bole 
614 
bolster 
^ lei, but 
iron to which they owe their color, and are used as pig- 
ments. The red letters in old manuscripts were painted 
with bole. Armenian bole is a native clay, or silicate of 
aluminium, containing considerable oxid of iron, formerly 
brought from Armenia, but more recently obtained in 
various parts of Europe. It is pale-red, soft and unc- 
tuous to the touch, and has been used as an astringent _ 
and absorbent, and also as a gjnwnt. **<*'** ""ff.T Tnative "o'ran inhabitant of Bolivia, bollman (bd'man), n. [< Icel bol, an abode, + 
^^'^SI^t^^^'fSfSKM boliviano (bo-liv-i-a'no), . . [Bolivian Sp.] E . ,.] In the Orkney and Shetland islands, 
or relating to Bolivia, or to the people of f ... f . . 
ivia a republic of South America, between of which are cut off; a pollard. [Kare.J 
_zil, Peru, Chili, and the Argentine Repub- bollito (bo-le't6),9(. [It., < bolhto, boiled, done, 
lie, now entirely inland, having lost its only port fermented, pp. of bollire, < L. bvllire, boil : see 
(on the Pacific) by war with Chili (1879-83). boil 2 .] A name given m Italian glass-works to 
Bolivian bark. See barks, an artificial crystal of a sea-green color. 
<CK, UOUK, UvWKf oclll^ luuvi. ^J. i/f'(*v, VVK/W; DOll-fOu V IJtfl * v "/l ' ui.5tr<i.->c uv iii^ii u 
bulke, < ME. bolken, a var. of earlier balken, E. bo ii o f the cotton-plant is liable, manifesting 
balk? : see balk 2 , belk, belch, and the forms there itself at first by a slight discoloration resem- 
as veterinary medicines in Europe. 
2t. A bolus ; a dose. Coleridge. [Rare.] 
bole 3 , 'i. Another spelling of boll 2 . 
bole* (bol), n. [Also spelled boal; of uncertain ^ n ~ a yf"e.y J. i,,trans. 1. To belch. 2. To rupture of the boll and the discharge of a pu- 
1. A small square recess or cavity in _ ri..*_j.ri. o m~ i. ....,.,. A TV ..-n.h ,f i_;j T* v i,,...., .,tt-,.;K,it,.,i tn vaTimio 
cited, all appar. imitative variations of one ori- 
origiu.] _. -, . 
a wall ; also, a window or opening in the wall 
of a house, usually with a wooden shutter in 
bling a spot of grease, and 
he boll and the 
It has been attributed to various 
vomit; retch. 3. To heave. 4. To gush out, trid mass. 
II. trans. To belch out; give vent to; ejacu- causes, 
late. [Obsolete or provincial in all uses.] boll-worm (bol'werm), n. 
The larva or cater- 
used. Also called bayle hilli. 
Close to the spot . . . there was a bole, by which is uuw , N mui. v <""> "<=". '" venoc *.** 
meant a place where in ancient times . . . miners used p-ii. ufhaaUtia nnff iin cf OHfi bolon MHG 
t,, smelt tLir lead ores. Apologia, vii. 170 (1785). go ^ '<{ffeP^ - "?' ' ^' 'S bolne), 
' . ' - T -* m -f rtj T\ i n Jl'llif worm. rH't 1 uui uiiuer a *. 
vessel, bud, = Icel. bolli, m., = Dan. bolle, a boj (b6m) . j. [< ME. bolnen (also bollen: 
bowl, < Teut. V'bul, swell, m causal form ^7^,3), <' l cel . U \ gna (= Sw . ^/ )m = Dan. 
/^i.l. ,.-/*/,,. I,,..*, -r^ttff 111-1 f.t I iTTli hs^lflD M Hl-J- '" __ , J, ^ , -1-1 - MT I 
, be swollen, < bolginn, prop. *bol- 
Bolcction-molding. 
swell. 
