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Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ.

Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.

Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. [Obs.] Derham.

A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

See Bondwoman.

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage. He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.

good nature; pleasant and easy manner.

A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.

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

One who, or that which, booms.

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes ve…

sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding. O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. Falcone.

Same as Bumkin.

A small West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.

A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens.

en the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.

Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.

Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.