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7 words match “BOOBY”

BOOBY n. 4 definitions
me is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby.
BOOBYISH a.
Stupid; dull.
GAWK n.
A simpleton; a booby; a gawky. Carlyle.
GOWK v.
To make a, booby of one); to stupefy. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
HATCH n.
An opening into, or in search of, a mine. Booby hatch, Buttery hatch, Companion hatch, etc. See under Booby, Buttery, etc. -- To batten down the hatches (Naut.), to lay tarpaulins over them, and secure them with battens. -- To be under hatches, to be confined below in a vessel; to be under arrest, or in slavery, dist…
HUTCH n.
A jig for washing ore. Bolting hutch, Booby hutch, etc. See under Bolting, etc.
SULA n.
A genus of sea birds including the booby and the common gannet.