English English Dictionary

Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering.

Blusterous.

An exclamation used to startle or frighten.

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha.

A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.

A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.

Any declamatory and vociferous preacher or orator.

The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog.

The side of a ship.

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

To enter, as a railway car.

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.