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<hw>Bond"a*ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Bondar</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bon"dar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small quadruped of Bengal (<spn>Paradoxurus bondar</spn>), allied to the genet; -- called also <altname>musk cat</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bonded</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Placed under, or covered by, a bond, as for the payment of duties, or for conformity to coertain regulations.</def>

<cs><col>Bonded goods</col>, <cd>goods placed in a bonded warehouse; goods, for the duties on which bonds are given at the customhouse.</cd> -- <col>Bonded warehouse</col>, <cd>a warehouse in which goods on which the duties are unpaid are stored under bond and in the joint custody of the importer, or his agent, and the customs officers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Bonder</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who places goods under bond or in a bonded warehouse.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>A bonding stone or brick; a bondstone.</def>

<h1>Bonder</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"er</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Norwegian <ets>bonde</ets>.]</ety> <def>A freeholder on a small scale.</def> <mark>[Norway]</mark>

<i>Emerson.</i>

<h1>Bondholder</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"hold`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person who holds the bonds of a public or private corporation for the payment of money at a certain time.</def>

<h1>Bondmaid</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"maid`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Bond</ets>,<tt>a.</tt>or<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>maid</ets>.]</ety> <def>A female slave, or one bound to service without wages, as distinguished from a hired servant.</def>

<h1>Bondman</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bondmen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[<ets>Bond</ets>,<tt>a.</tt>or<tt>n.</tt>+ <ets>man</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man slave, or one bound to service without wages.</def> "To enfranchise <i>bondmen</i>."

<i>Macaulay.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Old Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A villain, or tenant in villenage.</def>

<h1>Bond servant</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond" serv`ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A slave; one who is bound to service without wages.</def>

<blockquote>If thy brother . . . be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a <b>bond servant</b>: but as an hired servant. <i>Lev. xxv. 39, 40.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bond service</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond" serv`ice</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>The condition of a bond servant; sevice without wages; slavery.</def>

<blockquote>Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of <b>bond service</b>. <i>1 Kings ix. 21.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bondslave</h1> <Xpage=165>

<hw>Bond"slave`</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master.</def>

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