English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Boation (n.)

A crying out; a roaring; a bellowing; reverberation.

Boatman (n.)

A man who manages a boat; a rower of a boat.

Boatman (n.)

A boat bug. See Boat bug.

Boatmanship (n.)

The art of managing a boat.

Boatmen (pl. )

of Boatman

Boatsman (n.)

A boatman.

Boatswain (n.)

The jager gull.

Boatswain (n.)

The tropic bird.

Boatswain (n.)

An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties.

Boatwoman (n.)

A woman who manages a boat.

Boatwomen (pl. )

of Boatwoman

Bob (n.)

To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch.

Bob (n.)

A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Bob (n.)

The refrain of a song.

Bob (n.)

A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist.

Bob (n.)

A jeer or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick.

Bob (n.)

A shilling.

Bob (n.)

To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail.

Bob (v. i.)

To angle with a bob. See Bob, n., 2 & 3.

Bob (v. i.)

To have a short, jerking motion; to play to and fro, or up and down; to play loosely against anything.