Bluster, n. 1. Boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence.
2. Boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, blatherskite.
3. Great ado, much ado about nothing.
Blusterer, n. Swaggerer, bully, boaster, braggart, vaunter, bouncer, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater, blatherskite, noisy fellow.
Blustering, a. 1. Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty.
2. Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming, important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self-conceited.
Board, n. 1. Plank (thin).
2. Table (for food), stand.
3. Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.
4. Conclave, council, committee.
Board, v. a. 1. Cover with boards.
2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force.
3. Furnish with meals.
Boards, n. pl. [With The prefixed.] The stage (of a theatre).
Boast, v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs, talk big, ride a high horse.
Boast, v. a. 1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.
2. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble).
Boast, n. 1. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.
2. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.
Boaster, n. Braggart, braggadocio, blusterer.
Boastful, a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.
Boasting, n. Vaunt, brag, boast.
Boast one's self, Exult over-confidently.
Boat-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cymbiform, navicular, scaphoid.
Bob, v. a. 1. Move with a jerk.
2. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock.
3. Clip, cut short.
4. [Rare.] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.
Bob, v. n. 1. Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.
2. Angle (with a jerking motion), fish.
Bob, n. 1. Jerking motion.
2. Pendent, hanging appendage.
Bobolink, n. Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (Dolichonyx orizyvorus).
Bode, v. a. Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.
Bode, v. n. Forebode, presage.
Bodice, n. 1. Corset, stays.
2. Waist (of a dress).
Bodiless, a. Incorporeal, without a body.
Bodily, a. 1. Of the body.
2. Corporeal.
Bodily, ad. 1. Corporeally.
2. Entirely (as respects the body or mass), completely, wholly.
Body, n. 1. Material substance, material part (as distinguished from the spirit or life).
2. Carcass, corpse, dead body.
3. Visible form or frame.
4. Trunk (as distinguished from the limbs), stem, bole.
5. Bulk, main part (as distinguished from subordinate parts).
6. Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.
7. Company, band, party, coterie, society, association, corporation.
8. System, summary, general collection.
9. Consistency, thickness, substance.
Body coat, n. Dress coat.
Bog, n. Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.
Bog-berry, n. Cranberry.
Boggle, v. n. Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.
Bogtrotter, n. [In derision.] Irishman.
Bogus, a. [Cant term, U. S.] Spurious, counterfeit, false.
Bohea, n. Black tea.
Boil, v. n. 1. Be agitated by heat.
2. Bubble, rise in bubbles.
3. Be ardent, be hot.
Boil, v. a. Seethe.
Boil, n. Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.
Boiling, n. Ebullition.
Boisterous, a. 1. Roaring, loud, stormy.
2. Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.
Bold, a. 1. Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.
2. Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.
3. Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.
4. Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.
5. Steep, abrupt.
Bold-faced, a. Impudent, bold.
Boldness, n. 1. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, bravery, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, spunk.
2. Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.
3. Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, cheek.
4. Prominence, striking character or quality.
5. Steepness, abruptness.
Bold-spirited, a. Courageous, bold.
Bole, n. 1. Body (of a tree), stem, trunk.
2. Bolus, large pill.
Boll, n. Pod, capsule, pericarp.
Bolt, n. 1. Arrow, dart, shaft.
2. Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.
3. Pin (of large size).
4. Sieve.
Bolt, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bolt.
2. Swallow (without chewing).
3. Sift, pass through a sieve.
Bolt, v. n. 1. Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.
2. [U. S.] Rat, abscond, withdraw (especially from a political party), desert suddenly.
Bolt-upright, a. Perpendicular, quite upright.
Bolus, n. Bole, large pill.
Bombard, v. a. Attack with bombs.
Bombardment, n. Attack with bombs.
Bombast, n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.
Bombastic, a. Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, highfalutin.
Bona fide, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, without fraud.
Bond, n. 1. Band, ligature, cord, chain, fetter.
2. Obligation, compact.
Bondage, n. Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment, confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty.
Bonds, n. pl. Imprisonment, captivity, chains, fetters, bondage.
Bonbon, n. [Fr.] Sweetmeat, sugar-plum.
Bone-ash, n. Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones.
Bone-black, n. Ivory-black, animal charcoal.
Bone-earth, n. Bone-ash.
Bone of contention, Subject of contention, subject of dispute.
Boneset, n. Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
Bonhomie, n. [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor, good-natured simplicity.
Bonito, n. Albicore, horse-mackerel (Thynnus pelamys).
Bonmot, n. [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee.
Bonne-bouche, n. [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful.
Bonny, a. 1. Handsome, beautiful, pretty.
2. Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous, jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good spirits, in high spirits.
3. Plump, round, chubby, in good health.
Bon-ton, n. [Fr.] High mode, fashionable style, style of high life.
Bonus, n. [L.] Premium, reward.
Bon-vivant, n. [Fr.] Luxurious liver, boon companion, jovial companion, jolly fellow.
Booby, n. 1. Simpleton, fool, dunce.
2. (Ornith.) Gannet, noddy, solan goose (Sula bassana).
Book, n. Work, volume.
Booked up, Posted, well-informed.
Bookish, a. Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very studious.
Book-keeper, n. Accountant.
Book-learned, a. Versed in books.
Book-madness, n. Bibliomania.
Book-maker, n. Compiler.
Book-making, n. Compilation.
Bookstore, n. [U. S.] Bookseller's shop.
Bookworm, n. Great reader or student (without discrimination and without definite purpose).
Booley, n. [Irish.] Nomad, wanderer.
Boom, v. n. 1. Roar, resound.
2. Rush, bound, dash forward.
Boon, n. Gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering.
