BON, bong, _adj._ good--French, occurring in some English but not
Anglicised phrases, as BON ACCORD, good-will, agreement; BON MOT, a jest or
smart saying; BON TON, good style, the fashionable world; BON VIVANT, one
who lives well or luxuriously.
BONA FIDE, b[=o]'na f[=i]d'[=a], _adv._ and _adj._ in good faith, with
sincerity, genuine. [L.]
BONANZA, bon-an'za, _n._ a term common in the Pacific States for a rich
mass of gold: any mine of wealth or stroke of luck. [Sp.]
BONAPARTISM, b[=o]'na-pärt-izm, _n._ attachment to the dynasty of Napoleon
_Bonaparte_, Emperor of the French.--_n._ B[=O]'NAPARTIST.
BONA-ROBA, b[=o]'na-r[=o]'ba, _n._ (_Shak._) a showy wanton, a courtesan.
[It. _buona roba_, lit. a fine gown.]
BONBON, bong'bong, _n._ a sweetmeat.--_n._ BONBON'IERE, a fancy box for
holding such. [Fr., 'very good'--_bon_, good.]
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BOND, bond, _n._ that which binds, a band: link of connection or union: a
writing of obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract: any
constraining or any cementing force: in building, the connection of one
stone or brick with another, made by lapping the one over the other as the
work is carried up, as in ENGLISH BOND, FLEMISH BOND, &c.: (_pl._)
imprisonment, captivity.--_adj._ bound: in a state of servitude.--_v.t._ to
put imported goods in the customs' warehouses till the duties on them are
paid--hence BONDED STORES or WAREHOUSES, TO TAKE OUT OF BOND, &c.--_p.adj._
BOND'ED, secured by bond, as duties.--_ns._ BOND'ER, a binding stone or
brick; BOND'-HOLD'ER, a person who holds bonds of a private person or
public company; BOND'ING, that arrangement by which goods remain in the
customs' warehouses till the duties are paid; BOND'MAID, BOND'WOMAN,
BONDS'WOMAN, a woman-slave; BOND'MAN, a man-slave; BOND'MANSHIP;
BOND'SERV'ANT, a slave; BOND'-SERV'ICE, the condition of a bond-servant:
slavery; BOND'-SLAVE, a slave; BONDS'MAN, a bondman or slave: a surety;
BOND'-STONE, a stone which reaches a considerable distance into or entirely
through a wall for the purpose of binding it together; BOND'-TIM'BER,
timber built into a wall as it is carried up for the purpose of binding it
together in a longitudinal direction.--BONDED DEBT, the debt of a
corporation represented by the bonds it has issued, as contrasted with its
_floating_ debt. [A variant of _band_--A.S. _bindan_, to bind.]
BONDAGE, bond'[=a]j, _n._ state of being bound: captivity: slavery.--_n._
BOND'AGER, a female outworker in the Border and North country, whom the
_hind_ or married cottar was bound to provide for the farm-work. [O. Fr.;
Low L. _bondagium_, a kind of tenure. Acc. to Skeat, this is from A.S.
_bonda_, a boor, a householder, from Ice. _bóndi_ = _búandi_, a tiller, a
husbandman, _búa_, to till, cog. with A.S. _búan_.]
BONE, b[=o]n, _n._ a hard substance forming the skeleton of mammalian
animals: a piece of the skeleton of an animal: (_pl._) the bones
collectively: mortal remains: pieces of bone held between the fingers of
the hand and rattled together to keep time to music: dice, as made of bone,
ivory, &c.--_v.t._ to take the bones out of, as meat: to seize, to
steal.--_ns._ BONE'-ACHE (_Shak._), aching or pain in the bones; BONE'-ASH,
BONE'-EARTH, the remains when bones are burnt in an open furnace;
BONE'-BLACK, the remains when bones are heated in a close vessel.--_adj._
BONED--used in composition, as high-boned: having bones: having the bones
removed.--_ns._ BONE'-DUST, ground or pulverised bones, used in
agriculture; BONE'-LACE, lace woven with bobbins, which were frequently
made of bone.--_adj._ BONE'LESS, wanting bones.--_ns._ BONE'-SET'TER, one
who treats broken bones without being a duly qualified surgeon;
BONE'-SH[=A]K'ER, a name familiarly given to the earlier forms of bicycle
before india-rubber tires; BONE'-SPAV'IN, a bony excrescence or hard
swelling on the inside of the hock of a horse.--_adj._ BON'Y, full of, or
consisting of, bones.--A BONE OF CONTENTION, something that causes strife;
A BONE TO PICK, something to occupy one, a difficulty, a grievance,
controversy, dispute.--TO MAKE NO BONES OF, to have no scruples in regard
to something; TO THE BONE, to the inmost part. [A.S. _bán_, Ger. _bein_.]
BONFIRE, bon'f[=i]r, _n._ a large fire in the open air on occasions of
public rejoicing, &c.--originally a fire in which bones were burnt. [Not
Fr. _bon_, good, and FIRE.]
BONGRACE, bon'gr[=a]s, _n._ a shade from the sun once worn by women on the
front of the bonnet: a broad-brimmed hat or bonnet. [Fr.]
BONHOMIE, bon'o-m[=e], _n._ easy good-nature. [Fr.; _bon homme_, a good
fellow.]
BONIFACE, bon'i-f[=a]s, _n._ a generic name for an innkeeper, like 'mine
host' or 'landlord'--from the hearty _Boniface_ of Farquhar's _Beaux'
Stratagem_.
BONING, b[=o]n'ing, _n._ the act of estimating straightness by looking
along a series of poles, as in _boning-rod_ or _telescope_.
BONITO, bo-n[=e]to, _n._ a name given to several fishes of the mackerel
family--the Stripe-bellied Tunny of the tropical parts of the Atlantic and
Pacific; the Mediterranean Bonito; the Plain Bonito. [Sp.]