Part 1241

<hw>Bock"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of <i>Bocking</i>, in England, where it was first made.</def>

<h1>Bockland</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bock"land</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bookland</er>.</def>

<h1>Boddice</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bod"dice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bodick</er>.</def>

<h1>Bode</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bode</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Boded</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Boding</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bodien</ets>, AS. <ets>bodian</ets> to announce, tell from <ets>bod</ets> command; akin to Icel. <ets>bo<?/a</ets> to announce, Sw. <ets>b\'86da</ets> to announce, portend. &root;89. See <er>Bid</er>.]</ety> <def>To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.</def>

<blockquote>A raven that <b>bodes</b> nothing but mischief. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Good onset <b>bodes</b> good end. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To foreshow something; to augur.</def>

<blockquote>Whatever now The omen proved, it <b>boded</b> well to you. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To forebode; foreshadow; augur; betoken.</syn>

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<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An omen; a foreshadowing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>The owl eke, that of death the <b>bode</b> bringeth. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bid; an offer.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Dial.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott</i>

<h1>Bode</h1> <Xpage=161>

<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>boda</ets>; akin to OFries. <ets>boda</ets>, AS. <ets>bodo</ets>, OHG. <ets>boto</ets>. See <er>Bode</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>A messenger; a herald.</def>

<i>Robertson.</i>

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<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Abide</er>.]</ety> <def>A stop; a halting; delay.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

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<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> from <er>Bide</er>. <def>Abode.</def>

<blockquote>There that night they <b>bode</b>. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bode</hw>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Bid</er>. Bid or bidden.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>