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See Bonnibel. [Obs.] Spenser.

One who sells books.

The employment of selling books.

A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [Obs.] Gower.

Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.

The style of Boswell.

The bells of Bow Church in London; cockneydom. People born within the sound of Bow-bells are usually called cockneys. Murray's Handbook of London.

One born within hearing distance of Bow-bells; a cockney. Halliwell.

Without pity. Sir T. Browne.

erly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

Same as Brocatel.

Having a ruptured belly. [R.]

A marine univalve shell of the genus Bulla and allied genera, belonging to the Tectibranchiata.

A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porous cup.

A proverb. [Obs.]

et wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]

ressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

ination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

Cancellarean. [R.]