Boul to Bourn
Boul
(Boul) n. A curved handle. Sir W. Scott.
Boulangerite
(Bou*lan"ger*ite) n. [From Boulanger, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A mineral of a
bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony
and lead.
Boulder
(Boul"der) n. Same as Bowlder.
Bouldery
(Boul"der*y) a. Characterized by bowlders.
Boule
(Boule Boule"work`) n. Same as Buhl, Buhlwork.
Boulevard
(||Bou"le*vard`) n. [F. boulevard, boulevart, fr. G. bollwerk. See Bulwark.]
1. Originally, a bulwark or rampart of fortification or fortified town.
2. A public walk or street occupying the site of demolished fortifications. Hence: A broad avenue in or
around a city.
Bouleversement
(||Boule`verse`ment") n. [F., fr. bouleverser to overthrow.] Complete overthrow; disorder; a
turning upside down.
Boult
(Boult) n. Corrupted form Bolt.
Boultel
(Boul"tel Boul"tin) n. (Arch.) (a) A molding, the convexity of which is one fourth of a circle,
being a member just below the abacus in the Tuscan and Roman Doric capital; a torus; an ovolo. (b)
One of the shafts of a clustered column. [Written also bowtel, boltel, boultell, etc.]
Boulter
(Boul"ter) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.
Boun
(Boun) a. [See Bound ready.] Ready; prepared; destined; tending. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Boun
(Boun), v. t. To make or get ready. Sir W. Scott.
Bounce
(Bounce) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced ; p. pr. & vb. n. Bouncing ] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen
to strike, bounce, bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative origin.]
1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock.
Swift.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
Dryden.
2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound; as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff.
Swift.
Bounced off his arm+chair.
Thackeray.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.]
Bounce
(Bounce), v. t.
1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump; to thump. Swift.
2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
