Syn. — Courage; bravery; intrepidity; dauntlessness; hardihood; assurance.
Boldo
(||Bol"do ||Bol"du) n. (Bot.) A fragrant evergreen shrub of Chili The bark is used in tanning, the
wood for making charcoal, the leaves in medicine, and the drupes are eaten.
Bole
(Bole) n. [OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. bål, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a
thick plank or board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge.] The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like
it.
Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean.
Tennyson.
Bole
(Bole), n. [Etym. doubtful.] An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving,
occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [Scot.]
Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin.
Sir W. Scott.
Bole
(Bole), n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer.
Bole
(Bole), n. [Gr. a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and also L. bolus morsel. Cf. Bolus.]
1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide
of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is
composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra
alba.
2. A bolus; a dose. Coleridge.
Armenian bole. See under Armenian. — Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
Bolection
(Bo*lec"tion) n. (Arch.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt.
Bolero
(||Bo*le"ro) n. [Sp.] (Mus.) A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it.
bolete
(bolete) n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae.
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Boletic
(Bo*let"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus.
Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric
acid.
Boletus
(||Bo*le"tus) n. [L. boletus, Gr. .] (Bot.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus
or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.
Boley
(Bo"ley, Bo"lye) n. Same as Booly.
Bolide
(Bo"lide) n. [F. See Bolis.] A kind of bright meteor; a bolis.
Bolis
(||Bo"lis), n. [L., fr. Gr. missile, arrow, fr. to throw.] A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed
by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.
Bolivian
(Bo*liv"i*an) a. Of or pertaining to Bolivia. — n. A native of Bolivia.
Boll
(Boll) n. [OE. bolle boll, bowl, AS. bolla. See Bowl a vessel.]
1. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.
