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Show BO BO from thence as far as Augufta and Syracufe, abou . Some furgeons T have met, carrying boses abou in their pockets, boafling in that which was thei W ifeman fhame 5. To exalt one's felf Thus with your mouth you have deafled againf me, and multiptied your words againft me Ezcks XXXVe 13ke ons boat lou i s mil a Ital re hun a man an boa o [f / Bo'aTMaN boa ag ma tha H Bo'arsmaw 1. To brag of; to difplay with oftentatious language For if I have éoaffed any thing to him of you 2 Core vils 14 1 am not athamed Boatfmm throug They that truft in their wealth, and boaff themfelves in the multitude of their riches. Pfa/m xlix. 6 Confounded be all them that ferve graven ima ges, that boaf themfelves of idols. Plalm xcvii. 7 BoasT. n. /. [from the verb. 1. An expreflion of oftentation ; a prou {peech Thou, that makeft thy 0af of the law, throug breaking the law dithonoureft thou God Romans, ii. 23 The world is more apt to find fault than t commend ; the dogf# will probably be cenfured it is forSpeétator 2. A caufe of beafting; an occafion o pride ; the thing boafted Pope Bo aSTER. 7./. [from boaff.] A bragger 2 man that vaunts any thing oftenta tioufly Complaints the more candid and judicious o the chymifts themfelves are wont to make of thof boaflers, that confidently pretend that they hav gr fulphur of quickfilver, whe extracted the fal they have difguif¢d it by additaments, wherewit No more delays, vain boafier | but begin I prophefy beforehand I fhall win 1'1l teach you how to brag another time. Dryder He the proud boaffers fent, with ftern affault Philips Down o the realms of night Bo'asTrvL. adj. [fro unkind Pri e b c s p r g i g r charge of all h t a n p s u l c s a f s i f anchors t o - n l t o r c k t f a H £9. fteers her eithe an and its furniture o l c H t m h o e m h b t t a n g r the fev anc s r w s h t w e t o i u e e to o p o n k f a i h a fpell marfhal, feizes and punifhes all offenn a p c t b c e n f a a t ders t e f o w t o i r m tu c o Harris t l h m a f a b e a m t m t m S preferve the fhip from finking Howel's Pre-eminence of Parliament deduc Skinne Span. 2. To beat ; to drub Whence bobtail to bang 3. To cheat ; to gain by fraud Shakefpeare I have bobbed his brain more than he has beat m Skakefpeare bones Live, Roderigo He calls me to a reftitution larg Of gold and jewels that I bob5'd from him Shakefpeare As gifts to Defdemona Here we have been worrying one another, wh the booty, till this curfe hav fox ha L' Eftrange bobbed us both on't 75 Bos. w. ». To play backward an forward ; to play loofely againft an thing And fometimes lurk I in a goffip's bowl In very likenefs of a roafted crab And on her wither'd dewlap pour the ale Midfummer Night's Dreanm They comb, and then they order ev'ry hair A birthday jewel bobbing at their ear Bo'asTincLy. adv. [from boafting,) Of tentatioufly Dryden You may tell her I'm rich in jewels, rings, and bobbing pearls We look on it as a pitch of impiety, boaflingl Diyden Pluck'd from Moors ears toavow qur fins; and it deferves to be confidered . te ne ve th o [f / n Bo whether this kind of confefling them, have no pl t a f g ha th i t m S 1 Decay of Piety {ome affinity with it loofely ; generally an ornament at th BOAT. ». /. [baz, Saxon. ear ; a pendant ; an ear-ring 1. A veflel to pafs the water in., ‘It i g ag fe ' fh wh ip gof d ga Th ufnally diftinguifhed from other veflels Dryden In jewels dreft, and at each ear a bob by being {maller and uncovered, an repeated at the end of d wo Th 2 commonly moved by rowing nz ft I do not think that any one nation, the Syria excepted, to whom the knowledge of the ark came did find out at oace the device of either fhip o boats in which they durft venture themfelves upo the feas Raleigh's Effays An effeminate fcoundrel multitude Whofe utmoft daring is to crofs the Nile I painted boats, to fright the crocodile g Tate's Fuwvenal z. A fhip of a fmall fize; as, a pagag boat, pacquet boat, advice boat, fly boat Boa"riox. #. /. [from boare, Lat.] Roar noife; loud found In Meflin infurzgtion, the guns were hegr To bed, to hed, will be the bob of the fong the purfuit of one end difappointment the latter, in hcaring Avbutlnst and p,, ? Bo'sTail. 