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ining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.

The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]

Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade.

rctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

ain, England, etc., living by theft, fortune telling, horsejockeying, tinkering, etc. Cf. Bohemian, Romany. Like a right gypsy, hath, at fast and loose, Beguiled me to the very heart of loss. Shak.

A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415.

A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented. Polka jacket, a kind of knit jacket worn by women.

A Bohemian dance of two kinds, one in triple time, like a waltz, the other in two-four time, like a polka. The former is most in use.

A kind of Bohemian earthenware resembling the Wedgwood ware.

One of certain Bohemian reformers who suffered persecution in the fifteenth century; -- so called from Tabor, a hill or fortress where they encamped during a part of their struggles.

, soft; yielding. Men have marble, women waxen, minds. Shak. Waxen chatterer (Zoöl.), the Bohemian chatterer.

dary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.