BOUNCER, roisterer, huff, braggadocio, drawcansir, fire-eater,
BLATHERSKITE, noisy fellow.
~Blustering~, _a._ ~1.~ Windy, stormy, tempestuous, squally, gusty.
~2.~ Swaggering, boasting, bragging, blattering, pompous, assuming,
important, arrogant, swelling, big, bluff, self-sufficient, self-
conceited.
~Board~, _n._ ~1.~ Plank (_thin_).
~2.~ Table (_for food_), stand.
~3.~ Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.
~4.~ Conclave, council, committee.
~Board~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Cover with boards.
~2.~ Enter or go on board of (_a vessel_) by force.
~3.~ Furnish with meals.
~Boards~, _n. pl._ [With _The_ prefixed.] The stage (_of a theatre_).
~Boast~, _v. n._ Brag, vaunt, gasconade, BLUSTER, crow, crack,
flourish, exalt one's self, magnify one's self, give one's self airs,
TALK BIG, ride a high horse.
~Boast~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Magnify (_unduly_), make much of, boast of, brag
of.
~2.~ (_Sculp._) Shape roughly (_as a block of marble_).
~Boast~, _n._ ~1.~ Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing,
bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, flourish of trumpets, much
cry and little wool.
~2.~ Cause of pride or laudable exultation.
~Boaster~, _n._ Braggart, braggadocio, BLUSTERER.
~Boastful~, _a._ Boasting, vaunting, bragging, vaporing, blustering,
exulting, triumphant, cock-a-hoop.
~Boasting~, _n._ Vaunt, brag, BOAST.
~Boast one's self~, Exult over-confidently.
~Boat-shaped~, _a._ (_Bot._) Cymbiform, navicular, SCAPHOID.
~Bob~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Move with a jerk.
~2.~ Strike (_suddenly and lightly_), rap, knock.
~3.~ Clip, cut short.
~4.~ [_Rare._] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by
fraud.
~Bob~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.
~2.~ Angle (_with a jerking motion_), fish.
~Bob~, _n._ ~1.~ Jerking motion.
~2.~ Pendent, hanging appendage.
~Bobolink~, _n._ Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird,
skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (_Dolichonyx orizyvorus_).
~Bode~, _v. a._ Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage,
augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.
~Bode~, _v. n._ Forebode, presage.
~Bodice~, _n._ ~1.~ Corset, stays.
~2.~ Waist (_of a dress_).
~Bodiless~, _a._ Incorporeal, without a body.
~Bodily~, _a._ ~1.~ Of the body.
~2.~ Corporeal.
~Bodily~, _ad._ ~1.~ Corporeally.
~2.~ Entirely (_as respects the body or mass_), completely, wholly.
~Body~, _n._ ~1.~ Material substance, material part (_as distinguished
from the spirit or life_).
~2.~ Carcass, corpse, dead body.
~3.~ Visible form or frame.
~4.~ Trunk (_as distinguished from the limbs_), stem, BOLE.
~5.~ Bulk, main part (_as distinguished from subordinate parts_).
~6.~ Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.
~7.~ Company, band, party, COTERIE, society, association, corporation.
~8.~ System, summary, general collection.
~9.~ Consistency, thickness, substance.
~Body coat~, _n._ Dress coat.
~Bog~, _n._ Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.
~Bog-berry~, _n._ Cranberry.
~Boggle~, _v. n._ Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink,
hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.
~Bogtrotter~, _n._ [_In derision._] Irishman.
~Bogus~, _a._ [_Cant term_, _U. S._] Spurious, counterfeit, false.
~Bohea~, _n._ Black tea.
~Boil~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be agitated by heat.
~2.~ Bubble, rise in bubbles.
~3.~ Be ardent, be hot.
~Boil~, _v. a._ Seethe.
~Boil~, _n._ Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.
~Boiling~, _n._ Ebullition.
~Boisterous~, _a._ ~1.~ Roaring, loud, stormy.
