English English Dictionary

The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade.

To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.

A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa.

Alt. of Bourne

Alt. of Bourne

A stream or rivulet; a burn.

A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal.

Without a bourn or limit.

A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper.

See Burnoose.

An old French dance tune in common time.

An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris.

To drink immoderately; to carouse; to booze. See Booze.

Drink, esp. alcoholic drink; also, a carouse; a booze.

A toper; a boozer.

Boustrophedonic.

An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early Greek and Hittite.

Relating to the boustrophedon made of writing.

Drunken; sotted; boozy.

As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.