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Anything resembling a bonnet in shape or use; as,

A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

A small West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

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 al…

Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean." Addison.

Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.

An appliance resembling a small boot furnished with straps, buckles, etc., used to correct or prevent distortions in the lower extremities of children. Dunglison.

Resembling an ox in form; ox-shaped. [R.]

of or pertaining to the genus Bos; relating to, or resembling, the ox or cow; oxlike; as, the bovine genus; a bovine antelope.

In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite.

Made of boxwood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus). [R.] The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden.

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie.

Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm.

A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. "In brambly wildernesses." Tennyson.

Resembling, or of the nature of, brash, or broken fragments; broken; crumbly.

A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

Related to, or resembling, the cabbage, or plants of the Cabbage family.

Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, brass.