Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 66
Bookmark (n.) Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
Bookmark (n.) A marker (a piece of paper or ribbon) placed between the pages of a book to mark the reader's place [syn: bookmark, bookmarker].
Bookmark, () A user's reference to a document on the web or other hypermedia system, usually in the form of a URL and a title or comment string.
Most web and Gopher browsers can save and load a file of bookmarks to allow you to quickly locate documents to which you want to refer again. (1997-06-09)
Bookmate (n.) A schoolfellow; an associate in study.
Bookmonger (n.) A dealer in books.
Book muslin, () A kind of muslin used for the covers of books.
Book muslin, () A kind of thin white muslin for ladies' dresses.
Bookplate (n.) A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
Bookplate (n.) A label identifying the owner of a book in which it is pasted [syn: bookplate, ex libris].
Bookseller (n.) One who sells books.
Bookseller (n.) The proprietor of a bookstore.
Bookselling (n.) The employment of selling books.
Bookshelves (n. pl. ) of Bookshelf.
Bookshelf (n.) A shelf to hold books.
Bookshelf (n.) A shelf on which to keep books.
Bookshop (n.) A bookseller's shop. [Eng.]
Bookshop (n.) A shop where books are sold [syn: bookshop, bookstore, bookstall].
Bookstall (n.) A stall or stand where books are sold.
Bookstall (n.) A shop where books are sold [syn: bookshop, bookstore, bookstall].
Bookstand (n.) A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.
Bookstand (n.) A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
Bookstore (n.) A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.
Bookstore (n.) A shop where books are sold [syn: bookshop, bookstore, bookstall].
Bookwork (n.) Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.
Bookwork (n.) Study; application to books.
Bookworm (n.) (Zool.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
Bookworm (n.) A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. -- Pope.
Bookworm (n.) A person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit [syn: pedant, bookworm, scholastic].
Bookworm (n.) Someone who spends a great deal of time reading.
Booky (a.) Bookish.
Boolies (n. pl. ) of Booly.
Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers. [Obs.] [Written also boley, bolye, bouillie.] -- Spenser.
Boom (n.) [C] (Natu.)（雷，大砲等的）隆隆聲；（波浪的）澎湃聲；（蜂等的）嗡嗡聲；（商業等的）景氣，繁榮；（政治形勢等的）突然好轉 See {Beam}. A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
Boom (n.) (Mech.) A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
Boom (n.) A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor. [Obs.]
Boom (n.) (Mil. & Naval.) A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
Boom (n.) (Lumbering) A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
{Boom iron}, one of the iron rings on the yards through which the studding-sail booms traverse.
{The booms}, that space on the upper deck of a ship between the foremast and mainmast, where the boats, spare spars, etc., are stowed. -- Totten.
Boom (v. t.) 用隆隆聲表達 [（+out）]；使迅速發展；使興旺；使出名 (Natu.) To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
Boomed (imp. & p. p.) of Boom.
Booming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boom.
Boom (v. i.) 發出隆隆聲（或嗡嗡聲等）；聲音隆隆而過 To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
At eve the beetle boometh Athwart the thicket lone. -- Tennyson.
Boom (v. i.) To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.
Alarm guns booming through the night air. -- W. Irving.
Boom (v. i.) To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
She comes booming down before it. -- Totten.
Boom (v. i.) To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
Boom (n.) A hollow roar, as of waves or cannon; also, the hollow cry of the bittern; a booming.
Boom (n.) A strong and extensive advance, with more or less noisy excitement; -- applied colloquially or humorously to market prices, the demand for stocks or commodities and to political chances of aspirants to office; as, a boom in the stock market; a boom in coffee. [Colloq. U. S.]
Boom (v. t.) To cause to advance rapidly in price; as, to boom railroad or mining shares; to create a "boom" for; as to boom Mr. C. for senator. [Colloq. U. S.]
Boom (n.) A deep prolonged loud noise [syn: {boom}, {roar}, {roaring}, {thunder}].
Boom (n.) A state of economic prosperity.
Boom (n.) A sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money); "the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line" [syn: {boom}, {bonanza}, {gold rush}, {gravy}, {godsend}, {manna from heaven}, {windfall}, {bunce}].
Boom (n.) A pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set [syn: {boom}, {microphone boom}].
