BOUFFE. See OPERA-BOUFFE.
BOUGAINVILLÆA, b[=oo]g-[=a]n-vil-[=e]'a, _n._ a neotropical genus of
Nyctaginaceæ, frequently trained over trellises or under the roofs of
greenhouses, their triplets of flowers almost concealed by rosy or purple
bracts. [From the first French circumnavigator of the globe, Louis Antoine
de _Bougainville_ (1729-1811).]
BOUGH, bow, _n._ a branch of a tree: the gallows. [A.S. _bóg_, _bóh_, an
arm, the shoulder (Ger. _bug_, the shoulder, the bow of a ship)--A.S.
_bugan_, to bend.]
BOUGHT, bawt, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of BUY.--BOUGHT'EN in an archaic form.
BOUGHT, bowt, _n._ a bight or bend: (_Spens._) a twist or coil: the bend of
a sling in which the stone is placed. [See BIGHT.]
BOUGIE, b[=oo]'zhi, _n._ an instrument made of elastic, gum, wax, or metal,
for distending contracted mucous canals, as the gullet, bowels, or urethra.
[Fr. a 'wax candle,' because the instrument was orig. made of waxed linen,
from _Bougie_ in Algeria.]
BOUILLABAISSE, b[=oo]-lya-b[=a]s', _n._ a Provençal kind of fish chowder,
familiar through Thackeray's appreciative ballad. [Fr.]
BOUILLI, b[=oo]'-y[=e], _n._ boiled or stewed meat.--_n._ BOUILLON
(b[=oo]-yong), soup. [Fr. See BOIL.]
BOULDER, b[=o]ld'[.e]r, _n._ a large stone rounded by the action of water:
(_geol._) a mass of rock transported by natural agencies from its native
bed.--_adj._ containing boulders.--_n._ BOULD'ER-CLAY (see TILL, 4). [Acc.
to Wedgwood, from Swed. _bullra_, Dan. _buldre_, to roar like thunder, as
large pebbles do.]
BOULEVARD, b[=oo]l'e-vär, _n._ a broad walk or promenade bordered with
trees, originally applied to those formed upon the demolished
fortifications of a town.--_n._ BOUL'EVARDIER, a frequenter of the
boulevards. [Fr.--Ger. _bollwerk_. See BULWARK.]