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An awl. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Same as Eulachon.

In collision; entangled. Totten. To run afoul of, to run against or come into collision with, especially so as to become entangled or to cause injury.

ember; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead.

The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss.

To make foul; to soil.

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 Jowl. Sir W. Scott.