Part 1313

-- <wordforms><wf>Boun"ti*ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Boun"ti*ful*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Bountihead, Bountyhood</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw><hw>Boun"ti*head</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Boun"ty*hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>Goodness; generosity.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Bounty</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Boun"ty</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bounties</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>bounte</ets> goodness, kindness, F. <ets>bont\'82</ets>, fr. L. <ets>bonitas</ets>, fr. <ets>bonus</ets> good, for older <ets>duonus</ets>; cf. Skr. <ets>duvas</ets> honor, respect.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Goodness, kindness; virtue; worth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Nature set in her at once beauty with <b>bounty</b>. <i>Gower.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.</def>

<blockquote>My <b>bounty</b> is as boundless as the sea. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is given generously or liberally.</def> "Thy morning <i>bounties</i>."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A premium offered or given to induce men to enlist into the public service; or to encourage any branch of industry, as husbandry or manufactures.</def>

<cs><col>Bounty jumper</col>, <cd>one who, during the latter part of the Civil War, enlisted in the United States service, and deserted as soon as possible after receiving the bounty.</cd> <mark>[Collog.]</mark> -- <col>Queen Anne's bounty</col> <fld>(Eng. Hist.)</fld>, <cd>a provision made in Queen Anne's reign for augmenting poor clerical livings.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Munificence; generosity; beneficence.</syn>

<h1>Bouquet</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou*quet"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bouquet</ets> bunch, bunch of flowers, trees, feathers, for <ets>bousquet</ets>, <ets>bosquet</ets>, thicket, a little wood, dim. of LL. <ets>boscus</ets>. See <er>Bush</er> thicket, and cf. <er>Bosket</er>, <er>Busket</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A perfume; an aroma; <as>as, the <ex>bouquet</ex> of wine</as>.</def>

<h1>Bouquetin</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou`que*tin"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The ibex.</def>

<h1>Bour</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bour</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bower</er> a chamber.]</ety> <def>A chamber or a cottage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Bourbon</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bour"bon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the castle and seigniory of <ets>Bourbon</ets> in central France.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.</def>