7. /. [from bob, in the"(e;f{ of cut.] Cut tail ; fhort tail, Avaunt, you curs Be thy mouth or black or white Or bobtail tike, or trundle tail, Tom will mak Bo'BTAILED him weep and wail.- Skakefpeare Hay adj. [from bobtail ing a tail cut, or fhort There was a bobtailed cur cried in a gazette, an .one that found him brought him home to h mafter Bo'swic. » /. [fro fhort wig fob and awig.] riding towards us full gallop A young fello an a black filken bag tied to it at th coach, to afk us how far th with a bobwi ftopt. ther L' Eftrange Spectatir judges were behind L Efrange ow I a fharpl taunted pinches, nips, and dobs ye Bo'sBIN #. / fometime wit Afckan's Schoolmafie 4. A mode of ringing [bobine, Fr from bombyx Lat.] A {mall pin of wood, with notch, to wind the thread about whe women weave lace The things you follow, and malke fongs on now, fhould be fent ‘to knit, or fit dow bonelage Dia A kind oflong-wling', i Dig ed hawk 7% BODE. @. a. [bobian, Sax.] To portend; to be the omen of. It is ufed i a fenfe of either good or bad This bodes fome ftrange eruption to our ftate Hamlet You have oppofed their falfe policy with !gu and great wifdomj what they boded would be mifchief to us, you are providing fhall be one o Spratt's Sermons our principal ftrengths 1t happen'd once, a boding prodigy A {warm of bees that cut the liquid fky Upon the topmaft branch in clouds alights Dryd If fiery red his glowing globe defcends High winds and furious tempefts he portend But if his cheeks are fwoln. with livid blue Drydet He bodes wet weather by his watry hue 7o BopE. w. n. .To be an omen; 1 forethew And when fhe drinks againft her lips T bob meek, and much a liar Pope afiyd conftancyl; the firfi?, inrf:l:h:;:m Bo'ckereT. Have in their own land beaten, bobb'd, and thump'd Boafiful, and rough, your firft fon is a *fquire patienc at once t teache Bo'CKELET. }n our father Thofe baftard Britons, who boaft and full.] Bobcherr fine buckram Funmius 1. To cat fhoul mouth u'"j ?} ¢ @. a. [of uncertain etymology : Bo'casINE. 7 /. A fort of linen clothy s it front bobo, foolifh 7% BOB Oftentatious ; inclined to brag The next a tradefman Dryd after the manner of bobbintworks Gregys Muj; pu Bo'BCHERRY. 7. /. [from 4ob and ) A play among children, in whic cherry is hung fo as to bob againg n w a v w a u r n m An ill-bred boa r Boyle it refernbles the concretes Not netted nor woven with warp and 'wbéf i v f a a b r [ / # Bo'ATSWAIN h i f a b o An office 2. To magnify 3 to exalt Nor great Alcmena, the proud boafs of fame only wa That booby Phao Lofe all their virtoe, left bad men fhould oaf Milton Their fpecious deeds If they vouchfafed to give God the praife of hi goodnefs; yet they did it only, in order to boaf Atterbury the intereft they had in him match her name the cryftal water fhow To wond'ring paffengers, the walls below Neither do the fpirits damn' when the great action that occafione gotten Y b i [ r f Bo'ssinwork avork.} Work woven with bobbins Derkant's Pb_vfim-‘]‘beology % BoasT. v. a Not Tyro, nor Mycene BO to bebbins, o Taiker Sir, give me leave to fay, whatever no "The omen prove, it boded well to-you ydt Bo'DEMENT. #. /i [from bode.] Porknt omen ; prognoftick This foolifh, dreaming, fuperftitious gir qukcfit!flflMakes all thefe bodements . Macbeth fhall never vanquifh'd be,.untfl hil hig Dunfinane' t woo Birna Grea Shall come againft hime -- That will neverbe Shakefpeart Sweet boderments, good 7o BopGE. w. 7 [a werd in Slyah/fiefllf' which is perhaps corrupted from boggh fail t flo t boggl T alas ouf bu agai charg' With this w fwan fee hav a agai bodg' W tide th again fivi labour bootlef Wit ;r Stay bodics. [fro / Bo'picE W whalebone wit quilte wailtcoa by women Her bodice half way the unlac'd About his arms the flily caf The filken band, and held him fat f‘:;?: This confideration fhould keep ignoran and bodice makers from meddling ocke e o r c T . d b o f Bo' p1rEss. adj g no fsbady i _ha "They bodile and immate:na are s n m Q i t w ' d l l o b c An "D‘wl‘e{ Thi |