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In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.

Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. A tempest and a blustering day. Shak.

In a blustering manner.

The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake.

The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

The act or practice of rowing or sailing, esp. as an amusement; carriage in boats.

fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.

Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv.

Living among bogs.

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the sam…

With boiling or ebullition. And lakes of bitumen rise boiling higher. Byron.

A tree from which the branches have been cut; a pollard.

A darting away; a starting off or aside.

The clearing of bones from fish or meat.

The art, process, or business of binding books.

, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.

An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.

The art of recording pecuniary or business transactions in a regular and systematic manner, so as to show their relation to each other, and the state of the business in which they occur; the art of keeping accounts. The books commonly used are a daybook, cashbook, journal, and ledger. See Daybook, Cashbook, Journal, an…

The employment of selling books.