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Made sure; safe; insured; certain; indubitable; not doubting; bold to excess.

o endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight. Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Longfellow.

Contemning the restraints of law, religion, or decorum; bold in wickedness; presumptuous; impudent; insolent. " Audacious traitor." Shak. " Such audacious neighborhood." Milton.

In an audacious manner; with excess of boldness; impudently.

A hindrance or disappointment; a check. A balk to the confidence of the bold undertaker. South.

h; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.

being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. Dryden. The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. I. Taylor

Rising steeply with a flat or rounded front. "A bluff or bold shore." Falconer. Its banks, if not really steep, had a bluff and precipitous aspect. Judd.

Having bluffs, or bold, steep banks.

A bold lie; also, a liar. [Collog.] Marryat.

Impudent; bold.

Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]

Bold; courageous; daring; intrepid; -- opposed to cowardly; as, a brave man; a brave act.

In a bold, impudent manner.

To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to take, or cause to take, an erect or bold attitude; -- usually with up.

Boldness; impudence; "brass." Imbrowned with native bronze, lo! Henley stands. Pope. Aluminium bronze. See under Aluminium. -- Bronze age, an age of the world which followed the stone age, and was characterized by the use of implements and ornaments of copper or bronze. -- Bronze powder, a metallic powder, used with…

A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

asion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.]