But after that his bodye began to balm with stripes, 
and that he could not abyde the scourges, which pearced 
J. Brende, tr. of Qnintiu Curtius, vi. 
, j lgl * earlier spelling. 
nal.] In foiHm,, a kmd of Um Kl - 7J ,. 1123 . 
molding which projects be- 
yond the surface of the work 2f. A vesicle or bubble.- 3. A rounded pod or 
which it decorates. It is used capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton. See *>tta 
chiefly for surrounding panels in cut under cotton-plant. 4. A round knob. bolnt (boln), /;. a. bee bollen. 
doors, and in like positions. The word is generally used boll 1 (bol), r. 9. [< bolfl, 91,] To form into or Bologna phosphorus, sausage, Stone, Vial. 
attributively or in composition, as bolect-ion-molding. OT oduce bolls or rounded seed-vessels. See the nouns, 
bolectioned (bo-lek'shond), a. Having bolec- ' 
tion-moldings. ' Tne barle >' waa in tne ear > and the flax was bo " ed ; 
bolero (bo-la'ro), 91. [Sp.] 1. A Spanish dance 
, . 
in f time, accompanied by the voice and casta- boll 2 (bol), n. 
Bolognese (bo-lo-nyes' or -nyez'), a. [< It. .Bo- 
Ex, ix. 31. logncse (L. Bononiennis), < Bologna, L. Bononia, 
orig. an Etruscan town called Fclsina.] 
Per- 
, . , ^ol), [Sc-alsofio^-earlie^^fe, '^^^-^tf^^ie^ 
nets, intended to represent the course of love < ME. (Sc.) bolle, appar. < Icel. bollt, a bowl, It&1 famous during the middle ages for its 
also used for a measurej same word E. lmi ^ rgitV) or to a s ^ hool of painting founded 
from extreme shyness to extreme passion. 
Fandango's wriggle or bolero's bound. 
Byron, The Waltz. 
2. A musical composition for such a dance. 
boletic (bo-let'ik), a. [< Boletus + -ic.] Per- 
taining to or obtained from Boletus, a genus of 
mushrooms. 
Boletus (bo- 
le' tus), n. [L., 
a kind of mush- 
room, < Gr. 
ftiMrr/f, a kind 
of mushroom, < 
/3u^of, a lump 
Of earth, a Koltttts, entire and cut longitudinally. 
clod : see bole 2 .] 
An extensive genus of hymenomycetous fungi 
... andfc^X] An old Scotch dry measure, ^TbTLodovico Carracci ^feiO, anS 
also used in Durham Northumberland, West- algo cal f ed the Eeleetic Scho v ol from itg de . 
5?^Sfi ^hfte^she,^ X'SJoil dared intent (in the fulfilment of which it fell 
boll for grain varied in different shires from to 6J Win- very far short) to combine the excellences of 
Chester bushels, or even more, the standard sent from all other schools. 
Linlithgow being purposely made too large. See Jirlot. Boloenian (bo-16'nyan), a. [< It. Bologna.] 
The wheat-boll, also used for peas and beans, was gen- g &s BoJolfc_BlflBiBlII phosphorus. See 
phosphorus. Bolognian stone. See stone. 
' ' * n. [< Gr. /?oA#, a 
:^Xf(v, throw), + fie- 
rpav, a measure.] An instrument devised by 
Professor S. P. Langley of the United States 
for measuring very small amounts of radiant 
heat. Its action is based upon the variation of electrical 
resistance produced by changes of temperature in a metal- 
lic conductor, as a minute strip of platinum. This strip 
erally 4 to 4J Winchester bushels. The boll for potatoes 
was 8i to 9 Winchester bushels. But there was much va- * --- -* ,TT-~~I 7~i~-~V 
nation, with the substance measured, the locality, and bolometer (DO-lom e-ter), 
even the time of the year. Thus, in Kintyre the boll of throw, a glance, a rav (< 
grain was 9 Winchester bushels and 1 quart before Patrick- 
mas, but 16 Scotch pecks after that date. The statute 
boll contained 4 ttrlots. A boll of meal is now reckoned 
140 pounds avoirdupois. Boll of canvas, 35 yards. 