~2.~ Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent,
impetuous.
~Bold~, _a._ ~1.~ Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous,
valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic,
audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.
~2.~ Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.
~3.~ Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing,
assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.
~4.~ Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.
~5.~ Steep, abrupt.
~Bold-faced~, _a._ Impudent, BOLD.
~Boldness~, _n._ ~1.~ Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity,
courage, BRAVERY, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood,
SPUNK.
~2.~ Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.
~3.~ Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence,
effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, CHEEK.
~4.~ Prominence, striking character or quality.
~5.~ Steepness, abruptness.
~Bold-spirited~, _a._ Courageous, BOLD.
~Bole~, _n._ ~1.~ Body (_of a tree_), stem, trunk.
~2.~ Bolus, large pill.
~Boll~, _n._ Pod, capsule, pericarp.
~Bolt~, _n._ ~1.~ Arrow, dart, shaft.
~2.~ Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.
~3.~ Pin (_of large size_).
~4.~ Sieve.
~Bolt~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Fasten with a bolt.
~2.~ Swallow (_without chewing_).
~3.~ Sift, pass through a sieve.
~Bolt~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.
~2.~ [_U. S._] RAT, abscond, withdraw (_especially from a political
party_), desert suddenly.
~Bolt-upright~, _a._ Perpendicular, quite upright.
~Bolus~, _n._ Bole, large pill.
~Bombard~, _v. a._ Attack with bombs.
~Bombardment~, _n._ Attack with bombs.
~Bombast~, _n._ Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling
or pompous phraseology.
~Bombastic~, _a._ Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled,
grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding,
HIGHFALUTIN.
~Bona fide~, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith,
without fraud.
~Bond~, _n._ ~1.~ Band, ligature, cord, chain, FETTER.
~2.~ Obligation, compact.
~Bondage~, _n._ Servitude, slavery, thraldom, captivity, imprisonment,
confinement, bond-service, bonds, restraint of personal liberty.
~Bonds~, _n. pl._ Imprisonment, captivity, chains, FETTERS, BONDAGE.
~Bonbon~, _n._ [Fr.] Sweetmeat, sugar-plum.
~Bone-ash~, _n._ Bone-earth, burnt bones, earthy matter of bones.
~Bone-black~, _n._ IVORY-BLACK, animal charcoal.
~Bone-earth~, _n._ BONE-ASH.
~Bone of contention~, Subject of contention, subject of dispute.
~Boneset~, _n._ Thoroughwort, feverwort, ague-weed, Indian sage
(_Eupatorium perfoliatum_).
~Bonhomie~, _n._ [Fr.] Good-nature, easy humor, good-natured simplicity.
~Bonito~, _n._ Albicore, horse-mackerel (_Thynnus pelamys_).
~Bonmot~, _n._ [Fr.] Jest, joke, witticism, witty repartee.
~Bonne-bouche~, _n._ [Fr.] Titbit, delicacy, nice bit, delicate
morsel, choice morsel, delicious mouthful.
~Bonny~, _a._ ~1.~ Handsome, beautiful, pretty.
~2.~ Cheerful, blithe, sprightly, buoyant, airy, gay, merry, joyous,
jolly, jocund, winsome, buxom, playful, sportive, jocose, in good
spirits, in high spirits.
~3.~ Plump, round, chubby, in good health.
~Bon-ton~, _n._ [Fr.] High mode, fashionable style, style of high life.
~Bonus~, _n._ [L.] Premium, reward.
~Bon-vivant~, _n._ [Fr.] Luxurious liver, boon companion, jovial
companion, jolly fellow.
~Booby~, _n._ ~1.~ Simpleton, fool, DUNCE.
~2.~ (_Ornith._) Gannet, noddy, solan goose (_Sula bassana_).
~Book~, _n._ Work, volume.
~Booked up~, Posted, well-informed.
~Bookish~, _a._ Given to reading, fond of books, fond of study, very
studious.