Boom (n.) Any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring.
Boom (v.) Make a resonant sound, like artillery; "His deep voice boomed through the hall" [syn: {boom}, {din}].
Boom (v.) Hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" [syn: {smash}, {nail}, {boom}, {blast}].
Boom (v.) Be the case that thunder is being heard; "Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed" [syn: {thunder}, {boom}].
Boom (v.) Make a deep hollow sound; "Her voice booms out the words of the song" [syn: {boom}, {boom out}].
Boom (v.) Grow vigorously; "The deer population in this town is thriving"; "business is booming" [syn: {boom}, {thrive}, {flourish}, {expand}].
Boomdas (n.) (Zool.) A small African hyracoid mammal ({Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.
Compare: Sewellel
Sewellel (n.) (Zool.) A peculiar gregarious burrowing rodent ({Haplodon rufus), native of the coast region of the Northwestern United States. It somewhat resembles a muskrat or marmot, but has only a rudimentary tail. Its head is broad, its eyes are small and its fur is brownish above, gray beneath. It constitutes the family Haplodontidae. Called also boomer, showt'l, and mountain beaver.
Boomer (n.) One who, or that which, booms.
Boomer (n.) (Zool.) A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
Boomer (n.) (Zool.) A large male kangaroo.
Boomer (n.) One who works up a "boom". [Slang, U. S.]
Boomer (n.) A member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s; "they expanded the schools for a generation of baby boomers" [syn: baby boomer, boomer].
Boomerang (n.) 回飛棒；飛去來器；自作自受；傷及原提案者的言論及提議 A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.
Boomerang (n.) A curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower [syn: {boomerang}, {throwing stick}, {throw stick}].
Boomerang (n.) A miscalculation that recoils on its maker [syn: {backfire}, {boomerang}].
Boomerang (v.) 仍回原處；自作自受 Return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang.
Compare: Hushing
Hushing (n.) (Mining) The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming and hydraulic mining.
Booming (n.) The act of producing a hollow or roaring sound; a violent rushing with heavy roar; as, the booming of the sea; a deep, hollow sound; as, the booming of bitterns. -- Howitt.
Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.
O'er the sea-beat ships the booming waters roar. -- Falcone.
Booming (a.) Advancing or increasing amid noisy excitement; as, booming prices; booming popularity. [Colloq. U. S.]
Booming (a.) Very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids" [syn: booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving].
Booming (a.) Used of the voice [syn: booming, stentorian].
Boomkin (n.) (Naut.) Same as Bumkin.
Compare: Bumkin
Bumkin (n.) (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as:
Bumkin (n.) (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin.
Bumkin (n.) (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin.
Bumkin (n.) (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]
Boomorah (n.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyaemoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer.
Boomslange (n.) A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.
Boon (n.) A prayer or petition.
Boon (n.) That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
Boon (n.) Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
Boon (n.) Kind; bountiful; benign.
Boon (n.) Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
Boon (n.) The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
Boophilus (n.) [醫] 牛蜱屬，方頭蜱屬 A genus of ticks some of which are pests especially of cattle and are vectors of disease. -- see {cattle tick}.
Boor (n.) A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
Boor (n.) A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.
Boor (n.) A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
Boorish (a.) Like a boor; clownish; uncultured; unmannerly.
Boort (n.) See Bort.
Boose (n.) A stall or a crib for an ox, cow, or other animal.
Boose (v. i.) To drink excessively. See Booze.
Booser (n.) A toper; a guzzler. See Boozer.
Boosted (imp. & p. p.) of Boost.
Boosting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boost.
Boost (v. i.) To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up; hence, to assist in overcoming obstacles, or in making advancement.
Boost (n.) A push from behind, as to one who is endeavoring to climb; help.
Booster (n.) [ C ] (Improvement) 促進提高的事物；起推動作用的事物 Something that improves or increases something.
// A confidence/ morale booster.
Booster (n.) [ C ] (Engine) （太空船的）推進器 An engine on a spacecraft that gives extra power for the first part of a flight.
// A rocket booster.
Booster (n.) [ C ] (Drug) （增強藥效的）輔助藥劑 A small amount of a substance that is given to increase the effect of the same substance given some time before, to continue to protect a person from illness.
// A polio booster.
