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To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.

A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.

e body was the king and the prince. Clarendon. Rivers that run up into the body of Italy. Addison.

rbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior. I like not that loud, boisterous man. Addison.

es of an author are bold. "Bold tales." Waller. The cathedral church is a very bold work. Addison.

A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.

eray. Bolt upright. (a) Perfectly upright; perpendicular; straight up; unbendingly erect. Addison. (b) On the back at full length. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cotton; padding. [Obs.]

Padded breeches. [Obs.] Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.] How now, my sweet creature of bombast! Shak. Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least. Stubbes.

um on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void…

A headdress for men and boys; a cap. [Obs.] Milton. Shak.

Money paid in addition to a stated compensation.

f study; better acquainted with books than with men; learned from books. "A bookish man." Addison. "Bookish skill." Bp. Hall.

A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope.

ain; advantage; use. [Obs.] Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. Shak. To boot, in addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered. Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. Shak. A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for w…

To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.

ace; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean." Addison.

mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. Gwilt.

in an opprobrious sense.] J. H. Newman. He was at the bottom of many excellent counsels. Addison. -- To go to the bottom, to sink; esp. to be wrecked. -- To touch bottom, to reach the lowest point; to find something on which to rest.