Chapter Blue to Booby of B by Soule's Synonymes

Board, v. a.

1. Cover with boards.

2. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force.

3. Furnish with meals.

Boards, n. pl. [With The.] The stage (of a theatre).

Boast, v. n. Brag, vaunt, gasconade, vapor, bluster, crow, crack, flourish, exalt one’s self, magnify one’s self, give one’s self airs, talk big, ride a high horse.

Boast, v. a.

1. Magnify (unduly), make much of, boast of, brag of.

2. (Sculp.) Shape roughly (as a block of marble)

Boast, n.

1. Vaunt, brag, gasconade, rodomontade, vaporing, bravado, boasting, blustering, swaggering, fanfaronade, flourish of trumpets, much cry and little wool.

2. Cause of pride or laudable exultation.

Boaster, n. Braggart, braggadocio See blusterer.

Boastful, a. Boasting, vaunting, bragging, braggart, vaporing, blustering, exulting, triumphant, cock-a- hoop.

Boasting, n. Vaunt, brag. See boast.

Boast one’s self. Exult over-confidently.

Boat-shaped, a. (Bot.) Cymbiform, navicular, scaphoid.

Bob, v. a.

1. Move with a jerk.

2. Strike (suddenly and lightly), rap, knock.

3. Clip, cut short.

4. (Rare.) Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud