Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 68
Born (v. t.) Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. "A born matchmaker." -- W. D. Howells.
Born again (Theol.), Regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." -- John iii. 3.
Born days, Days since one was born; lifetime. [Colloq.]
Born (a.) Brought into existence; "he was a child born of adultery"
[ant: unborn].
Born (a.) Being talented through inherited qualities; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" [syn: natural, born(p), innate(p)].
Born (n.) British nuclear
physicist (born in Germany) honored for his contributions to quantum
mechanics (1882-1970) [syn: Born, Max Born].
Borne (p. p.) Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear,
v. t.
Borneol (n.) (Chem.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra ({Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.
Compare: Camphor
Camphor (n.) A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linn[ae]us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.
Camphor (n.) Originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree ({Dryobalanops aromatica formerly Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white solid C10H18O, called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, Malayan camphor, camphor of Borneo, Sumatra camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, and borneol. The isomer from Dryobalanops is dextrorotatory; the levoratatory form is obtainable from other species of plants, and the racemic mixture may be obtained by reduction of camphor. It is used in perfumery, and for manufacture of its esters. See Borneol.
Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar ({Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint.
Camphor oil (Chem.), Name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree.
Camphor tree, () A large evergreen tree ({Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.
Bornite (n.) (Min.) A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.
Bornite (n.) A mineral consisting of sulfides of copper and iron that is found in copper deposits [syn: bornite, peacock ore].
Borofluoride (n.) (Chem.) A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.
Boroglyceride (n.) (Chem.) A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.
Boron (n.) (Chem.) A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.
Boron (n.) A trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5].
Boron
Symbol: B
Atomic number: 5
Atomic weight: 10.811
An element of group 13 of the periodic table. There are two allotropes, amorphous boron is a brown power, but metallic boron is black. The metallic form is hard (9.3 on Mohs' scale) and a bad conductor in room temperatures. It is never found free in nature. Boron-10 is used in nuclear reactor control rods and shields. It was discovered in 1808 by Sir Humphry Davy and by J.L. Gay-Lussac and L.J. Thenard.
Boron, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 2025
Housing Units (2000): 1103
Land area (2000): 13.848524 sq. miles (35.867512 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 13.848524 sq. miles (35.867512 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07568
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 35.015177 N, 117.660799 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 93516
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boron, CA
Boron
Borosilicate (n.) (Chem.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
Borosilicate (n.) A salt of boric and silicic acids.
Borough (n.) 【美】（某些州的）自治市鎮；【美】（紐約市的）區；（阿拉斯加州的）行政區；【英】自治市鎮；議會中有代表的市鎮
In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a
town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate,
consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign,
with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in
Pennsylvania and Connecticut. -- Burrill. -- Erskine.
Borough (n.) The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a
borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
Close borough, or Pocket borough, A borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person.
Rotten borough, A name given to any borough which, at the
time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.
Borough (n.) (O. Eng. Law) An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
Borough (n.) (O. Eng. Law) The pledge or surety thus given. -- Blackstone.
Borough (n.) One of the administrative divisions of a large city.
Borough (n.) An English town that forms the constituency of a member of parliament.
Borough. () An incorporated town; so called in the charter. It is less than a city. 1 Mann. & Gran. 1; 39 E. C. L. R. 323.
Borough-English (n.) (Eng. Law) A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother. -- Blackstone.
Compare: Headborough
Headborough; Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] -- Blackstone.
Headborough; Headborrow (n.) (Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
Boroughhead (n.) See Headborough. [Obs.]
Boroughholder (n.) A headborough; a borsholder.
Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.
Boroughmonger (n.) One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs. Boroughmongering
Boroughmongering (n.) Alt. of Boroughmongery.
Boroughmongery (n.) The practices of a boroughmonger.
Borracho (n.) See Borachio. [Obs.] Borrage
Borrage (a.) Alt. of Borraginaceous.
Borraginaceous (a.) See Borage, n., etc.
Borrel (n.) Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Borrel (n.) A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
Borrel (n.) Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Borrowed (imp. & p. p.) of Borrow.
Borrowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Borrow.
Borrow (v. t.) To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
Borrow (v. t.) (Arith.) To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
Borrow (v. t.) To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
Rites borrowed from the ancients. -- Macaulay.
It is not hard for any man, who hath a Bible in his hands, to borrow good words and holy sayings in abundance; but to make them his own is a work of grace only from above. -- Milton.
Borrow (v. t.) To feign or counterfeit. "Borrowed hair." -- Spenser.
The borrowed majesty of England. -- Shak.
Borrow (v. t.) To receive; to take; to derive.
Any drop thou borrowedst from thy mother. -- Shak.
To borrow trouble, To be needlessly troubled; to be overapprehensive.
Borrow (n.) Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage. [Obs.]
Ye may retain as borrows my two priests. -- Sir W. Scott.
Borrow (n.) The act of borrowing. [Obs.]
Of your royal presence I'll adventure The borrow of a week. -- Shak.
Borrow (v.) Get temporarily; "May I borrow your lawn mower?" [ant: lend, loan].
Borrow (v.) Take up and practice as one's own [syn: adopt, borrow, take over, take up].
Borrower (n.) One who borrows.
Neither a borrower nor a lender be. -- Shak.
Borrower (n.) Someone who receives something on the promise to return it or its equivalent [ant: lender, loaner].
Borrower, () contracts. He to whom a thing is lent at his request.
Borrower, () The contract of loan confers rights, and imposes duties on the borrower' 1. In general, he has the right to use the thing borrowed, during the time and for the purpose intended between the parties; the right of using the thing bailed, is strictly confined to the use, expressed or implied, in the particular transaction, and by any excess, the borrower will make himself responsible. Jones' Bailment, 58 6 Mass. R. 104; Cro. Jac. 244; 2 Ld. Raym. 909; Ayl. Pand. B. 4, t. 16, p. 517; Domat, B. 1, t. 5, Sec. 2, n. 10, 11, 12; Dio. 13, 6, 18 Poth. Pret a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 1, n. 22; 2 Bulst. 306; Ersk. Pr. Laws of ScotI. B. 3, t. 1, Sec. 9; 1 Const. Rep. So. Car. 121 Bracton, Lib. 3, c. 2, Sec. l, p. 99. The loan is considered strictly personal, unless, from other circumstances, a different intention may be presumed. 1 Mod. Rep. 210; S. C. 3 Salk. 271.
Borrower, () The borrower is bound to take extraordinary care of the thing borrowed; to use it according to the intention of the lender, to restore it in proper time; to restore it in a proper condition. Of these, in their order.
Borrower, () The loan being gratuitous, the borrower is bound to extraordinary diligence, and is responsible for slight neglect in relation to the thing loaned. 2 Ld. Raym. 909, 916 Jones on Bailm. 65; 1 Dane's Abr. c. 17, art. 12; Dig. 44, 73 1, 4; Poth. Pret. a Usage, c. 2, Sec. 2, art. 21, n. 48.
Borrower, () The use is to be according to the condition of the loan; if there is an excess in the nature, time, manner, or quantity of the use, beyond what may be inferred to be within the intention of the parties, the borrower will be responsible, not only for any damages occasioned by the excess, but even for losses by accidents, which could not be foreseen or guarded against. 2 Ld. Raym. 909; Jones on Bailm. 68, 69.
Borrower, () The borrower is bound to make a return of the thing loaned, at the time, in the place, and in the manner contemplated by the contract.. Domat, Liv. 1, t. 5, Sec. 1, n. 11; Dig. 13, 6, 5, 17. If the borrower does not return the thing at the proper time, he is deemed to be in default, and is generally responsible for all injuries, even for accidents. Jones on Bailm. 70; Pothier, Pret a Usage , ch. 2, Sec. 3, art. 2, n. 60; Civil Code Of Louis. art. 2870; Code Civil, art. 1881; Ersk. Inst. B. 3, t. 1, Sec. 22 Ersk. Pr. Laws of Scotl. B. 3, t. 1, Sec. 9.
Borrower, () As to the condition in which the thing is to be restored. The borrower not being liable for any loss or deterioration of the thing, unless caused by his own neglect of duty, it follows, that it is sufficient if he returns it in the proper manner, and at the proper time, however much it may be deteriorated from accidental or other causes, not connected with any such neglect. Story on Bailm. eh. 4, Sec. 268. See, generally, Story on Bailm. oh. 4; Poth. Pret A Usage; 2 Kent, Com. 446-449; Vin. Abr. Bailment, B 6; Bac. Abr. Bailment; Civil Code of Louis. art. 2869-2876; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 1078-1090. Vide Lender.
