Part 1316

<hw>Bous"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A toper; a boozer.</def>

<h1>Boustrophedon</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou`stro*phe"don</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ turning like oxen in plowing; <?/ to turn.]</ety> <def>An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.</def>

<h1>Boustrophedonic</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou*stroph`e*don"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.</def>

<h1>Boustorphic</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou*storph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ <?/ox-guiding.]</ety> <def>Boustrophedonic.</def>

<h1>Bousy</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bousy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Drunken; sotted; boozy.</def>

<blockquote>In his cups the <b>bousy</b> poet songs. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bout</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bout</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A different spelling and application of <ets>bought</ets> bend.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.</def>

<blockquote>In notes with many a winding <b>bout</b> Of linked sweetness long drawn out. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this <b>bout</b>. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; <as>as, a fencing <ex>bout</ex>; a drinking <ex>bout</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one <b>bout</b> with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boutade</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou*tade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>bouter</ets> to thrust. See <er>Butt</er>.]</ety> <def>An outbreak; a caprice; a whim.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Boutefeu</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Boute"feu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.; <ets>bouter</ets> to thrust, put + <ets>feu</ets> fire.]</ety> <def>An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Animated by . . . John \'85 Chamber, a very <b>boutefeu</b>, . . . they entered into open rebellion. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boutonni\'8are</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bou`ton`ni\'8are"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., buttonhole.]</ety> <def>A bouquet worn in a buttonhole.</def>

<h1>Bouts-rim\'82s</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bouts`-ri*m\'82s"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bout</ets> end + <ets>rim\'82</ets> rhymed.]</ety> <def>Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered.</def>

<h1>Bovate</h1> <Xpage=171>

<hw>Bo"vate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>bovata</ets>, fr. <ets>bos</ets>, <ets>bovis</ets>, ox.]</ety> <fld>(O.Eng.Law.)</fld> <def>An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres.</def>