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An exclamation used to startle or frighten. [Spelt also boh and boo.]

tama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots…

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.

Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.

The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

d meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

That can be boarded, as a ship.

One who boards a ship; one selected to board an enemy's ship. Totten.

The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake.

A Mediterranean fish (Capros aper), of the family Caproidæ; -- so called from the resemblance of the extended lips to a hog's snout.

Swinish; brutal; cruel. In his anointed flesh stick boarish fangs. Shak.

to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: .. not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9.

Boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who boasts; a braggart.

Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.

The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young.

Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.

Presumptuous. [R.]

Without boasting or ostentation.