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He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly stuffed with epithets of war. Shak. Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. Cowley.

Moral or political duty or obligation. I love your majesty According to my bond, nor more nor less. Shak.

A freeholder on a small scale. [Norway] Emerson.

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

A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.

have, near the limits or boundary; as, the region borders a forest, or is bordered on the north by a forest. The country is bordered by a broad tract called the "hot region." Prescott. Shebah and Raamah . . . border the sea called the Persian gulf. Sir W. Raleigh.

Northern; pertaining to the north, or to the north wind; as, a boreal bird; a boreal blast. So from their own clear north in radiant streams, Bright over Europe bursts the boreal morn. Thomson.

The north wind; -- usually a personification.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who borrows. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. Shak.

place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea.

A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.

A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. Shak.

An Australian bird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus or holosericeus), allied to the starling, which constructs singular bowers or playhouses of twigs and decorates them with brightcolored objects; the satin bird.

hematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.

Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating; as, a bracing north wind.

A sharp bit or snaffle. Pampered jades . . . which need nor break nor bit. Gascoigne.