~Book-keeper~, _n._ Accountant.
~Book-learned~, _a._ Versed in books.
~Book-madness~, _n._ Bibliomania.
~Book-maker~, _n._ Compiler.
~Book-making~, _n._ Compilation.
~Bookstore~, _n._ [_U. S._] Bookseller's shop.
~Bookworm~, _n._ Great reader or student (_without discrimination and
without definite purpose_).
~Booley~, _n._ [_Irish._] Nomad, wanderer.
~Boom~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Roar, resound.
~2.~ Rush, bound, dash forward.
~Boon~, _n._ Gift, present, benefaction, grant, offering.
~Boon~, _a._ ~1.~ Kind, bountiful, generous.
~2.~ Gay, merry, jovial, jolly, convivial.
~Boor~, _n._ Rustic, clown, hind, lout, lubber, swain, peasant,
bumpkin, clodpole, countryman, ploughman.
~Boorish~, _a._ Rustic, rude, clownish, loutish, bearish, awkward,
clumsy, ungainly, coarse, rough, unrefined, uncourtly, ungraceful,
gawky, lubberly.
~Boosy~, _a._ BOOZY.
~Boot~, _v. a._ [_Generally used impersonally._] Profit, benefit,
advantage.
~Bootee~, _n._ Bootikin, half boot, short boot.
~Bootikin~, _n._ BOOTEE, half boot.
~Bootless~, _a._ Useless, unavailing, fruitless, futile, unprofitable,
profitless, valueless, worthless, ineffectual, abortive, vain, idle,
without avail.
~Booty~, _n._ Plunder (_to be used for any purpose_), spoil, pillage,
PREY.
~Boozy~, _a._ [Written also _Boosy_.] Tipsy, inebriated, fuddled,
disguised, maudlin, mellow, SLEWED, GROGGY, half drunk, half seas over.
~Borax~, _n._ TINCAL, bi-borate of soda.
~Border~, _n._ ~1.~ Edge, rim, brim, verge, brink, margin, skirt.
~2.~ Limit, boundary, confine, frontier.
~Border~, _v. a._ Put a border upon, adorn with a border, make a
border for.
~Border on~, Adjoin, be in contact with, be coterminous with, touch at
the side or end of, be contiguous to, border upon.
~Border upon~, BORDER ON.
~Bore~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Perforate, pierce, drill.
~2.~ Weary (_by tedious repetition_), fatigue, plague, trouble, vex,
worry, annoy.
~Bore~, _n._ ~1.~ Hole, calibre.
~2.~ Proser, button-holder.
~3.~ Eagre, great tidal flood.
~Boreal~, _a._ Northern, northerly, arctic.
~Boreas~, _n._ The north wind.
~Born again~, Regenerated, regenerate, converted, renewed in spirit.
~Born days~, [_Low._] Life, lifetime.
~Borough~, _n._ Town (_In England, a town represented in Parliament_).
~Borrow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Ask the loan of, take or receive as a loan.
~2.~ Take, appropriate, adopt, make use of.
~Bosom~, _n._ Breast.
~Bosom-friend~, _n._ Confidant, intimate friend, dear friend.
~Boss~, _n._ ~1.~ Protuberance, knob, stud, protuberant part.
~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Superintendent, overseer, master-workman.
~Boss~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Stud, cover with bosses.
~2.~ [_Colloquial_, _U. S._] Direct, oversee, superintend.
~Bossy~, _n._ [_Childish term._] Calf.
~Botch~, _n._ ~1.~ Pustule, blotch, blain, sore.
~2.~ Failure, miscarriage, bad work, bad job, clumsy performance,
bungling piece of work.
~Botch~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mend awkwardly, patch clumsily.
~2.~ Put together unskilfully, construct in a bungling manner.
~Both~, _a._ The two, the one and the other.
~Both~, _conj._ [_Preceding a word or phrase which is followed by_
and; Both--and.] As well as, not only, but also.
