To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]
Boast not thyself of to-morrow.
Prov. xxvii. 1
Boast, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.
2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
Boast, n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast!
Byron.
2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
The boast of historians.
Macaulay.
Boast"ance (&?;), n. Boasting. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Boast"er (&?;), n. One who boasts; a braggart.
Boast"er, n. A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
Boast"ful (&?;), a. Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self- praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n.
Boast"ing, n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.
When boasting ends, then dignity begins.
Young.
Boast"ing*ly, adv. Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you." Burke.