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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>Having a conspicuous or heavy face.</def>

<note>&hand; <bold>This line is <i>bold-faced</i> nonpareil.</bold></note>

<h1>Boldly</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bold"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>bealdl\'c6ce</ets>.]</ety> <def>In a bold manner.</def>

<h1>Boldness</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bold"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being bold.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood; assurance.</syn>

<h1>Boldo, Boldu</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw><hw>Bol"do</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bol"du</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili (<spn>Peumus Boldus</spn>). The bark is used in tanning, the wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.</def>

<h1>Bole</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bole</ets>, fr. Icel. <ets>bolr</ets>; akin to Sw. <ets>b\'86l</ets>, Dan. <ets>bul</ets>, trunk, stem of a tree, G. <ets>bohle</ets> a thick plank or board; cf. LG. <ets>boll</ets> round. Cf. <er>Bulge</er>.]</ety> <def>The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.</def>

<blockquote>Enormous elm-tree <b>boles</b> did stoop and lean. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bole</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bole</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etym. doubtful.]</ety> <def>An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>Open the <b>bole</b> wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bole</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bole</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A measure. See <er>Boll</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 2.</def>

<i>Mortimer.</i>

<h1>Bole</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bole</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <ets><?/</ets> a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. <ets>bol</ets>, and also L. <ets>bolus</ets> morsel. Cf. <er>Bolus</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See <er>Clay</er>, and <er>Terra alba</er>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bolus; a dose.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<cs><col>Armenian bole</col>. <cd>See under <er>Armenian</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Bole Armoniac</col>, or <col>Armoniak</col></mcol>, <cd>Armenian bole. <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cd></cs>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bolection</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*lec"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A projecting molding round a panel. Same as <er>Bilection</er>.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<h1>Bolero</h1> <Xpage=163>

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