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A curved handle. Sir W. Scott.

A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is sulphide of antimony and lead.

The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with Gen. Georges Boulanger (d. 1891), whose militarism and advocacy of revenge on Germany attracted to him a miscellaneous party of monarchists and Republican malcontents. -- Bou*lan"gist (#), n.

Same as Bowlder.

Characterized by bowlders.

Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.

Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.

A frequenter of a city boulevard, esp. in Paris. F. Harrison.

Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.

Corrupted form Bolt.

One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]

A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

A large stone, worn smooth or rounded by the action of water; a large pebble.

See Boultel.

A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

See Boultel.

low metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [Written also boule, boulework.]

A trawl; a boulter; the mod

. The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight.

A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.