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A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

body or mass; entirely; all at once; completely; as, to carry away bodily. "Leapt bodily below." Lowell.

To refuse to support, as a nomination made by a party to which one has belonged or by a caucus in which one has taken part.

rayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

in spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor. [Written also bumbelo, and bumbolo.]

an expression of public joy and exultation, or for amusement. Full soon by bonfire and by bell, We learnt our liege was passing well. Gay.

Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.

A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.

ther instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank. I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored. Shak.

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

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

A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.

. He hath compassed the waters with bounds. Job xxvi. 10. On earth's remotest bounds. Campbell. And mete the bounds of hate and love. Tennyson. To keep within bounds, not to exceed or pass beyond assigned limits; to act with propriety or discretion.

[Obs.] Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.

To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties). [Obs.] There were many bowssening places, for curing of mad men. . . . If there appeared small amendment he was bowssened again and again. Carew.

Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile. A boyish, odd conceit. Baillie.

o strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. And welcome war to brace her drums. Campbell.

Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve.

s a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below. Mrs. Henderson.

The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.