Born (v. t.) Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar.
Borne (p. p.) Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.
Bornite (n.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.
Borofluoride (n.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.
Boroglyceride (n.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.
Boron (n.) A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.
Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
Borough (n.) In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Borough (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
Borough (n.) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
Borough (n.) The pledge or surety thus given.
Borough-English (n.) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.
Boroughhead (n.) See Headborough.
Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmongery
Boroughmongery (n.) The practices of a boroughmonger.
Borracho (n.) See Borachio.
Borrage (a.) Alt. of Borraginaceous
Borraginaceous (a.) See Borage, n., etc.
Borrel (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
Borrel (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
Borrel (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.
Borrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Borrow
Borrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Borrow
Borrow (v. t.) 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.
Borrow (v. t.) 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.
Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
Borrow (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit.
Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.
Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing.
Borrower (n.) One who borrows.
Borsholder (a.) The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.
Bort (n.) Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
Boruret (n.) A boride.
Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow.
Bos (n.) 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 (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza.
Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
Boscage (n.) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.
Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show.
Bosh (n.) Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
Boshes (pl. ) of Bosh
Bosh (n.) 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.
Bosh (n.) The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
Bosh (n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
Boshbok (n.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.
Boshvark (n.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.
Bosjesman (n.) See Bushman.
Bosk (n.) A thicket; a small wood.
Boskage (n.) Same as Boscage.
Bosket (n.) Alt. of Bosquet
Bosquet (n.) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
Boskiness (n.) Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.
Bosky (a.) Caused by boscage.
Bosom (n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
Bosom (n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
Bosom (n.) 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.
Bosom (n.) Inclination; desire.
Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Bosom (a.) Of or pertaining to the bosom.
Bosom (a.) Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
Bosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bosom
Bosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bosom
Bosom (v. t.) To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
Bosom (v. t.) To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
Bosomed (a.) Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.
Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Boson (n.) See Boatswain.
Bosporian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.
Bosporus (n.) 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.
Bosquet (n.) See Bosket.
Bosses (pl. ) of Boss
Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
Boss (n.) 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.
Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
Boss (n.) 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.
Boss (n.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
Boss (n.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
Boss (n.) A head or reservoir of water.
Bossed (imp. & p. p.) of Boss
Bossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boss
Boss (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
Boss (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
Bossage (n.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape.
Bossage (n.) 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.
Bossed (a.) Embossed; also, bossy.
Bosset (n.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Bossism (n.) The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.
Bossy (a.) Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Boston (n.) 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.
Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.
Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.