Part 1330

<hw>Boy"hood</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Boy</ets> + <ets>-hood</ets>.]</ety> <def>The state of being a boy; the time during which one is a boy.</def>

<i>Hood.</i>

<h1>Boyish</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Boy"ish</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Resembling a boy in a manners or opinions; belonging to a boy; childish; trifling; puerile.</def>

<blockquote>A <b>boyish</b>, odd conceit. <i>Baillie.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Boyishly</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Boy"ish*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a boyish manner; like a boy.</def>

<h1>Boyishness</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Boy"ish*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The manners or behavior of a boy.</def>

<h1>Boyism</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Boy"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Boyhood.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>T. Warton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The nature of a boy; childishness.</def>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Boyle's law</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Boyle's" law`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Law</er>.</def>

<h1>Boza</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bo"za</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bosa</er>.]</ety> <def>An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>bosa</asp>, <asp>bozah</asp>, <asp>bouza</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Brabantine</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Bra*bant"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.</def>

<h1>Brabble</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brab"ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>brabbelen</ets> to talk confusedly. <?/95. Cf. <er>Blab</er>, <er>Babble</er>.]</ety> <def>To clamor; to contest noisily.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Brabble</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brab"ble</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.</def>

<blockquote>This petty <b>brabble</b> will undo us all. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Brabblement</h1> <Xpage=173>

<hw>Brab"ble*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A brabble.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Holland.</i>