Part 1290

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Born</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Born</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p. & a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bear</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.</def>

<blockquote>No one could be <b>born</b> into slavery in Mexico. <i>Prescott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; <as>as, a born liar</as>.</def> "A <i>born</i> matchmaker."

<i>W. D. Howells.</i>

<cs><col>Born again</col> <fld>(Theol.)</fld>, <cd>regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life.</cd> "Except a man be <i>born again<i>, he can not see the kingdom of God." <i>John iii. 3</i>. -- <col>Born days</col>, <cd>days since one was born; lifetime.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Borne</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Borne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> of <er>Bear</er>. <def>Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See <er>Bear</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>

<h1>Borneol</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ne*ol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Borneo</ets> + <ets>-ol</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A rare variety of camphor, <chform>C10H17.OH</chform>, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (<spn>Dryobalanops camphora</spn>), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also <altname>Borneo camphor</altname>, <altname>Malay camphor</altname>, and <altname>camphol</altname>.</def>

<h1>Bornite</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Named after Von <ets>Born</ets>, a mineralogist.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called <altname>purple copper ore</altname> (or <altname>erubescite</altname>), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.</def>

<h1>Borofluoride</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo`ro*flu"or*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boron</ets> + <ets>fluoride</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also <altname>fluoboride</altname>, and formerly <altname>fluoborate</altname>.</def>

<h1>Boroglyceride</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo"ro*glyc"er*ide</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boron</ets> + <ets>glyceride</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.</def>

<h1>Boron</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Borax</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.</def>

<h1>Borosilicate</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo"ro*sil"i*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boron</ets> + <ets>silicate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.</def>

<h1>Borough</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>burgh</ets>, <ets>burw</ets>, <ets>boru</ets>, port, town, burrow, AS. <ets>burh</ets>, <ets>burg</ets>; akin to Icel., Sw., & Dan. <ets>borg</ets>, OS. & D. <ets>burg</ets>, OHG. puruc, purc, MHG. <ets>burc</ets>, G. <ets>burg</ets>, Goth. <ets>ba\'a3rgs</ets>; and from the root of AS. <ets>beorgan</ets> to hide, save, defend, G. <ets>bergen</ets>; or perh. from that of AS. <ets>beorg</ets> hill, mountain. <?/95. See <er>Bury</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Burrow</er>, <er>Burg</er>, <er>Bury</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Burgess</er>, <er>Iceberg</er>, <er>Borrow</er>, <er>Harbor</er>, <er>Hauberk</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.</def>

<i>Burrill. Erskine.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; <as>as, the <ex>borough</ex> voted to lay a tax</as>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Close borough</col>, &or; <col>Pocket borough</col></mcol>, <cd>a borough having the right of sending a member to Parliament, whose nomination is in the hands of a single person.</cd> -- <col>Rotten borough</col>, <cd>a name given to any borough which, at the time of the passage of the Reform Bill of 1832, contained but few voters, yet retained the privilege of sending a member to Parliament.</cd></cs>

<h1>Borough</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Borrow</er>.]</ety> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The pledge or surety thus given.</def>