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Living among bogs.

A darting away; a starting off or aside.

Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty. [Obs.] Sir. J. Harrington.

A small boot; a lady's boot.

A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.

The ibex.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively.

The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

A practical vessel. [Obs.]

An oily composition used to make the hair glossy.

Designating or pertaining to, a process of preparing dry plates with an emulsion of bromides and silver nitrate in gelatin.

The act of bearing down, abashing, or disconcerting, with stern looks, suspercilious manners, or confident assertions. The imperious browbeating and scorn of great men. L'Estrange.

Browsing. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but . . . fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.

A brief statement of facts respecting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

A barbarous sport, of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain. -- Bull"fight`er (, n.

A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillidæ).

A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.