~Bother~, _v. a._ Perplex, worry, harass, trouble, annoy, tease, vex,
plague, molest, incommode, BORE, disturb, pester.
~Bother~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] Perplexity, vexation, annoyance,
plague, trouble, bore.
~Botheration~, _n._ [_Low._] BOTHER.
~Bottom~, _n._ ~1.~ Lowest part.
~2.~ Foundation, basis, groundwork, base.
~3.~ Dale, valley, alluvial land.
~4.~ Ship, vessel, sailing craft.
~5.~ Fundament, seat.
~6.~ Stamina, native strength, power of endurance.
~7.~ Grounds, lees, dregs, sediments.
~Bottom~, _v. a._ Found, establish, build.
~Bottom~, _v. n._ Rest (_for support_), be based.
~Boudoir~, _n._ [Fr.] Cabinet, private room, retired apartment.
~Bough~, _n._ Branch, limb, shoot.
~Bouilli~, _n._ [Fr.] Stew, boiled meat, stewed meat.
~Bouillon~, _n._ [Fr.] Broth, soup.
~Bounce~, _n._ ~1.~ Knock, thump, sudden blow.
~2.~ Bound, leap, jump, spring.
~3.~ [_Colloquial._] Boast, vaunt, brag.
~4.~ [_Colloquial._] Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer.
~Bounce~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bolt, leap or spring suddenly.
~2.~ Rebound, recoil.
~3.~ Knock, thump, beat.
~Bounce~, _v. a._ Thrust, drive against.
~Bouncer~, _n._ [_Colloquial._] ~1.~ Boaster, BLUSTERER, bully.
~2.~ Falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bounce.
~3.~ Giant, STRAPPER, large person.
~Bouncing~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Stout, lusty, strong, portly, burly,
huge, great, strapping.
~Bound~, _n._ ~1.~ Limit, BOUNDARY, bourn, border, confine.
~2.~ Leap, jump, spring, bounce.
~Bound~, _v. a._ Limit, border, terminate, circumscribe.
~Bound~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Jump, leap, spring.
~2.~ Rebound, spring back.
~Bound~, _a._ [Followed by _to_ or _for_.] Destined, tending, going,
on the way.
~Boundary~, _n._ Limit, border, confine, bourn, bound, verge, term,
termination.
~Bounden~, _a._ Obligatory, binding, appointed.
~Boundless~, _a._ Unbounded, unlimited, unconfined, undefined,
immeasurable, illimitable, infinite.
~Bounteous~, _a._ Liberal, BOUNTIFUL.
~Bountiful~, _a._ Liberal, munificent, beneficent, generous, princely,
bounteous.
~Bounty~, _n._ ~1.~ Liberality, munificence, beneficence, generosity.
~2.~ Present, gift, benefaction.
~3.~ Premium (_for encouragement_), reward.
~Bouquet~, _n._ [Fr.] Nosegay, bunch of flowers.
~Bourgeoisie~, _n._ [Fr.] Middle classes (_especially such as depend
on trade_).
~Bourn~, _n._ Bound, limit, confine, border, BOUNDARY.
~Bourse~, _n._ [Fr.] Exchange.
~Bout~, _n._ ~1.~ Turn.
~2.~ [_Rare._] Conflict, contest, set to.
~Bow~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Bend, inflect, crook, incurvate, curve, make
crooked.
~2.~ Incline, turn downward.
~3.~ Depress, sink, cast down, bring down.
~Bow~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bend, buckle, be inflected, be bent.
~2.~ Incline (_in token of respect, reverence, or submission_), make a
bow.
~Bow~, _n._ (_Naut._) Fore part (_of a ship_), prow, beak, stem.
~Bowels~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Intestines, guts, viscera, inwards.
~2.~ Inside, interior, interior parts.
~3.~ Compassion, pity, tenderness.
~Bower~, _n._ Arbor, shady recess, shady retreat.
