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A sort of fine buckram.
The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.
A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue.
A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria.
A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret.
A bowl or vessel made from a gourd.
A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made.
Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.
See Bookland.
See Bodick.
A bid; an offer.
To indicate by signs, as future events; to be the omen of; to portend to presage; to foreshow.
To foreshow something; to augur.
An omen; a foreshadowing.
A messenger; a herald.
A stop; a halting; delay.
Abode.
Bid or bidden.
of Bode
Portentous; ominous.