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The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum.

Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.

Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." L'Estrange.

erial used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.

The refrain of a song. To bed, to bed, will be the bob of the song. L'Estrange.

Of or pertaining to the body, in distinction from the mind. "Bodily defects." L'Estrange.

The Osage orange. [Southwestern U.S.]

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

Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.

sifting or bolting; -- with out. Time and nature will bolt out the truth of things. L'Estrange.

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths…

leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t.

rst, in order to induce him to continue playing and victimize him afterwards. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition. -- Botan"ic*al*ly, adv. Botanic garden, a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany. -- Botanic physician, a physician whose medicines c…

The young of an animal. [Obs.] L'Estrange.

A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music. Aria di bravura ( Etym: [It.], a florid air demanding brilliant execution.

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson.

ze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals. The tall bronzed black-eyed stranger. W. Black.