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A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.

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bs.] As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts.

bor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

developed or executed with care and in minute detail; as, the carefully elaborated theme. Syn. -- detailed, elaborate. [WordNet 1.5]

A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.

Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

A salt of pyroboric acid.

To give strength or support to; to confirm. [Obs.] Fuller.

To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Maca…

Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick.

part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument; also, the lower part of any elaborate piece of furniture or decoration.

To corroborate; to confirm. -- To bear up, to support; to keep from falling or sinking. "Religious hope bears up the mind under sufferings." Addison.

gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.

ed from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.

, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

r in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to ada…

A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] Wyclif. God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay.