Part 1248

<h1>Bogus</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo"gus</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A liquor made of rum and molasses.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<i>Bartlett.</i>

<h1>Bogwood</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bog"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The wood of trees, esp. of oaks, dug up from peat bogs. It is of a shining black or ebony color, and is largely used for making ornaments.</def>

<h1>Bogy</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo"gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bogies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Bogle</er>.]</ety> <def>A specter; a hobgoblin; a bugbear.</def> "Death's heads and <i>bogies</i>." <i>J. H. Newman</i>. <altsp>[Written also <asp>bogey</asp>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>There are plenty of such foolish attempts at playing <b>bogy</b> in the history of savages. <i>C. Kingsley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bohea</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo*hea"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Wu-i</ets>, pronounced by the Chinese <ets>bu-i</ets>, the name of the hills where this kind of tea is grown.]</ety> <def>Bohea tea, an inferior kind of black tea. See under <er>Tea</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The name was formerly applied to superior kinds of black tea, or to black tea in general.</note>

<h1>Bohemia</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo*he"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A country of central Europe.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See <er>Bohemian</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</def>

<blockquote>She knew every one who was any one in the land of <b>Bohemia</b>. <i>Compton Reade.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bohemian</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo*he"mi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See <er>Bohemian</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to a social gypsy or "Bohemian" (see <er>Bohemian</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3); vagabond; unconventional; free and easy.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<blockquote>Hers was a pleasant <b>Bohemian</b> life till she was five and thirty. <i>Blackw. Mag.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Artists have abandoned their <b>Bohemian</b> manners and customs nowadays. <i>W. Black.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>Bohemian chatterer</col>, &or; <col>Bohemian waxwing</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a small bird of Europe and America (<spn>Ampelis garrulus</spn>); the waxwing.</cd> -- <col>Bohemian glass</col>, <cd>a variety of hard glass of fine quality, made in Bohemia. It is of variable composition, containing usually silica, lime, and potash, rarely soda, but no lead. It is often remarkable for beauty of color.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bohemian</h1> <Xpage=162>

<hw>Bo*he"mi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native of Bohemia.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The language of the Czechs (the ancient inhabitants of Bohemia), the richest and most developed of the dialects of the Slavic family.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A restless vagabond; -- originally, an idle stroller or gypsy (as in France) thought to have come from Bohemia; in later times often applied to an adventurer in art or literature, of irregular, unconventional habits, questionable tastes, or free morals.</def> <mark>[Modern]</mark>

<note>&hand; In this sense from the French <i>boh\'82mien</i>, a gypsy; also, a person of irregular habits.</note>

<blockquote>She was of a wild, roving nature, inherited from father and mother, who were both <b>Bohemians</b> by taste and circumstances. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bohemianism</h1> <Xpage=162>