BOOR, b[=oo]r, _n._ a countryman, a peasant: a Dutch colonist in South
Africa: a coarse or awkward person.--_adj._ BOOR'ISH, like a boor: awkward
or rude.--_adv._ BOOR'ISHLY.--_n._ BOOR'ISHNESS. [Dut. _boer_; Ger.
_bauer_. The A.S. _gebúr_, a farmer, may explain the East Anglian _bor_,
neighbour, as a form of address.]
BOORD, an obsolete form of BOARD.
BOOSE. See BOUSE.
BOOT, b[=oo]t, _n._ a covering for the foot and lower part of the leg
generally made of leather: an infamous instrument of judicial torture, in
which the legs were forced into a strong case and wedges driven in until
bone, muscle, and marrow were crushed together--also BOOT'IKIN: a box or
receptacle in a coach.--_v.t._ to put on boots.--_n._ BOOT'-CLOS'ER, one
who closes the upper leathers of boots.--_pa.p._ BOOT'ED, having boots on,
equipped for riding.--_ns._ BOOT'-HOOK, an instrument for pulling on long
boots; BOOT'HOSE (_Shak._), hose or stockings used in place of boots;
BOOT'-JACK, an instrument for taking off boots; BOOT'LACE, a lace for
fastening boots; BOOT'-LAST, BOOT'-TREE, the last or wooden mould on which
boots or shoes are made or stretched to keep their shape.--_adj._
BOOT'LESS, without boots: referring also, as in Tennyson's metaphorical
use, 'wedded to a bootless calf,' to the ancient custom at a marriage by
proxy of the quasi bridegroom putting one unbooted leg into the bride's
bed.--_n._ BOOTS, the servant at an inn who cleans the boots, runs
messages, &c.--in combination, as Lazy_boots_, Sly_boots_.--BOOT AND SADDLE
(a corr. of Fr. _bouteselle_, place saddle), the signal to cavalry to
mount.--LIKE OLD BOOTS (_slang_), vigorously, heartily.--SIX FEET IN HIS
BOOTS, quite six feet high.--TO DIE IN HIS BOOTS, to be cut off in the
midst of health, as by the rope; TO HAVE ONE'S HEART IN ONE'S BOOTS, to be
in a state of extreme terror. [O. Fr. _bote_ (mod. _botte_)--Low L.
_botta_, _bota_, of dubious origin.]
BOOT, b[=oo]t, _v.t._ to profit or advantage.--_n._ advantage: profit: any
reparation or compensation paid, like the _man-bote_ of old English law:
(_Shak._) booty.--_adj._ BOOT'LESS, without boot or profit:
useless.--_adv._ BOOT'LESSLY.--_n._ BOOT'LESSNESS.--TO BOOT, in addition;
TO MAKE BOOT OF (_Shak._), to make profit of. [A.S. _bót_, compensation,
amends, whence _betan_, to amend, to make BETTER.]
BOOTES, bo-[=o]'tez, _n._ a northern constellation beside the Great Bear,
containing the bright star Arcturus. [Gr.; an ox-driver.]
BOOTH, b[=oo]th, _n._ a hut or temporary erection formed of slight
materials: a covered stall at a fair or market. [Ice. _buð_, Ger. _bude_.]
BOOTY, b[=oo]t'i, _n._ spoil taken in war or by force: plunder, a
prize.--TO PLAY BOOTY, to join with others in order to cheat one player, to
play a game with intention to lose. [Ice. _býti_, share--_býta_, to
divide.]
BOOZE. See BOUSE.
BO-PEEP, bo-p[=e]p', _n._ a simple play among children in which one peeps
from behind something and cries 'Bo.'
BORA, b[=o]'ra, _n._ a strong north-east wind in the upper Adriatic. [Diez
explains the word as a Venetian variant of It. _borea_--L. _boreas_; acc.
to others, Slav.; cf. Servian _bura_.]
BORACHIO, bor-ach'i-o, _n._ a Spanish wine-bottle of leather: a drunken
fellow. [Sp. _borracha_.]
BORAGE, bur'[=a]j, _n._ a plant of the genus Borago, formerly in great
repute as a cordial. [Low L. _borago_.]
BORAX, b[=o]'raks, _n._ a mineral salt used for soldering, as a flux in
metallurgy, in enamelling and glazing, as a mordant in dyeing, as a
substitute for soap, and also in medicine.--_adj._ BORAC'IC, of or relating
to borax.--_ns._ BOR'ACITE, a mineral composed of boracic acid and
carbonate of magnesia; B[=O]'RATE, a salt of boracic acid.--BORACIC ACID,
an acid obtained by dissolving borax, and also found native in mineral
springs in Italy. [Through Fr. and Low L. _borax_, _borac-em_, from Ar.
_bûraq_.]
BORDAR, bord'ar, _n._ a villein who held his hut at his lord's pleasure.
[Low L. _bordarius_; of Teut. origin. See BOARD.]
BORDEAUX, bor-d[=o]', _n._ claret, wine of _Bordeaux_, a great city in the
south-west of France.
BORDEL, bor'del, _n._ a house for prostitution. [O. Fr. _bordel_, a
cabin--Low L. _borda_.]
BORDER, bord'[.e]r, _n._ the edge or margin of anything: the march or
boundary of a country, esp. that between England and Scotland: a flower-bed
in a garden: a piece of ornamental edging or trimming round a garment,
&c.--_v.i._ to resemble (with _on_): to be adjacent (with _upon_,
_with_).--_v.t._ to make or adorn with a border: to bound.--_ns._
BORD'ERER, one who dwells on the border of a country; BORD'ER-LAND.--_adj._
BORD'ERLESS. [O. Fr. _bordure_; from root of BOARD.]
BORD-RAGING. See BODRAGING.
BORDURE, bor'd[=u]r, _n._ (_her._) a border surrounding a shield, generally
said to occupy one-fifth of the field. [BORDER.]
BORE, b[=o]r, _v.t._ to pierce so as to form a hole; to weary or
annoy.--_n._ a hole made by boring: the size of the cavity of a gun; a
person or thing that wearies (not from the foregoing, according to Dr
Murray, who says both verb and noun arose after 1750).--_ns._ BOR'ER, the
person or thing that bores: a genus of sea-worms that pierce wood; a name
common to many insects that pierce wood; BOR'ING, the act of making a hole
in anything: a hole made by boring: (_pl._) the chips produced by boring.
[A.S. _borian_, to bore; cf. Ger. _bohren_; allied to L. _for-[=a]re_, to
bore, Gr. _pharynx_, the gullet.]
BORE, b[=o]r, did bear, _pa.t._ of BEAR.
BORE, b[=o]r, _n._ a tidal flood which rushes with great violence up the
estuaries of certain rivers, also called _Eagre_. [Ice. _bára_, a wave or
swell.]