English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Bounty (n.)

Liberality in bestowing gifts or favors; gracious or liberal giving; generosity; munificence.

Bountyhood (n.)

Goodness; generosity.

Bouquet (n.)

A perfume; an aroma; as, the bouquet of wine.

Bouquet (n.)

A nosegay; a bunch of flowers.

Bouquetin (n.)

The ibex.

Bour (n.)

A chamber or a cottage.

Bourbon (n.)

A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative.

Bourbon (n.)

A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France.

Bourbon whisky

See under Whisky.

Bourbonism (n.)

The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism.

Bourbonist (n.)

One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.

Bourd (v. i.)

To jest.

Bourd (n.)

A jest.

Bourder (n.)

A jester.

Bourdon (n.)

A kind of organ stop.

Bourdon (n.)

A pilgrim's staff.

Bourdon (n.)

A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)

Bourgeois (n.)

A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class.

Bourgeois (a.)

Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.

Bourgeois (n.)

A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type.