4. [Rare.] Steal, purloin, rob, pilfer, filch, cabbage, get by fraud.

Bob, v. n. 1. Play back and forward, have a jerking motion.

2. Angle (with a jerking motion), fish.

Bob, n. 1. Jerking motion.

2. Pendent, hanging appendage.

Bobolink, n. Rice-bird, rice-bunting, reed-bird, butter-bird, skunk-bird, skunk-blackbird (Dolichonyx orizyvorus).

Bode, v. a. Betoken, portend, foreshow, foreshadow, presage, augur, foretell, predict, forebode, prophesy, be ominous of.

Bode, v. n. Forebode, presage.

Bodice, n. 1. Corset, stays.

2. Waist (of a dress).

Bodiless, a. Incorporeal, without a body.

Bodily, a. 1. Of the body.

2. Corporeal.

Bodily, ad. 1. Corporeally.

2. Entirely (as respects the body or mass), completely, wholly.

Body, n. 1. Material substance, material part (as distinguished from the spirit or life).

2. Carcass, corpse, dead body.

3. Visible form or frame.

4. Trunk (as distinguished from the limbs), stem, bole.

5. Bulk, main part (as distinguished from subordinate parts).

6. Person, being, individual, mortal, creature.

7. Company, band, party, coterie, society, association, corporation.

8. System, summary, general collection.

9. Consistency, thickness, substance.

Body coat, n. Dress coat.

Bog, n. Morass, quagmire, slough, fen, marsh, swamp.

Bog-berry, n. Cranberry.

Boggle, v. n. Hesitate, vacillate, waver, falter, demur, shrink, hang back, shrink back, hang fire, be in suspense.

Bogtrotter, n. [In derision.] Irishman.

Bogus, a. [Cant term, U. S.] Spurious, counterfeit, false.

Bohea, n. Black tea.

Boil, v. n. 1. Be agitated by heat.

2. Bubble, rise in bubbles.

3. Be ardent, be hot.

Boil, v. a. Seethe.

Boil, n. Furuncle, pustule, gathering, inflamed tumor.

Boiling, n. Ebullition.

Boisterous, a. 1. Roaring, loud, stormy.

2. Noisy, furious, tumultuous, turbulent, vehement, violent, impetuous.

Bold, a. 1. Fearless, dauntless, daring, valiant, chivalrous, valorous, doughty, undaunted, intrepid, courageous, brave, heroic, audacious, adventurous, manful, manly, stout-hearted, bold-spirited.

2. Confident, assured, free from bashfulness.

3. Impudent, insolent, rude, impertinent, saucy, forward, pushing, assuming, brazen-faced, bold-faced.

4. Conspicuous, striking, prominent, standing out to the view.

5. Steep, abrupt.

Bold-faced, a. Impudent, bold.

Boldness, n. 1. Fearlessness, dauntlessness, intrepidity, courage, bravery, valor, audacity, daring, pluck, heroism, hardihood, spunk.

2. Confidence, assurance, confident mien, freedom from bashfulness.

3. Impudence, insolence, sauciness, rudeness, impertinence, effrontery, presumption, brass, face, front, cheek.

4. Prominence, striking character or quality.

5. Steepness, abruptness.

Bold-spirited, a. Courageous, bold.

Bole, n. 1. Body (of a tree), stem, trunk.

2. Bolus, large pill.

Boll, n. Pod, capsule, pericarp.

Bolt, n. 1. Arrow, dart, shaft.

2. Thunderbolt, stroke of lightning.

3. Pin (of large size).

4. Sieve.

Bolt, v. a. 1. Fasten with a bolt.

2. Swallow (without chewing).

3. Sift, pass through a sieve.

Bolt, v. n. 1. Bounce, start suddenly, spring out abruptly.

2. [U. S.] Rat, abscond, withdraw (especially from a political party), desert suddenly.

Bolt-upright, a. Perpendicular, quite upright.

Bolus, n. Bole, large pill.

Bombard, v. a. Attack with bombs.

Bombardment, n. Attack with bombs.

Bombast, n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.

Bombastic, a. Inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, highfalutin.

Bona fide, [L.] Really, truly, actually, sincerely, in good faith, without fraud.