinclined to work or exertion.
Syn. -- do-nothing(prenominal), faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy.
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Boneless, a. Without bones. “Boneless gums.” Shak.
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bonelet n. a small bone; especially one in the middle ear.
Syn. -- ossicle, ossiculum.
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bonelike adj. resembling bone.
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bonemeal n. ground bones, used as a fertilizer or as a component in animal feed; -- it is high in phosphate content.
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boner n. 1. an embarrassing mistake.
Syn. -- blunder, blooper, bungle, foul-up, flub, botch, boo-boo, misdoing.
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2. one who bones food.
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Boneset (�), n. (Bot.) A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.
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Bonesetter (�), n. One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones. -- Bonesetting, n.
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Boneshaw (�), n. (Med.) Sciatica. [Obs.]
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Bonetta (�), n. See . Sir T. Herbert.
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Bonfire (�), n. [OE. bonefire, banefire, orig. a fire of bones; bone + fire; but cf. also Prov. E. bun a dry stalk.] A large fire built in the open air, as an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement.
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Full soon by bonfire and by bell,
We learnt our liege was passing well. Gay.
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Bongo (bŏṉgō), n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food.
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Bongo (bŏṉgō), n.; pl. bongos or bongo. one of a pair of attached small drums, each tuned to a different pitch, played by striking with the hands.
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Bongrace (�), n. [F. bon good + grâce grace, charm.] A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]
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Bonhomie, Bonhommie (�), n. [F.] good nature; pleasant and easy manner.
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Bonibell (�), n. See . [Obs.] Spenser.
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Boniface (�), n. [From the sleek, jolly landlord in Farquhar's comedy of “The Beaux' Stratagem.”] An innkeeper.
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Boniform (�), a. [L. bonus good + -form.] Sensitive or responsive to moral excellence. Dr. H. More.
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Bonify (�), v. t. [L. bonus good + -fy: cf. F. bonifier.] To convert into, or make, good.
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To bonify evils, or tincture them with good. Cudworth.
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Boniness (�), n. The condition or quality of being bony.
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Boning, n. [Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st , sense 3 fr. 3d .] 1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat.
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2. The manuring of land with bones.
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3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d , v. t.
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Bonitary (�), a. Beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil; as, bonitary dominion of land.
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Bonito (�), n.; pl. Bonitoes (�). [Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bainīt and bainīth.] [Often incorrectly written bonita.] (Zoöl.) 1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast.
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2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis, syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea, also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. MW10
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3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern of the United States and the West Indies.
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4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States.
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Bonmot (�), n.; pl. Bonsmots (�). [ F. bon good + mot word.] A witty repartee; a jest.
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Bonnaz (?), n. A kind of embroidery made with a complicated sewing machine, said to have been originally invented by a Frenchman of the name of Bonnaz. The work is done either in freehand or by following a perforated design.
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Bonne (bŏn), n. [F., prop. good woman.] A female servant charged with the care of a young child.
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Bonne bouche (�); pl. Bonnes bouches (�). [F. bon, fem. bonne, good + bouche mouth.] A delicious morsel or mouthful; a tidbit.
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Bonnet (bŏnnĕt), n. [OE. bonet, OF. bonet, bonete. F. bonnet fr. LL. bonneta, bonetum; orig. the name of a stuff, and of unknown origin.] 1. A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.
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2. A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
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And p�i�s and bonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.
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3. A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.
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4. Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as, (a) (Fort.) A small defense work at a salient angle; or a part of a parapet elevated to screen the other part from enfilade fire. (b) A metallic canopy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc. (c) A frame of wire netting over a locomotive chimney, to prevent escape of sparks. (d) A roofing over the cage of a mine, to protect its occupants from objects falling down the shaft. (e) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers.
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5. (Naut.) An additional piece of canvas laced to the foot of a jib or foresail in moderate winds. Hakluyt.
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6. The second stomach of a ruminating animal.
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7. An accomplice of a gambler, auctioneer, etc., who entices others to bet or to bid; a decoy. [Cant]
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8. (Automobiles) The metal cover or shield over the motor; predominantly British usage. In the U.S. it is called the hood. [Brit.]
