Bo*rach"te (&?;), n. [Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb.] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [Obs.]
You're an absolute borachio.
Congreve.
Bo*rac"ic (&?;), a. [Cf. F. boracique. See Borax.] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid.
Bo"ra*cite (&?;), n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride.
Bo"ra*cous (&?;), a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax.
Bor"age (&?;), n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. &?;), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
Bor"age*wort` (&?;), n. Plant of the Borage family.
Bo*rag`i*na"ceous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
Bor`a*gin"e*ous (&?;), a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.
Bor"a*mez (&?;), n. See Barometz.
Bo"rate (&?;), n. [From Boric.] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Bo"rax (&?;), n. [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b&?;rag, fr. Pers. b&?;rah.] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.
Bor"bo*rygm (&?;), n. [F. borborygme, fr. Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to rumble in the bowels.] (Med.) A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Dunglison.
Bord (&?;), n. [See Board, n.] 1. A board; a table. [Obs.] Chaucer.