4. Vehement; excessive. [R.]

The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them.

Woodward.

Syn. -- Loud; roaring; violent; stormy; turbulent; furious; tumultuous; noisy; impetuous; vehement.

Bois"ter*ous*ly, adv. In a boisterous manner.

Bois"ter*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness.

Bois"tous (&?;), a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- Bois"tous*ly, adv. -- Bois"tous*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Bo*ja"nus or"gan (&?;). [From Bojanus, the discoverer.] (Zoöl.) A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

Bo"ka*dam` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) See Cerberus.

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