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f Chili (Peumus Boldus). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.

To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon. Alarm guns booming through the night air. W. Irving.

ionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.

A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale.

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

e herd bounded across the plain. Before his lord the ready spaniel bounds. Pope. And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider. Byron.

ood; pertaining to, or resembling, the box (Buxus). [R.] The faded hue of sapless boxen leaves. Dryden.

lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.

A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises.

A man daring beyond discretion; a bully. Hot braves like thee may fight. Dryden.

enemies before me, as the breach of waters. 2 Sam. v. 20 A clear breach implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking. -- A clean breach implies that everything on deck is swept away. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree.

ure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence.

o meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer. Wirt. To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.

band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.

Terminating in a very fine, sharp point, as some leaves.

THick set with bristles, or with hairs resembling bristles; rough. The leaves of the black mulberry are somewhat bristly. Bacon.

Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves. Keats.

A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet.

The heaves.