2. (Zoöl.) (a) A swimming bird (Sula fiber or S. sula) related to the common gannet, and found in the West Indies, nesting on the bare rocks. It is so called on account of its apparent stupidity. The name is also sometimes applied to other species of gannets; as, S. piscator, the red-footed booby. (b) A species of penguin of the antarctic seas.
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Booby hatch (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. -- Booby hut, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett. -- Booby hutch, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. Forby. -- Booby trap, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened.
Boo"by (b"b), a. Having the characteristics of a booby; stupid.
Boo"by*ish, a. Stupid; dull.
Boodh (&?;), n. Same as Buddha. Malcom.
Boodh"ism (&?;), n. Same as Buddhism.
Boodh"ist, n. Same as Buddhist.
Boo"dle (&?;), n. [Origin uncertain.] 1. The whole collection or lot; caboodle. [Low, U. S.] Bartlett.
2. Money given in payment for votes or political influence; bribe money; swag. [Polit. slang, U. S.]
Boo`hoe" (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boohooed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Boohooing.] [An imitative word.] To bawl; to cry loudly. [Low] Bartlett.
Boo"hoo` (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.
Book (bk), n. [OE. book, bok, AS. bc; akin to Goth. bka a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. bk, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. bk, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. bc, bce, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. Beech.] 1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet.
It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. Abbott.