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A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court. [Obs.] Bolting cloth, wire, hair, silk, or other sieve cloth of different degrees of fineness; -- used by millers for sifting flour. McElrath. -- Bolting hutch, a bin or tub for the bolted flour or meal; (fig.) a receptacle.…

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.

A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.

receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]

nsisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt.

The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

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

The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.

Impudent; bold.

Impudent; impudently bold. [Colloq.]

Impudent; immodest; shameless; having a front like brass; as, a brazen countenance. Brazen age. (a) (Myth.) The age of war and lawlessness which succeeded the silver age. (b) (Archæol.) See under Bronze. -- Brazen sea (Jewish Antiq.), a large laver of brass, placed in Solomon's temple for the use of the priests.…

Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne.

An impudent of shameless person. "Well said, brazenface; hold it out." Shak.

Impudent; shameless.

In a bold, impudent manner.

An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.

Burningly; ardently. [Obs.]

Fig.: An object ardently loved. Bride of the sea, the city of Venice.