Boiar (n.) See Boyar.
Boiled (imp. & p. p.) of Boil
Boiling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boil
Boil (v.) 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.
Boil (v.) To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
Boil (v.) To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
Boil (v.) To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
Boil (v.) To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
Boil (v. t.) To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
Boil (v. t.) To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
Boil (v. t.) 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.
Boil (v. t.) To steep or soak in warm water.
Boil (n.) Act or state of boiling.
Boil (n.) 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.
Boilary (n.) See Boilery.
Boiled (a.) Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.
Boiler (n.) One who boils.
Boiler (n.) A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
Boiler (n.) 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.
Boilery (n.) A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in salt making.
Boiling (a.) Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion.
Boiling (n.) The act of ebullition or of tumultuous agitation.
Boiling (n.) Exposure to the action of a hot liquid.
Boilingly (adv.) With boiling or ebullition.
Bois d'arc () The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca).
Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.
Boist (n.) A box.
Boisterous (a.) Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
Boisterous (a.) Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
Boisterous (a.) Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.
Boisterous (a.) Vehement; excessive.
Boisterously (adv.) In a boisterous manner.
Boisterousness (n.) The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.
Boistous (a.) Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy.
Bojanus organ () A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.
Bokadam (n.) See Cerberus.
Boke (v. t. & i.) To poke; to thrust.
Bolar (a.) Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.
Bolas (n. sing. & pl.) A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.
Bold (n.) Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Bold (n.) Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
Bold (n.) In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
Bold (n.) Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
Bold (n.) Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Bold (n.) Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Bold eagle () an Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo.
Bold (v. t.) To make bold or daring.
Bold (v. i.) To be or become bold.
Boldened (imp. & p. p.) of Bolden
Bolden (v. t.) To make bold; to encourage; to embolden.
Bold-faced (a.) Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman.
Bold-faced (a.) Having a conspicuous or heavy face.
Boldly (adv.) In a bold manner.
Boldness (n.) The state or quality of being bold.
Boldo (n.) Alt. of Boldu
Boldu (n.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
Bole (n.) The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.
Bole (n.) A measure. See Boll, n., 2.
Bole (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
Bole (n.) A bolus; a dose.
Bolection (n.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection.
Bolero (n.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
bolete (n.) any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
Boletic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
Boletus (n.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.
Boley (n.) Alt. of Bolye
Bolye (n.) Same as Booly.
Bolide (n.) A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
Bolivian (a.) Of or pertaining to Bolivia.
Bolivian (n.) A native of Bolivia.
Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
Boll (n.) A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
Bolled (imp. & p. p.) of Boll
Boll (v. i.) To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.
Bollandists (n. pl.) The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.
Bollard (n.) An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.
Bollen (a.) See Boln, a.
Bolling (v. t.) A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.
Bollworm (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.
Boln (a.) Alt. of Bollen
Bollen (a.) Swollen; puffed out.
Bologna (n.) A city of Italy which has given its name to various objects.
Bologna (n.) A Bologna sausage.
Bolognese (a.) Of or pertaining to Bologna.
Bolognese (n.) A native of Bologna.
Bolognian (a. & n.) Bolognese.
Bolometer (n.) An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; -- called also actinic balance, thermic balance.
Bolster (n.) A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; -- generally laid under the pillows.
Bolster (n.) A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
Bolster (n.) Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
Bolster (n.) A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
Bolster (n.) Anything used to prevent chafing.
Bolster (n.) A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
Bolster (n.) A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
Bolster (n.) The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
Bolster (n.) the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.