English English Dictionary

A good fellow; a jovial companion; a free liver.

Good will; good fellowship; agreement.

In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

Perishable goods.

A showy wanton; a courtesan.

Gentle; courteous; complaisant; yielding.

In mining, a rich mine or vein of silver or gold; hence, anything which is a mine of wealth or yields a large income.

Of or pertaining to Napoleon Bonaparte or his family.

The policy of Bonaparte or of the Bonapartes.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

The aurochs or European bison. See Aurochs.

Alt. of Bonassus

Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty.

A boy's game played with large marbles.

A name given to several kinds of pears. See Bartlett.

A substance composed of ground bone, mineral matters, etc., hardened by pressure, and used for making billiard balls, boxes, etc.

A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.

To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.

A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence.

To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.