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A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes.

To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole. Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. T. W. Harris.

rneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops 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.

g surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean." Addison.

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

r sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

A cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe.

A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.

or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay.

A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

e of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled.

In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting.

A Mediterranean food fish; the bogue.

To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards. To brace about (Naut.), to turn (a yard) round for the contrary tack. -- To brace a yard (Naut.), to move it horizontally by means of a brace. -- To brace in (Naut.), to turn (a yard) by hauling in the weather brace. -- To brace one's self, to call up one's…

early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia.

A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species. [Also written brazier.]

An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.

The European carrion crow.

The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.