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Coloq. Bonnet limpet (Zoöl.), a name given, from their shape, to various species of shells (family Calyptræidæ). -- Coloq. Bonnet monkey (Zoöl.), an East Indian monkey (Macacus sinicus), with a tuft of hair on its head; the munga. -- Coloq. Bonnet piece , a gold coin of the time of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on which wears a bonnet. Sir W. Scott. -- Coloq. To have a bee in the bonnet . See under . -- Coloq. Black bonnet . See under . -- Coloq. Blue bonnet . See in the Vocabulary.
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Bonnet, v. i. To take off the bonnet or cap as a mark of respect; to uncover. [Obs.] Shak.
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Bonneted, a. 1. Wearing a bonnet. “Bonneted and shawled.” Howitt.
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2. (Fort.) Protected by a bonnet. See , 4 (a).
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bonnet head, bonnethead n. (Zoöl.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo.
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Bonnetless, a. Without a bonnet.
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Bonnet rouge (?). [F.] The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.
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Bonnibel (�), n. [F. bonne et belle, good and beautiful. Cf. .] A handsome girl. [Obs.]
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Bonnie (�), a. [Scot.] See , a.
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Bonnilass (�), n. [Bonny + lass.] A “bonny lass”; a beautiful girl. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Bonnily, adv. Gayly; handsomely.
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Bonniness, n. The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness. [R.]
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Bonny (�), a. [Spelled bonnie by the Scotch.] [OE. boni, prob. fr. F. bon, fem. bonne, good, fr. L. bonus good. See , and cf. , .] 1. Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful.
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Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay.
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Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.
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2. Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe.
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Be you blithe and bonny. Shak.
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Report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the matin chime ere he quitted his bowl. Sir W. Scott.
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Bonny, n. (Mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
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Bonnyclabber (�), n. [Ir. bainne, baine, milk + clabar mud, mire.] Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.
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bonobo (b�nōbō), n. an anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire.
Syn. -- pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp.
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Bon Silène (�). [F.] (Bot.) A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
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Bonspiel (�), n. [Scot.; of uncertain origin.] A cur�ing match between clubs. [Scot.]
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Bontebok (�), n. [D. bont a sort of skin or fur, prop. variegated + bok buck.] (Zoöl.) The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.
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Bon ton (�). [F., good tone, manner.] The height of the fashion; fashionable society.
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Bonus (�), n.; pl. Bonuses (�). [L. bonus good. Cf. .] 1. (Law) A premium given for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.
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2. An extra dividend to the shareholders of a joint stock company, out of accumulated profits.
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3. Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.
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Bon vivant (�); pl. Bons vivants (�). [F. bon good + vivant, p. pr. of vivre to live.] A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.
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Bony (�), a. 1. Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
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2. Having large or prominent bones.
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Coloq. Bony fish (Zoöl.), the menhaden. -- Coloq. Bony pike (Zoöl.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).
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Bonze (bŏnz�; 277), n. [Pg. bonzo, fr. Japan. bōzu a Buddhist priest: cf. F. bonze.] A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.
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☞ The name was given by the Portuguese to the priests of Japan, and has since been applied to the priests of China, Cochin China, and the neighboring countries.
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bonzer adj. remarkable or wonderful. [Australian]
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boo v. to show displeasure (after a performance or speech) by making a prolonged sound of “boo”.
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boob v. to commit a faux pas or fault.
Syn. -- sin, commit an offence, blunder, goof.
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boob n. 1. an ignorant or foolish person.
Syn. -- dumbbell, dummy, dope, booby, pinhead.
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2. a female breast. [informal or vulgar]
Syn. -- breast, bosom, knocker, tit, titty.
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boo-boo n. 1. an embarrassing mistake.
Syn. -- blunder, blooper, bungle, foul-up, flub, botch, boner, misdoing.
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2. a minor injury, such as an abrasion on the skin; -- child's talk.
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Booby (b�b�), n.; pl. Boobies (-bĭz). [Sp. bobo dunce, idiot; cf. L. balbus stammering, E. barbarous.]
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1. A dunce; a stupid fellow.
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2. (Zoöl.) (a) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or Sula sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity -- unafraid of men, it allows itself to be caught by a simple and undisguised approach. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, Sula piscator, the red-footed booby; and Sula nebouxii, the blue-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
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