Part 1262

<hw>Bom*bast"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Not <b>bombasted</b> with words vain ticklish ears to feed. <i>Drayton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bombastic, Bombastical</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw><hw>Bom*bas"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bom*bas"tic*al</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Bom*bas"tic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>A theatrical, <b>bombastic</b>, windy phraseology. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.</syn>

<h1>Bombastry</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom"bast*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bombastry</b> and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bombax</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom"bax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL., cotton. See <er>Bombast</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of trees, called also the <altname>silkcotton tree</altname>; also, a tree of the genus Bombax.</def>

<h1>Bombazet Bombazette</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw><hw>Bom`ba*zet" Bom`ba*zette"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bombazine</er>.]</ety> <def>A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may be plain or twilled.</def>

<h1>Bombazine</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom`ba*zine"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bombasin</ets>, LL. <ets>bombacinium</ets>, <ets>bambacinium</ets>, L. <ets>bombycinus</ets> silken, <ets>bombycinum</ets> a silk or cotton texture, fr. <ets>bombyx</ets> silk, silkworm, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>. Cf. <er>Bombast</er>, <er>Bombycinous</er>.]</ety> <def>A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes spelt <asp>bombasin</asp>, and <asp>bombasine</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Tomlinson.</i>

<h1>Bombic</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bombyx</ets> silk, silkworm: cf. F. <ets>bombique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the silkworm; <as>as, <ex>bombic</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<h1>Bombilate</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom"bi*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bombilare</ets>, for L. <ets>bombitare</ets>. See <er>Bomb</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>To hum; to buzz.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Bombilation</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom`bi*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A humming sound; a booming.</def>

<blockquote>To . . . silence the <b>bombilation</b> of guns. <i>Sir T. Browne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bombinate</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom"bi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To hum; to boom.</def>

<h1>Bombination</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bom`bi*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A humming or buzzing.</def>

<h1>Bombolo</h1> <Xpage=164>