Part 1285

<hw>Bo*rag`i*na"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (<spn>Boraginace\'91</spn>) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.</def>

<h1>Boragineous</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor`a*gin"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.</def>

<h1>Boramez</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"a*mez</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Barometz</er>.</def>

<h1>Borate</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bo"rate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Boric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.</def>

<h1>Borax</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bo"rax</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>boras</ets>, fr. F. <ets>borax</ets>, earlier spelt <ets>borras</ets>; cf. LL. <ets>borax</ets>, Sp. <ets>borraj</ets>; all fr. Ar. <ets>b<?/rag</ets>, fr. Pers. <ets>b<?/rah</ets>.]</ety> <def>A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of <i>tincal</i>. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.</def>

<cs><col>Borax bead</col>. <cd><fld>(Chem.)</fld> See <er>Bead</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 3.</cd></cs>

<h1>Borborygm</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor"bo*rygm</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>borborygme</ets>, fr. Gr. <ets><?/</ets>, fr. <ets><?/</ets> to rumble in the bowels.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Bord</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Board</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A board; a table.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.</def>

<h1>Bord</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bourd</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bordage</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bordagium</ets>.]</ety> <def>The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.</def>

<h1>Bordar</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bord"ar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bordarius</ets>, fr. <ets>borda</ets> a cottage; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>A villein who rendered menial service for his cottage; a cottier.</def>

<blockquote>The cottar, the <b>bordar</b>, and the laborer were bound to aid in the work of the home farm. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bordeaux</h1> <Xpage=167>

<hw>Bor*deaux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Bordeaux in the south of France.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>A claret wine from Bordeaux.</def></def2>

<h1>Bordel, Bordello</h1> <Xpage=167>