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A plant of the genus Campanula, especially the Campanula rotundifolia, which bears blue bell-shaped flowers; the harebell.

A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

A slave; one who is bound to service without wages. If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bond servant: but as an hired servant. Lev. xxv. 39, 40.

A projecting bonnet or shade to protect the complexion; also, a wide-brimmed hat. [Obs.]

A covering for the head, worn by women, usually protecting more or less the back and sides of the head, but no part of the forehead. The shape of the bonnet varies greatly at different times; formerly the front part projected, and spread outward, like the mouth of a funnel.

Protected by a bonnet. See Bonnet, 4 (a).

wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finall…

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

An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.

ar the surface of the water with a mixture of tallow, sulphur, and resin, as a temporary protection against worms, after the slime, shells, etc., have been scraped off.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.

hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects).

sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person. -- Rotten borough, a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.

the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. Blackstone.

Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

Having the shape of a bottle; protuberant. Shak.

A nutritious liquid food made by boiling beef, or other meat, in water; a clear soup or broth.

A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart. Chaucer.

A writer in short hand; a stenographer. He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. Gayton.