Part 1264

<hw>Bo`na*part"e*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.</def>

<h1>Bonapartism</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bo"na*part`ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.</def>

<h1>Bonapartist</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bo"na*part`ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.</def>

<h1>Bona peritura</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bo"na per`i*tu"ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[L.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Perishable goods.</def>

<i>Bouvier.</i>

<h1>Bona roba</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bo"na ro"ba</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[It., prop. "good stuff."]</ety> <def>A showy wanton; a courtesan.</def>

<i>Shak</i>

<h1>Bonasus, Bonassus</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw><hw>Bo*na"sus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Bo*nas"sus</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>bonasus</ets>, Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, <ets><?/</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The aurochs or European bison. See <er>Aurochs</er>.</def>

<h1>Bonbon</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bon"bon`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bonbon</ets>, fr. <ets>bon bon</ets> very good, a superlative by reduplication, fr. <ets>bon</ets> good.]</ety> <def>Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.</def>

<h1>Bonce</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bonce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. unknown.]</ety> <def>A boy's game played with large marbles.</def>

<h1>Bonchr\'82tien</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bon`chr\'82`tien"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., good Christian.]</ety> <def>A name given to several kinds of pears. See <er>Bartlett</er>.</def>

<h1>Boncilate</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bon"ci*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Empirical trade name.]</ety> <def>A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.</def>

<h1>Bond</h1> <Xpage=164>

<hw>Bond</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[The same word as band. Cf. <er>Band</er>, <er>Bend</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which binds, ties, fastens,or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.</def>

<blockquote>Gnawing with my teeth my <b>bonds</b> in sunder, I gained my freedom. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.</def> "This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of <i>bonds</i>."

<i>Acts xxvi.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; <as>as, the <ex>bonds</ex> of fellowship</as>.</def>

<blockquote>A people with whom I have no tie but the common <b>bond</b> of mankind. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>