Compare: Headborough
Headborough; Headborrow (n.) The chief of a frankpledge, tithing, or decennary, consisting of ten families; -- called also borsholder, boroughhead, boroughholder, and sometimes tithingman. See Borsholder. [Eng.] -- Blackstone.
Headborough; Headborrow (n.)
(Modern Law) A petty constable. [Eng.]
Borsholder (a.) (Eng. Law) The head or chief of a tithing,
or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable. -- Spelman.
Bort (n.) Imperfectly crystallized or coarse diamonds, or fragments made in cutting good diamonds which are reduced to powder and used in lapidary work.
Compare: Boride
Boride (n.) (Chem.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.
Boruret (n.) (Chem.) A boride. [Obs.]
Borwe (n.) Pledge; borrow. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Bos (n.) (Zool.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.
Bos (n.) Wild and domestic cattle; in some classifications placed in the subfamily Bovinae or tribe Bovini [syn: Bos, genus Bos].
BOS, () Basic Operating System (AIX, IBM)
Bosa (n.) A drink, used in the East. See Boza.
Compare: Boza
Boza (n.). [See Bosa.] An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. [Written also bosa, bozah, bouza.]
Boscage (n.) A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.
Boscage (n.) (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.
Boscage, () Eng. law. That food which wood and trees yield to cattle.
Bosh (n.) Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]
Bosh (n.) [Turk.] Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]
Boshes (n. pl. ) of Bosh.
Bosh (n.) One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
Bosh (n.) pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
Bosh (n.) In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.
Bosh (n.) Pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle].
BOSH, () Bytestreams Over Synchronous HTTP (HTTP).
Boshbok (n.) (Zool.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.
Boshvark (n.) (Zool.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.
Bosjesman (n.) See Bushman.
Bosk (n.) A thicket; a small wood. "Through bosk and dell." -- Sir W. Scott.
Bosk (n.) A small wooded area.
Boskage (n.) Same as Boscage.
Thridding the somber boskage of the wood. -- Tennyson. Bosket
Bosket (n.) Alt. of Bosquet.
Bosquet (n.) (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
Boskiness (n.) Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.
Bosky (a.) Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. -- Milton.
Bosky (a.) Caused by boscage.
Darkened over by long bosky shadows. -- H. James.
Bosky (a.) Covered with or consisting of bushes or thickets; "brushy undergrowth"; "`bosky' is a literary term"; "a bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza" -- Jack Beatty [syn: bosky, brushy].
Bosom (n.) [C] 胸；懷；（女人的）乳房 [P] The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
You must prepare your bosom for his knife. -- Shak.
Bosom (n.) Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom.
Bosom (n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it. -- Shak.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. -- Job xxxi. 33.
Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Within the bosom of that church. -- Hooker.
Bosom (n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean." -- Addison.
Bosom (n.) The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom.
He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. -- Ex. iv. 6.
Bosom (n.) Inclination; desire. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Bosom (n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone. -- Knight.
Bosom (a.) 知心的，親密的 Of or pertaining to the bosom.
Bosom (a.) Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
Bosomed (imp. & p. p.) of Bosom.
Bosoming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bosom.
Bosom (v. t.) 懷抱，擁抱；把……藏在心中 To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. -- Shak.
Bosom (v. t.) To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. -- Pope.
Bosom (n.) The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret".
Bosom (n.) A person's breast or chest.
Bosom (n.) Cloth that covers the chest or breasts.
Bosom (n.) A close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" [syn: {embrace}, {bosom}].
Bosom (n.) The locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: {heart}, {bosom}].
Bosom (n.) Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {bosom}, {knocker}, {boob}, {tit}, {titty}].
Bosom (v.) Hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters".
Bosom (v.) Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" [syn: {embrace}, {hug}, {bosom}, {squeeze}].
Bosom, () In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness, secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e., has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11).
Bosomed (a.) Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.
Bosomed (a.) [Combining form] Having such a bosom; as, a big-bosomed woman.
Bosomed (a.) Having a bosom as specified or having something likened to a bosom; usually used in compounds; "full-bosomed women"; "the green-bosomed earth".
Bosomy (a.) Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
Bosomy (a.) Having a large bosom; -- of a woman.
