Part 1254

<hw>Bo*le"ro</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.</def>

<h1>Boletic</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*let"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the <i>Boletus</i>.</def>

<cs><col>Boletic acid</col>, <cd>an acid obtained from the <spn>Boletus fomentarius</spn>, variety <spn>pseudo-igniarius</spn>. Same as <er>Fumaric acid</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Boletus</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*le"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>boletus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.</def>

<h1>Boley, Bolye</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw><hw>Bo"ley</hw>, <hw>Bo"lye</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Booly</er>.</def>

<h1>Bolide</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo"lide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Bolis</er>.]</ety> <def>A kind of meteor; a bolis.</def>

<h1>Bolis</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo"lis</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets> missile, arrow, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to throw.]</ety> <def>A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.</def>

<h1>Bolivian</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bo*liv"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Bolivia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A native of Bolivia.</def></def2>

<h1>Boll</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Boll</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>bolle</ets> boll, bowl, AS. <ets>bolla</ets>. See <er>Bowl</er> a vessel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes spelled <asp>bole</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Boll</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Boll</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bolled</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To form a boll or seed vessel; to go to seed.</def>

<blockquote>The barley was in the ear, and the flax was <b>bolled</b>. <i>Ex. ix. 31.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bollandists</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"land*ists</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>The Jesuit editors of the "Acta Sanctorum", or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work.</def>

<h1>Bollard</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Bol"lard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bole</er> the stem of a tree, and <er>Pollard</er>.]</ety> <def>An upright wooden or iron post in a boat or on a dock, used in veering or fastening ropes.</def>

<cs><col>Bollard timber</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a timber, also called a <i>knighthead<i>, rising just within the stem in a ship, on either side of the bowsprit, to secure its end.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bollen</h1> <Xpage=163>

<hw>Boll"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Boln</er>, <tt>a.</tt></def>

<h1>Bolling</h1> <Xpage=163>