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A Buddhist or Fohist priest, monk, or nun.

A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [Written also bouse, and boose.] Landor. This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis.

One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.

Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron. Boric acid, a white crystalline substance B(OH)3, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.

eceived spiritual life. "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3. -- Born days, days since one was born; lifetime. [Colloq.]

A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called al…

Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. Johnson. At bottom, At the bottom, at the foundation or basis; in reality. "He was at the bottom a good man." J. F. Cooper. -- To be at the bottom of, to be the cause or originator of; to be the source of. [Usually in an opprobrious sense.] J. H. Newman. He was at the bottom of many e…

A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4º - 10º C. (39º - 50ºF.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet.

Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. Johnson. De Quincey.

A boaster; a bully. [Collog.] Johnson.

Rebound; as, the bound of a ball. Johnson.

Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze. "A good bouse of liquor." Carlyle.

An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.] Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.

Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. Johnson.

A rustic cottage or abode; poetically, an attractive abode or retreat. Shenstone. B. Johnson.

(Amia calva) found in the fresh waters of the United States; the mudfish; -- called also Johnny Grindle, and dogfish.

A piece of defensive armor for the arm. Johnson.

icine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body. Johnson.