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the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter. [Obs.] Away with him to prison! lay bolts enough upon him. Shak.

liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.] They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady. B. Jonson.

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

A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone.

A medicinal plant, the thoroughwort (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Its properties are diaphoretic and tonic.

opy, or projection, over an opening, as a fireplace, or a cowl or hood to increase the draught of a chimney, etc.

eep saw logs, etc., from floating away. Boom iron, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse. -- The booms, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. Totten.

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

The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof. Boot catcher, the person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] Swift. -- Boot closer, one who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and…

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.

, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other 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.

Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth. No one could be born into slavery in Mexico. Prescott.

The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. Spelman.

In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

A thicket; a small wood. "Through bosk and dell." Sir W. Scott.

A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.

ts) are taken into the stomach of the animal, where they live several months and pass through their larval states. In tropical America one species sometimes lives under the human skin, and another in the stomach. See Gadfly.

ives safe, he is to receive the money lent, with the interest or premium stipulated, although it may, and usually does, exceed the legal rate of interest. See Hypothecation.

Bouche, 2); food and drink; provisions. [Obs.] [They] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady or two, that fainted . . . with fasting. B. Jonson .

ndary of Louth and Meath. Macaulay. Sensation and reflection are the boundaries of our thoughts. Locke.