~Bow-hand~, _n._ ~1.~ (_Archery._) The left hand.
~2.~ (_Music._) The right hand.
~Bowman~, _n._ Archer, SAGITTARY.
~Bow-window~, _n._ Bay-window.
~Box~, _n._ ~1.~ Case.
~2.~ Blow, stroke, cuff.
~Box~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Enclose in a box.
~2.~ Strike (_with the hand or fist, as the ears_), buffet, cuff.
~Box-berry~, _n._ Wintergreen, tea-berry, partridge-berry, mountain-
tea (_Gaultheria procumbens_).
~Box-elder~, _n._ Ash-leaved maple (_Negundium Americanum_).
~Box the compass~, Name the points of compass in their order.
~Boy~, _n._ Lad, stripling, male child.
~Boy-servant~, _n._ Page, serving boy.
~Brace~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Tighten, draw tight, make tense, strain up.
~2.~ Strengthen, fortify, support, prop, give strength to.
~Brace~, _n._ ~1.~ Couple, pair.
~2.~ Prop, support, stay, shore, strut.
~3.~ Bit-stock.
~Braces~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Suspenders, gallowses.
~2.~ Straps (_on which a carriage rests_).
~Boyish~, _a._ ~1.~ Of boyhood.
~2.~ Childish, puerile.
~Brachygraphy~, _n._ Stenography, shorthand.
~Bracing~, _a._ Strengthening, invigorating.
~Brackets~, _n. pl._ (_Printing._) Crotchets.
~Brackish~, _a._ Saltish, somewhat salt.
~Brag~, _v. n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, vapor, flourish,
exalt one's self, magnify one's self, TALK BIG.
~Brag~, _n._ Boast, vaunt, gasconade, bluster, bravado, vaporing,
BLATHERSKITE, great cry and little wool.
~Braggadocio~, _n._ Boaster, blusterer, vaunter, braggart,
BLATHERSKITE, gascon, vain-glorious fellow.
~Braggart~, _n._ Boaster, BRAGGADOCIO.
~Braggart~, _a._ BOASTFUL, boasting.
~Brag of~, Boast, vaunt, magnify, exalt, make much of.
~Brahma~, _n._ (_Hindoo Mythol._) The Creator, God.
~Brahmin~, _n._ [Written also _Bramin_.] Hindoo Priest.
~Braid~, _v. n._ Plait, plat, intertwine, interweave, interlace, weave
together.
~Brain-fever~, _n._ Phrenitis.
~Brain-pan~, _n._ Skull, cranium.
~Brains~, _n. pl._ Understanding, sense, mind, reason, intellect,
capacity, intellectual faculties.
~Brake~, _n._ ~1.~ Fern.
~2.~ Thicket, brushwood, jungle.
~Brake up~, Put down the brakes (_to stop a railway train_).
~Bramah press~, Hydraulic press, hydrostatic press.
~Branch~, _n._ ~1.~ Bough, limb, shoot.
~2.~ Offshoot, ramification, arm, projecting part.
~3.~ Section, subdivision, part, portion, article, member.
~Branch~, _v. n._ Diverge, ramify, spread in branches, shoot off,
branch off.
~Branch off~, Ramify, BRANCH.
~Branch out~, Expatiate, be diffuse, speak diffusely.
~Branchiæ~, _n. pl._ [L.] Gills.
~Branching~, _n._ Ramification, arborescence.
~Branching~, _a._ Arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid,
dendritic.
~Brand~, _n._ ~1.~ Fire-brand.
~2.~ Mark (_of a hot iron_).
~3.~ Kind, quality.
~4.~ Stigma, stain, reproach.
~5.~ [_Poetical._] Sword.
~Brand~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Mark (_with a hot iron_).
~2.~ Stigmatize, denounce.
~Brand-goose~, n. Brant, brent (_Anser bernicla_).
~Brandish~, _v. a._ Flourish, wave.
