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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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BOILING a. 3 definitions

Heated to the point of bubbling; heaving with bubbles; in tumultuous agitation, as boiling liquid; surging; seething; swelling with heat, ardor, or passion. Boiling point, the temperature at which a fluid is converted into vapor, with the phenomena of ebullition. This is different for different liquids, and for the sam…

With boiling or ebullition. And lakes of bitumen rise boiling higher. Byron.

The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies. U. S. Census (1880).

A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

BOISTEROUS a. 4 definitions

Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful. [Obs.] "Boisterous sword." "Boisterous hand." Shak.

BOISTEROUSLY adv.

In a boisterous manner.

BOISTEROUSNESS n.

The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.

Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Bois"tous*ly, adv. -- Bois"tous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

BOJANUS ORGAN n.

A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

To poke; to thrust. [Obs. or Dial.]

Of or pertaining to bole or clay; partaking of the nature and qualities of bole; clayey.

A kind of missile weapon consisting of one, two, or more balls of stone, iron, or other material, attached to the ends of a leather cord; -- used by the Gauchos of South America, and others, for hurling at and entangling an animal.

BOLD a. 8 definitions

ng; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous. Throngs of knights and barons bold. Milton.

Australian eagle (Aquila audax), which destroys lambs and even the kangaroo. -- To make bold, to take liberties or the liberty; to venture.

BOLD-FACED a. 2 definitions

Somewhat impudent; lacking modesty; as, a bold-faced woman. I have seen enough to confute all the bold-faced atheists of this age. Bramhall.

To make bold; to encourage; to embolden. Ready speakers, being boldened with their present abilities to say more, . . . use less help of diligence and study. Ascham.

In a bold manner.

The state or quality of being bold.