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bless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. Newts and blindworms do no wrong. Shak.

A tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood.

A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing.

A woman who manages a boat.

Work woven with bobbins.

The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.

The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

See Bondwoman.

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage. He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.

Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.

a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.

Plant of the Borage family.

Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word. [Jocose.]

The wood of the box (Buxus).

The wood of the oriental Cæsalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.

Anything made of bricks. Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. Tomlinson.

A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott.

A species of figwort or Scrophularia (S. vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers.