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A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

A boy who operates the harness cords of a hand loom; also, a part of power loom that performs the same office.

An ambush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.

A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe.

A player on the hautboy.

A page; a servant. [Obs.]

A kind of set of drawers. [U. S.] "Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles." K. L. Bates.

A hautboy or oboe. [Obs.]

Same as Base, n., 19.

A boy or man that carried a link or torch to light passengers.

t of drawers not more than four feet high; -- applied commonly to the lower half of a tallboy from which the upper half has been removed. [U. S.]

A kind of snuff.

A boy who distributes or sells newspaper.

A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.

A boy who carries letters from the post.

A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.