||Bo"na fi"de (&?;). [L.] In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.
Bo*nair" (&?;), a. [OE., also bonere, OF. bonnaire, Cotgr., abbrev. of debonnaire. See Debonair.] Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [Obs.]
Bo*nan"za (&?;), n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]
Bo`na*part"e*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.
Bo"na*part`ism (&?;), n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.
Bo"na*part`ist, n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.
||Bo"na per`i*tu"ra (&?;). [L.] (Law) Perishable goods. Bouvier.
||Bo"na ro"ba (&?;). [It., prop. "good stuff."] A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak
{ Bo*na"sus (&?;), Bo*nas"sus } (&?;), n. [L. bonasus, Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Zoöl.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.
||Bon"bon` (&?;), n. [F. bonbon, fr. bon bon very good, a superlative by reduplication, fr. bon good.] Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.
Bonce (&?;), n. [Etymol. unknown.] A boy's game played with large marbles.
||Bon`chré`tien" (&?;), n. [F., good Christian.] A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.
Bon"ci*late (&?;), n. [Empirical trade name.] A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.
Bond (&?;), n. [The same word as band. Cf. Band, Bend.] 1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,
I gained my freedom.
Shak.
2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Acts xxvi.
3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.
Burke.