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Bom`bi*na"tion (&?;), n. A humming or buzzing.

Bom"bo*lo (&?;), n.; pl. Bomboloes (&?;). [Cf. It bombola a pitcher.] A thin spheroidal glass retort or flask, used in the sublimation of camphor. [Written also bumbelo, and bumbolo.]

Bomb"proof` (&?;), a. Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n. A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

Bomb"shell` (&?;), n. A bomb. See Bomb, n.

Bom*by"cid (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the genus Bombyx, or the family Bombycidæ.

Bom*byc"i*nous (&?;), a. [L. bombycinus. See Bombazine.] 1. Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.

2. Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

Bom*byl"i*ous (&?;), a. [L. bombylius a bumblebee, Gr. &?;.] Buzzing, like a bumblebee; as, the bombylious noise of the horse fly. [Obs.] Derham.

||Bom"byx (bm"bks), n. [L., silkworm. See Bombazine.] (Zoöl.) A genus of moths, which includes the silkworm moth. See Silkworm.

||Bon (&?;), a. [F., fr. L. bonus.] Good; valid as security for something.

Bon-ac*cord" (&?;), n. Good will; good fellowship; agreement. [Scot.]

||Bo"na fi"de (&?;). [L.] In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Bo*nair" (&?;), a. [OE., also bonere, OF. bonnaire, Cotgr., abbrev. of debonnaire. See Debonair.] Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding. [Obs.]

Bo*nan"za (&?;), n. [Sp., prop. calm., fair weather, prosperity, fr. L. bonus good.] In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income. [Colloq. U. S.]

Bo`na*part"e*an (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

Bo"na*part`ism (&?;), n. The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

Bo"na*part`ist, n. One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

||Bo"na per`i*tu"ra (&?;). [L.] (Law) Perishable goods. Bouvier.

||Bo"na ro"ba (&?;). [It., prop. "good stuff."] A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak

{ Bo*na"sus (&?;), Bo*nas"sus } (&?;), n. [L. bonasus, Gr. &?;, &?;.] (Zoöl.) The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

||Bon"bon` (&?;), n. [F. bonbon, fr. bon bon very good, a superlative by reduplication, fr. bon good.] Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

Bonce (&?;), n. [Etymol. unknown.] A boy's game played with large marbles.

||Bon`chré`tien" (&?;), n. [F., good Christian.] A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

Bon"ci*late (&?;), n. [Empirical trade name.] A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

Bond (&?;), n. [The same word as band. Cf. Band, Bend.] 1. That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.

Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder, I gained my freedom. Shak.

2. pl. The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint. "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds." Acts xxvi.

3. A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.