Part 1291

<i>Blackstone. Tomlins.</i>

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

<hw>Bor"ough-Eng"lish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.</def>

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Boroughhead</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough*head`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Headborough</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Boroughholder</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough*hold"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A headborough; a borsholder.</def>

<h1>Boroughmaster</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough*mas"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Burgomaster</er>.]</ety> <def>The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.</def>

<h1>Boroughmonger</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"ough*mon"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.</def>

<h1>Boroughmongering, Boroughmongery</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw><hw>Bor"ough*mon"ger*ing</hw>, <hw>Bor"ough*mon"ger*y</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The practices of a boroughmonger.</def>

<h1>Borracho</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor*rach"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Borachio</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<mhw><h1>Borrage, n., Borraginaceous</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"rage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>, <hw>Bor*rag`i*na"ceous</hw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt>, etc.</mhw> <def>See <er>Borage</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, etc.</def>

<h1>Borrel</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"rel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>burel</ets> a kind of coarse woolen cloth, fr. F. <ets>bure</ets> drugget. See <er>Bureau</er>. Rustic and common people dressed in this cloth, which was prob. so called from its color.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.</def>

<h1>Borrel</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"rel</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Prob. from <er>Borrel</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Borrow</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bor"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Borrowed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Borrowing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>borwen</ets>, AS. <ets>borgian</ets>, fr. <ets>borg</ets>, <ets>borh</ets>, pledge; akin to D. <ets>borg</ets>, G. <ets>borg</ets>; prob. fr. root of AS. <ets>beorgan</ets> to protect. <?/95. See 1st <er>Borough</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of <i>lend</i>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arith.)</fld> <def>To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.</def>