~Brand-new~, _a._ Quite new, fire-new, spick and span new, span new.
~Brant~, _n._ Brent, BRAND-GOOSE.
~Brash~, _a._ ~1.~ Hasty, rash, impetuous.
~2.~ [_Local_, _U. S._] Brittle, fragile, easily broken.
~Brass~, _n._ ~1.~ Alloy of copper and zinc.
~2.~ Assurance, boldness, pertness, effrontery, presumption, audacity,
forwardness, face, front, CHEEK.
~Brassy~, _a._ [_Colloquial._] Bold, pert, assuming, forward, CHEEKY,
brazen, brazen-faced.
~Brat~, _n._ [_Term of contempt._] Child, urchin, bantling, infant,
BAIRN.
~Bravado~, _n._ Boast, boasting, brag, bluster, BLATHERSKITE.
~Brave~, _a._ Fearless (_from temperament_), COURAGEOUS, intrepid,
daring, undaunted, dauntless, valiant, bold, chivalrous, chivalric,
gallant, valorous, doughty, heroic, Spartan, lion-hearted.
~Brave~, _n._ ~1.~ [_Rare._] Bully, hector, blusterer.
~2.~ Indian warrior.
~Brave~, _v. a._ Defy, dare, challenge, set at defiance.
~Bravery~, _n._ Fearlessness (_from temperament_), COURAGE,
intrepidity, audacity, valor, gallantry, daring, boldness, spirit,
mettle, pluck, manhood, heroism, SPUNK.
~Bravo~, _n._ Bandit, assassin, assassinator, murderer, cut-throat,
daring villain.
~Bravo~, _interj._ Well done.
~Brawl~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Quarrel (_noisily_), dispute (_angrily_).
~2.~ Roar, resound.
~Brawl~, _n._ Quarrel, wrangle, dispute, uproar, broil, altercation,
fracas, squabble, fray, AFFRAY, feud, tumult, disturbance, row,
BOBBERY, MÊLÉE. RUMPUS, outbreak.
~Brawny~, _a._ Muscular, sinewy, stalwart, sturdy, athletic, powerful,
strong, vigorous, lusty, robust, nervous, strapping, Herculean, able-
bodied.
~Bray~, _v. a._ Pound (_into small pieces or powder_), bruise, crush,
grind, comminute, triturate.
~Bray~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Utter a harsh cry (_like the ass_).
~2.~ Make a harsh sound.
~Braying~, _a._ Blatant, bellowing, clamorous, vociferous, noisy,
obstreperous.
~Braze~, _v. a._ Solder with brass.
~Brazen~, _a._ ~1.~ Made of brass.
~2.~ Bold, BRAZEN-FACED.
~Brazen-faced~, _a._ Bold, impudent, assuming, forward, pert, saucy,
brazen, BRASSY, CHEEKY.
~Brazier~, _n._ ~1.~ Worker or artificer in brass.
~2.~ Pan for coals.
~Brazil-root~, _n._ Ipecacuanha, ipecac.
~Brazil tea~, Maté.
~Breach~, _n._ ~1.~ Break, fracture, rupture, opening, chasm, gap,
crack, flaw, fissure, rent, rift.
~2.~ Infraction, violation, infringement, non-observance.
~3.~ Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism,
misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection, rupture, falling out.
~Bread~, _n._ Food (_especially food made of grain_), sustenance,
aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen,
victuals, viands, provisions.
~Breadth~, _n._ Width.
~Break~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear
asunder.
~2.~ Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces.
~3.~ Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair.
~4.~ Tame, make tractable, make docile.
~5.~ Make bankrupt.
~6.~ Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier.
~7.~ Violate, infringe, transgress, set at nought.
~8.~ Lessen the force of (_as a fall_).
~9.~ Interrupt, cease, intermit, cut short.
~10.~ Disclose, open, unfold, lay open.
~Break~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.
~2.~ Burst, explode.