Boot (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.
He gaf the sike man his boote. -- Chaucer.
Thou art boot for many a bruise And healest many a wound. -- Sir W. Scott.
Next her Son, our soul's best boot. -- Wordsworth.
Boot (n.) That which is given to make an exchange equal, or to make up for the deficiency of value in one of the things exchanged.
I'll give you boot, I'll give you three for one. -- Shak.
Boot (n.) Profit; gain; advantage; use. [Obs.]
Then talk no more of flight, it is no boot. -- Shak.
{To boot}, In addition; over and above; besides; as a compensation for the difference of value between things bartered.
Helen, to change, would give an eye to boot. -- Shak.
A man's heaviness is refreshed long before he comes to drunkenness, for when he arrives thither he hath but changed his heaviness, and taken a crime to boot. -- Jer. Taylor.
Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot.
Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot.
Boot (v. t.) To profit; to advantage; to avail; -- generally followed by it; as, what boots it?
Boot (v. t.) To enrich; to benefit; to give in addition.
Boot (n.) [C] （長筒）靴 [P1]；【英】男短筒靴；橡膠套鞋 A covering for the foot and lower part of the leg, ordinarily made of leather.
Boot (n.) 夾足刑具 An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
So he was put to the torture, which in Scotland they call the boots; for they put a pair of iron boots close on the leg, and drive wedges between them and the leg.
Boot (n.) A place at the side of a coach, where attendants rode; also, a low outside place before and behind the body of the coach. [Obs.]
Boot (n.) A place for baggage at either end of an old-fashioned stagecoach.
Boot (n.) 罩，防護罩 An apron or cover (of leather or rubber cloth) for the driving seat of a vehicle, to protect from rain and mud.
Boot (n.) (Plumbing) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.
{Boot catcher}, The person at an inn whose business it was to pull off boots and clean them. [Obs.] -- Swift.
{Boot closer}, One who, or that which, sews the uppers of boots.
{Boot crimp}, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot.
{Boot hook}, A hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots.
{Boots and saddles} (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill.
{Sly boots}. See {Slyboots}, In the Vocabulary.
Booted (imp. & p. p.) of Boot.
Booting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boot.
Boot (v. t.) To put boots on, esp. for riding.
Coated and booted for it. -- B. Jonson.
Boot (v. t.) 猛踢 [O] To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [ U. S. ]
Boot (v. i.) 穿靴 To boot one's self; to put on one's boots.
Boot (n.) Booty; spoil. [Obs. or R.] -- Shak.
Boot (n.) Footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg.
Boot (n.) 【英】（汽車後部的）行李箱 British term for the luggage compartment in a car.
Boot (n.) The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: {bang}, {boot}, {charge}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}].
Boot (n.) Protective casing for something that resembles a leg.
Boot (n.) An instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg [syn: {boot}, {the boot}, {iron boot}, {iron heel}].
Boot (n.) A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.
Boot (n.) The act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn: {kick}, {boot}, {kicking}].
Boot (v.) Kick; give a boot to.
Boot (v.) (v. t.) 【電腦】開機 Cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" [syn: {boot}, {reboot}, {bring up}].
The golden boot (n.) [ S ] （授予進球最多球員的）金靴獎 An award given to the player who scores the most goals in a competition or season (= the period of the year when a sport is played).
// Last season, the striker received the European Golden Boot award for his 36 league goals.
Bootblack (n.) One who blacks boots.
Booted (a.) Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.
Booted (a.) Having an undivided, horny, bootlike covering; -- said of the tarsus of some birds.
Bootee (n.) A half boot or short boot.
Bootes (n.) A northern constellation, containing the bright star Arcturus.
Booth (n.) [C] （有篷的）貨攤；【美】公用電話亭；崗亭；投票站；（隔開的）小房間；（餐廳等的）雅座 A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation.
Booth (n.) A covered stall or temporary structure in a fair or market, or at a polling place.
Boothale (v. t. & i.) To forage for booty; to plunder.
Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots.
Boothose (n.) Hose made to be worn with boots, as by travelers on horseback.
Boothy (n.) See Bothy.
Bootikin (n.) A little boot, legging, or gaiter.
Bootikin (n.) A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout.
Booting (n.) Advantage; gain; gain by plunder; booty.