Boll of land, about a Scotch acre. 
bolPt, v. i. [Early mod. E., < ME. bollen, appar. 
an assimilated form of the equiv. bolnen, mod. 
t nymeuo, wwua i uigi, ~ - r," ;" 1 1 On? ho 2 To onns one a of an electric balance, and the change in 
generally found growing on the ground in woods E. boln: see boln.] 1. bame as < Hn. 4. L the strenjrti, O f the electric current passing through it be- 
and meadows, especially in pine woods. In Bole- increase. 
tui the pores are easily separable from the cap and from Bollandlst (bol'an-dist), 
cause of this change of resistance is registered by a deli- 
[From Bolland cate galvanometer. It indicates accurately changes of 
- - . . L. - o^j. F _ j t lias been used 
each other, while in the related genus Polyporm they are r 1596-1665) who iirst undertook the systematic temperature of much less than .0 
adherent to the cap, and are bound to each other by an . 1 _ ( - OT 1 o,I* O nrl nnhlinatinn nf mnrprial nl in the study of the distribution of heat-energy in the solar, 
interstitial tissue, & trama. A few species are edible. ^^l^L^L^^^jl, ^^^T ^ d , ^ *^' Also caUed thm " ic b " l e and 
boleyt (bo'li), 91. See booly. 
bolide (bo'lid or -lid), n. [< L. bolts (bolid-), 
a fiery meteor, < Gr. /3o/Uf (^oA5-), a missile, 
dart, < jiatf&tv, throw.] A brilliant meteor. 
bolint, An obsolete spelling of bowline. 
Slack the bolim there. 
Bolina (bo-H'na), n. [NL.] A genus of cteno- 
phoraus, typical of the family BoUnidai. 
Bolina is one of the most transparent of the comb-bear- 
ing medusa. The body is very gelatinous and highly 
phosphorescent. The s 
ready collected by his fellow-Jesuit Rosweyd, actinic balance. 
for the lives of the saints.] One of a series of bolometric (bo-lo-met'rik), a. Of or indicated 
Jesuit writers who published, under the title by the bolometer : as, bolometric measures. 
" Acta Sanctorum," the well-known collection bolongaro (bo-long-ga'ro), . [Origin un- 
of the traditions of the saints of the Roman known.] A kind of snuff made of various 
Catholic Church. See acta. grades of leaves and stalks of tobacco, ground 
,ies m. i. bollard (bol'ard), n. [Perhaps < bole* + -ard. to powder and sifted. 
Cf. pollard.']" 1. Naut., a strong post fixed ver- bolster (bol'ster), n. [Early mod. E. also bonl- 
tically alongside of a dock, on which to fasten s ter, Sc. bowster; < ME. bolstre, < AS. bolster = 
hawsers for securing or hauling ships. 2. ~ ' ' 
Same as billet-head, 1 (a). 
D. bolster = OHG. boh-tar, MHG. bolster, G. pol- 
ster = Icel. bolstr = Sw. bolster, bed, = Dan. 
S ori e o S bet whicht-ecSieliTrSg bollard-timber (bol'ard4im"ber), In ship- bolster, bed-ticking; wiih suffix -ster, < Teut. 
into two larger lappets 
vertically instead of horizontally. On account of the con- 
tractile powers of the body walls, Bolina can vary its out- 
lines very considerably; as a rule, however, when the 
building, a knighthead; one of two timbers or 
stanchions rising just within the stem, one on 
each side of the bowsprit, to secure its end. 
biil, swell (in'Goth. nfbitiiljaii, puff up), 
whence also boll 1 , etc.] 1. Something on 
which to rest the head while reclining ; specifi- 
T . " : Ti !3 -i .. i i ctUJll Blue Ul me uuwauni, LU aevuic iva cim. WI11C11 to rest lilt ilfau ^ line i^uiinini^ , Duwoxii" 
bod n y ,s seen from the side, ,t h^a,, oval or.eh,ngated ^^ ^^ ^ f obgolete fofm of ^^ ^^ ft ]on? cylindrical cughion 8t $j e( f with 
feathers, hair, straw, or other materials, and 
His mantle 
out like a sail. 
B. Jonson, King James's Coronation Entertainment. 
matico, and apar. See cut under apar. 
bolivar (bol'i-var), n. [Named after General 
Bolivar.] Same as boliviano. 
bollert, " Same as bowler'-. 
The receipt* for the fiscal year ending June 30, proximo, {."ii.^.''^ a <.,,,,/., 
cannot exceed oo.ooo.ooo w,v,,,v bolletne, . see bullytree. 
u. s. Com. Rep., No. ix. (1886), p. 162. bollimony, ". See bulUmong. 
ress, suc us n- rynrca o , ed 
bearers, formerly WOTB by women to support and putf out 
their skirts at the hips. 
A gown of green cloth made with holsters stuffed with 
wool. Quoted in N. and Q., 7th ser., III. 313. 
(6) A pad or quilt used to prevent pressure, support any 
part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wound- 
