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BONNYCLABBER n.
Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.
BONSPIEL n.
A cur [Scot.]
BONTEBOK n.
The pied antelope of South Africa (Alcelaphus pygarga). Its face and rump are white. Called also nunni.
BONUS n. 3 definitions
for a loan, or for a charter or other privilege granted to a company; as the bank paid a bonus for its charter. Bouvier.
BONY a. 2 definitions
Consisting of bone, or of bones; full of bones; pertaining to bones.
BONZE n.
A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.
BOOBY n. 4 definitions
me is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.
BOOBYISH a.
Stupid; dull.
BOODH n.
Same as Buddha. Malcom.
BOODHISM n.
Same as Buddhism.
BOODHIST n.
Same as Buddhist.
BOODLE n. 2 definitions
The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.
BOOHOE v.
To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett.
BOOHOO n.
The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.
BOOK n. 8 definitions
A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
BOOK MUSLIN n. 2 definitions
A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.
BOOK-LEARNED a.
Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [Often in a disparaging sense.] Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say, Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden.
BOOKBINDER n.
One whose occupation is to bind books.
BOOKBINDERY n.
A bookbinder's shop; a place or establishment for binding books.
BOOKBINDING n.
The art, process, or business of binding books.
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