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An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

A dagger. [Obs.] When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin. Shak.

d, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress. This arm shall be a bolster for thy head. Gay.

A woman who is a slave, or in bondage. He who was of the bondwoman. Gal. iv. 23.

Service due from a bordar; bordage.

A bordar; a tenant in bordage.

A dagger; a bodkin. [Obs.]

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

That which braces, binds, or makes firm; a band or bandage.

Making a fine show or display. [Archaic] Wear my dagger with the braver grace. Shak. For I have gold, and therefore will be brave. In silks I'll rattle it of every color. Robert Greene. Frog and lizard in holiday coats And turtle brave in his golden spots. Emerson.

To cover as with breeches. [Poetic] Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. Shak.

is governed and restrained, consisting of a headstall, a bit, and reins, with other appendages.

Brigandage.

liberal; enlarged. The words in the Constitution are broad enough to include the case. D. Daggett. In a broad, statesmanlike, and masterly way. E. Everett.

An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.

A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another. Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton.

A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage. Sink in the soft captivity together. Addison.

An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.