Part 1308

<hw>Bou"le*vard`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>boulevard</ets>, <ets>boulevart</ets>, fr. G. <ets>bollwerk</ets>. See <er>Bulwark</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or around a city.</def>

<h1>Bouleversement</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Boule`verse`ment"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>bouleverser</ets> to overthrow.]</ety> <def>Complete overthrow; disorder; a turning upside down.</def>

<h1>Buolt</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Buolt</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Corrupted form <er>Bolt</er>.</def>

<h1>Boultel, Boultin</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw><hw>Boul"tel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Boul"tin</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle, being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>One of the shafts of a clustered column.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>bowtel</asp>, <asp>boltel</asp>, <asp>boultell</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<h1>Boulter</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Boul"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. uncertain.]</ety> <def>A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.</def>

<h1>Boun</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Boun</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bound</er> ready.]</ety> <def>Ready; prepared; destined; tending.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Boun</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Boun</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make or get ready.</def>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Bounce</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bounce</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bounced</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bouncing</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>bunsen</ets>; cf. D. <ets>bonzen</ets> to strike, bounce, <ets>bons</ets> blow, LG. <ets>bunsen</ets> to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.</def>

<blockquote>Another <b>bounces</b> as hard as he can knock. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Against his bosom <b>bounced</b> his heaving heart. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; <as>as, she <ex>bounced</ex> into the room</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Out <b>bounced</b> the mastiff. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Bounced</b> off his arm+chair. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To boast; to talk big; to bluster.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bounce</h1> <Xpage=170>

<hw>Bounce</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump.</def>