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The state or quality of being bold.

the perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.

Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Acts xxvi.

The state of being bound; condition of being under restraint; restraint of personal liberty by compulsion; involuntary servitude; slavery; captivity. The King, when he designed you for my guard, Resolved he would not make my bondage hard. Dryden.

The condition or quality of being bony.

The quality of being bonny; gayety [R.]

Capable of being bored. [R.]

The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui. Dickens.

nops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation. [Colloq.]

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.

Free in giving; liberal in bestowing gifts and favors. God, the bountiful Author of our being. Locke.

A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel- shaped entrance at one end.

Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. [Obs.]

in the game. -- Left bower, the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value. -- Best bower or Joker, in some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card.…

ox (B.suffruticosa), is much used for borders in gardens. The wood of the tree varieties, being very hard and smooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom…

The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy. Hood.