Part 1231

<hw>Blus"ter*ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a blustering manner.</def>

<h1>Blusterous</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering.</def>

<i>Motley.</i>

<h1>Blustrous</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"trous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Blusterous.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Bo</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Bo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>interj.</tt> <ety>[Cf. W. <ets>bw</ets>, an interj. of threatening or frightening; n., terror, fear, dread.]</ety> <def>An exclamation used to startle or frighten.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>boh</asp> and <asp>boo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Boa</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Bo"a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boas</plw> </plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>boa</ets> a kind of water serpent. Perh. fr. <ets>bos</ets> an ox.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (<spn>B. imperator</spn>), and the chevalier boa of Peru (<spn>B. eques</spn>).</def>

<note>&hand; The name is also applied to related genera; as, the <i>dog-headed boa</i> (<spn>Xiphosoma caninum</spn>).</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.</def>

<h1>Boa constrictor</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Bo"a con*strict"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[NL. See <er>Boa</er>, and <er>Constrictor</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See <i>Illustration</i> in Appendix.</def>

<note>&hand; It has a succession of spots, alternately black and yellow, extending along the back. It kills its prey by constriction. The name is also loosely applied to other large serpents which crush their prey, particularly to those of the genus Python, found in Asia and Africa.</note>

<h1>Boanerges</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Bo`a*ner"ges</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. Heb. <ets>bn<?/ hargem</ets> sons of thunder. -- an appellation given by Christ to two of his disciples (James and John). See <ets>Mark</ets> iii. 17.]</ety> <def>Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.</def>

<h1>Boar</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bar</ets>, <ets>bor</ets>, <ets>bore</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'ber</ets>; akin to OHG. <ets>p<?/r</ets>, MHG. <ets>b<?/r</ets>, G. <ets>b\'84r</ets>, boar (but not <ets>b\'84r</ets> bear), and perh. Russ. <ets>borov'</ets> boar.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.</def>

<h1>Board</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Board</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bord</ets>, AS. <ets>bord</ets> board, shipboard; akin to <ets>bred</ets> plank, Icel. <ets>bor<?/</ets> board, side of a ship, Goth. f<?/tu-baurd]/> footstool, D. <ets>bord</ets> board, G. <ets>brett</ets>, <ets>bort</ets>. See def. 8. &root;92.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.</def>

<note>&hand; When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a <i>plank</i>.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A table to put food upon.</def>

<note>&hand; The term <i>board</i> answers to the modern <i>table</i>, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles.</note>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<blockquote>Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the <b>board</b> Heaps with unsparing hand. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; <as>as, to work for one's <ex>board</ex>; the price of <ex>board</ex>.</as></def>