Boy"er (&?;), n. [D. boeijer; -- so called because these vessels were employed for laying the boeijen, or buoys: cf. F. boyer. See Buoy.] (Naut.) A Flemish sloop with a castle at each end. Sir W. Raleigh.
Boy"hood (&?;), n. [Boy + - hood.] The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy. Hood.
Boy"ish, a. Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.
A boyish, odd conceit.
Baillie.
Boy"ish*ly, adv. In a boyish manner; like a boy.
Boy"ish*ness, n. The manners or behavior of a boy.
Boy"ism (&?;), n. 1. Boyhood. [Obs.] T. Warton.