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eet occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.

A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison.

st; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay.

An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [Obs.] Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon.

Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.

A man who uses a bow; an archer. The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. Jer. iv. 29. Bowman's root. (Bot.) See Indian physic, under Indian.

," an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar or…

To talk about one's self, or things pertaining to one's self, in a manner intended to excite admiration, envy, or wonder; to talk boastfully; to boast; -- often followed by of; as, to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money, or of the great things one intends to do. Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags o…

To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.

Utterance; communication or publicity by words. I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak.

An excited or ruffed state of feeling; a flurry of excitement; a disturbance; a quarrel; as, the discovery produced a breeze. [Colloq.] Land breeze, a wind blowing from the land, generally at night. -- Sea breeze, a breeze or wind blowing, generally in the daytime, from the sea.

f wit. Shak. This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity. Bp. Porteus.

rickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city.

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

ridle the passions; to bridle a muse. Addison. Savoy and Nice, the keys of Italy, and the citadel in her hands to bridle Switzerland, are in that consolidation. Burke.

To contend for; to canvass; to solicit. [Obs.] Bp. Hurd.

Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splended; shining; as, brilliant talents. Washington was more solicitous to avoid fatal mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits. Fisher Ames.

sion or other means; to cause to change sides or an opinion. -- To bring to. (a) To resuscitate; to bring back to consciousness or life, as a fainting person. (b) (Naut.) To check the course of, as of a ship, by dropping the anchor, or by counterbracing the sails so as to keep her nearly stationary (she is then said t…

Liveliness; vigor in action; quickness; gayety; vivacity; effervescence.