English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Botanies (pl. )

of Botany

Botanist (n.)

One skilled in botany; one versed in the knowledge of plants.

Botanize (v. i.)

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

Botanize (v. t.)

To explore for botanical purposes.

Botanized (imp. & p. p.)

of Botanize

Botanizer (n.)

One who botanizes.

Botanizing (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Botanize

Botanologer (n.)

A botanist.

Botanology (n.)

The science of botany.

Botanomancy (n.)

An ancient species of divination by means of plants, esp. sage and fig leaves.

Botany (a. & n.)

The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and the terms which are employed in their description and denomination. See Plant.

Botany (a. & n.)

A book which treats of the science of botany.

Botany Bay

A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770.

Botargo (n.)

A sort of cake or sausage, made of the salted roes of the mullet, much used on the coast of the Mediterranean as an incentive to drink.

Botch (n.)

To put together unsuitably or unskillfully; to express or perform in a bungling manner; to spoil or mar, as by unskillful work.

Botch (n.)

To repair; to mend; esp. to patch in a clumsy or imperfect manner, as a garment; -- sometimes with up.

Botch (n.)

To mark with, or as with, botches.

Botch (n.)

Work done in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle.

Botch (n.)

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

Botch (n.)

A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.