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A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.

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

Obligation; tie of duty. He must resolve by no means to be . . . brought under the bondage of onserving oaths. South.

f contention, a subject of contention or dispute. -- A bone to pick, something to investigate, or to busy one's self about; a dispute to be settled (with some one). -- Bone ash, the residue from calcined bones; -- used for making cupels, and for cleaning jewelry. -- Bone black (Chem.), the black, carbonaceous substa…

One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler.

f spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

the form of a bunch of grapes; like a cluster of grapes, as a mineral presenting an aggregation of small spherical or spheroidal prominences.

Under legal or moral restraint or obligation.

Under obligation; bound by some favor rendered; obliged; beholden. This holy word, that teacheth us truly our bounden duty toward our Lord God in every point. Ridley.

To expurgate, as a book, by omitting or modifying the parts considered offensive.

of living widely apart, they were advised, in 1643 and 1646, by the Dutch authorities, to gather into "villages, towns, and hamlets, as the English were in the habit of doing." Bancroft.

A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation.

Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.

To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. Milton

mmary. A book entitled the abridgment or breviary of those roots that are to be cut up or gathered. Holland.

To be in a state of preparation; to be mixing, forming, or gathering; as, a storm brews in the west. There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest. Shak.

A gathering or forming of a storm or squall, indicated by thick, dark clouds.

A thief. [Obs.] Lydgate.

all face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the gridle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below. This snuffbox -- on the hinge see brilliants shine. Pope.