~3.~ Open, dawn, appear.
~4.~ Become bankrupt.
~5.~ Decline, low health or strength.
~Break~, _n._ ~1.~ Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm,
rupture, fracture.
~2.~ Interruption, pause, CÆSURA.
~3.~ Dawn, dawning.
~Break away~, ~1.~ Escape (_against resistance_), break loose.
~2.~ Be scattered, be dissipated.
~Break-bone fever~, Dengue, dandy-fever.
~Break bulk~, Begin to unload.
~Break down~, (_Active._) Crush, overwhelm, overcome.
~Break down~, (_Neuter._) Fall, give out.
~Breaker~, _n._ Wave, surge, billow.
~Break faith~, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word.
~Break forth~, Issue, burst out, break out.
~Break ground~, Begin, commence operations.
~Break jail~, Escape from jail.
~Break in~, ~1.~ Make an irruption.
~2.~ Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak.
~Breaking~, _n._ Rupture, fracture.
~Break of day~, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, MORN,
dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.
~Break off~, ~1.~ Be ruptured.
~2.~ Desist, cease, stop, leave off.
~Break out~, Issue, break forth, burst out.
~Break the ice~, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.
~Breakwater~, _n._ Jetty, pier, mole.
~Break with~, Fall out, part friendship with.
~Breast~, _n._ ~1.~ Bosom.
~2.~ Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.
~3.~ Mamma, teat, dug, udder.
~Breast~, _v. a._ Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the
breast against.
~Breast bone~, _n._ Sternum.
~Breastwork~, _n._ (_Fort._) Parapet.
~Breath~, _n._ ~1.~ Air inspired and expired.
~2.~ Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.
~3.~ Respite, pause, rest.
~Breathe~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Respire.
~2.~ Live, exist.
~3.~ Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite.
~Breathe~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Inspire and expire.
~2.~ Exhale, emit, give out, throw out.
~3.~ Whisper, utter softly.
~4.~ Indicate, manifest, express, show.
~Breathe in~, Inhale, draw into the lungs.
~Breathe out~, Expire, force out of the lungs.
~Breathing~, _n._ ~1.~ Respiration.
~2.~ Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning.
~Breathing~, _a._ Living, alive, live, not dead.
~Breathing-hole~, _n._ Vent-hole.
~Breathless~, _a._ ~1.~ Out of breath.
~2.~ Dead, lifeless, defunct.
~Breech~, _n._ Hinder part, after part.
~Breech-band~, _n._ Breeching.
~Breeches~, _n. pl._ ~1.~ Small-clothes.
~2.~ Trousers, pantaloons.
~Breeching~, _n._ Breech-band.
~Breed~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up.
~2.~ Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school.
~3.~ Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce.
~4.~ Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of.
~Breed~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Bring forth young, produce offspring.
~2.~ Be born, be produced.
~Breed~, _n._ Race (_of animals_), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock.
~Breeding~, _n._ ~1.~ Nurture, education, discipline, instruction,
training, schooling.
~2.~ Deportment, manners.
~Breeze~, _n._ Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind.
~2.~ Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir,
agitation.
~Bregma~, _n._ (_Anat._) Sinciput, top of the head.
~Brent~, _n._ Brant, brand-goose (_Anser bernicla_).
~Brett~, _n._ Britzska.
~Breviary~, _n._ ~1.~ Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium,
summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus,
outline, sum and substance.
~2.~ Prayer-book.
~Brevipennate~, _a._ (_Ornith._) Short-winged.
~Brevity~, _n._ ~1.~ Briefness, shortness.
~2.~ Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.
~Brew~, _v. a._ ~1.~ Prepare by fermentation.
~2.~ Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite,
stir up.
~Brew~, _v. n._ ~1.~ Make beer.
~2.~ Be gathering, be forming.
~Brewery~, _n._ Brew-house.
~Bribe~, _n._ Reward of treachery.
~Bribe~, _v. a._ Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to.
~Bridal~, _a._ Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal.