Part 1234

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Sculp.)</fld> <def>To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.</def>

<h1>Boast</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.</def>

<blockquote>Reason and morals? and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic <b>boast</b>! <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>boast</b> of historians. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boastance</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"ance</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Boasting.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Boaster</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who boasts; a braggart.</def>

<h1>Boaster</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.</def>

<h1>Boastful</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Boast"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Boast"ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Boasting</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.</def>

<blockquote>When <b>boasting</b> ends, then dignity begins. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boastingly</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Boastfully; with boasting.</def> "He <i>boastingly</i> tells you."

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Boastive</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"ive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Presumptuous.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Boastless</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boast"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Without boasting or ostentation.</def>

<h1>Boat</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Boat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>boot</ets>, <ets>bat</ets>, AS. <ets>b\'bet</ets>; akin to Icel. <ets>b\'betr</ets>, Sw. <ets>b\'86t</ets>, Dan. <ets>baad</ets>, D.& G. <ets>boot</ets>. Cf. <er>Bateau</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars or paddles, but often by a sail.</def>