Bosomy (a.) (Of a woman's body) Having a large bosom and pleasing curves; "Hollywood seems full of curvaceous blondes"; "a curvy young woman in a tight dress" [syn: bosomy, busty, buxom, curvaceous, curvy, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, stacked, voluptuous, well-endowed].
Boson (n.) (Physics) A fundamental particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistical rules, but not the Pauli exclusion principle; the spin value of a boson is always an integer. Examples of bosons are alpha particles, photons, and those nuclei which have an even mass number.
Boson (n.) See Boatswain. [Obs.] [Also spelled bosun.] -- Dryden.
Boson (n.) Any particle that obeys Bose-Einstein statistics but not the Pauli exclusion principle; all nuclei with an even mass number are bosons.
Bosporian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.
The Alans forced the Bosporian kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. -- Tooke.
Bosporus (n.) [L.] A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof. [Written also Bosphorus.]
Bosporus (n.) A strait connecting the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; separates the European and Asian parts of Turkey; an important shipping route.
Compare: Bosket
Bosket, Bosquet, (n.) (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
Bosquet (n.) See Bosket.
Bosses (n. pl. ) of Boss.
Boss (n.) Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
Boss (n.) (Arch.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
Boss (n.) [Cf. D. bus box, Dan. b["o]sse.] A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. -- Gwilt.
Boss (n.) (Mech.) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
Boss (n.) (Mech.) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
Boss (n.) A head or reservoir of water. [Obs.]
Bosses, () The projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the back, as of animals.
Bossed (imp. & p. p.) of Boss.
Bossing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boss.
Boss (v. t.) To ornament with bosses; to stud.
Boss (n.) A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]
Boss (a.) Exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag cornfield" [syn: boss, brag].
Boss (n.) A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman, chief, gaffer, honcho, boss].
Boss (n.) A person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired three more men for the new job" [syn: boss, hirer].
Boss (n.) A person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is his own boss now".
Boss (n.) A leader in a political party who controls votes and dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for corruption" [syn: party boss, political boss, boss].
Boss (n.) A circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob, boss].
Boss (v.) Raise in a relief; "embossed stationery" [syn: emboss, boss, stamp].
BOSS, () Basic OS Software for BASIC (OS, BASIC).
BOSS, () BSI OSS Security Suite (BSI, OSS).
BOSS, () Bus Owner/ Supervisor/ Selector (FireWire).
BOSS, () Bridgport Operating System Software. A derivative of the ISO 1054 numerical machine control language for milling, etc.
Bossage (n.) (Arch.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. --Gwilt.
Bossage (n.) (Arch.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. -- Gwilt.
Bossed (a.) Embossed; also, bossy.
Bosset (n.) (Zool.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
Bossism (n.) The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang, U. S.]
Bossism (n.) Domination of a political organization by a party boss.
Bossy (a.) Ornamented with bosses; studded.
Bossy (n.) A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called. [U. S.]
Bossy (a.) Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner" [syn: autocratic, bossy, dominating, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory].
Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
Boston (n.) State capital and largest city of Massachusetts; a major center for banking and financial services [syn: Boston, Hub of the Universe, Bean Town, Beantown, capital of Massachusetts].
Boston, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 1417
Housing Units (2000): 632
Land area (2000): 2.228579 sq. miles (5.771993 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.228579 sq. miles (5.771993 sq. km)
FIPS code: 09460
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 30.792556 N, 83.790681 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31626
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boston, GA
Boston
Boston, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana
Population (2000): 177
Housing Units (2000): 70
Land area (2000): 0.211099 sq. miles (0.546744 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.211099 sq. miles (0.546744 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06652
Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location: 39.741571 N, 84.851098 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Boston, IN
Boston
Boston, MA -- U.S. city in Massachusetts
Population (2000): 589141
Housing Units (2000): 251935
Land area (2000): 48.426164 sq. miles (125.423183 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 41.208559 sq. miles (106.729673 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 89.634723 sq. miles (232.152856 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07000
Located within: Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location: 42.321597 N, 71.089115 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 02108 02109 02110 02111 02113 02114
02115 02116 02199 02210 02215
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Boston, MA
Boston
Boswellian (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer,
James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a
faithful but often uncritical record of details. -- Bos"well*ize, v. i. & t.
Boswellism (n.) The style of Boswell.