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One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.

to tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] Landor. This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W.

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.

olaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird.

A small country house. "A shooting box." Wilson. Tight boxes neatly sashed. Cowper.

A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

temptuous sense. "This brat is none of mine." Shak. "A beggar's brat." Swift. O Israel! O household of the Lord! O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne.

peace. -- Breach of privilege, an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee. Mozley. Abbott. - Breach of promise, violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry. -- Breach of…

To burn. [Obs.] Chaucer. Consuming fire brent his shearing house or stall. W. Browne.

A brewhouse; the building and apparatus where brewing is carried on.

A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

to come down. (b) To humble or abase; as, to bring down high looks. -- To bring down the house, to cause tremendous applause. [Colloq.] -- To bring forth. (a) To produce, as young fruit. (b) To bring to light; to make manifest. -- To bring forward (a) To exhibit; to introduce; to produce to view. (b) To hasten; to pr…

A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse.

nary good-natured spirit, who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]

A hound for hunting deer. Master of the buckhounds, an officer in the royal household. [Eng.]

The annual financial statement which the British chancellor of the exchequer makes in the House of Commons. It comprehends a general view of the finances of the country, with the proposed plan of taxation for the ensuing year. The term is sometimes applied to a similar statement in other countries. To open the budget,…