BOSTON, bost'on, _n._ a game at cards, somewhat similar to whist. [From
_Boston_ in Mass., U.S.]
BOSWELLIAN, bos-wel'li-an, _adj._ after the manner of _Boswell_, the famous
biographer of Samuel Johnson.--_v.i._ BOS'WELLISE, to write after the
manner of Boswell--full of an absolute admiration for one's hero and
interest in him descending to the smallest particulars.--_n._ BOS'WELLISM.
BOT. See BOTS.
BOTANY, bot'an-i, _n._ the science of plants.--_adj._ BOTAN'IC.--_adv._
BOTAN'ICALLY.--_v.i._ BOT'ANISE, to seek for and collect plants for
study.--_ns._ BOT'ANIST, one skilled in botany; BOT'ANOMANCY, divination by
means of plants, esp. the leaves of the sage and fig.--BOTANY BAY, a famous
convict settlement in New South Wales, near to what is now Sydney: convict
settlements generally. [Gr. _botan[=e]_, herb, plant--_bosk-ein_, to feed,
L. _vescor_, I feed myself; perh. cog. with A.S. _woed_.]