bootmaker 
bootmaker (bot'ma/ker), . One who makes 
boots. 
boot-pattern (Ixit'init'orn), . A templet eon 
sisting of plates which can bo adjusted to dif- 
ferent sizes, used in marking out patterns of 
boots for the cutter. 
boot-powder (bOt'poirdr-r), . Massive talc 
or soapstone reduced to powder, used to dust 
the inside of a new or tightly lilting shoe, to 
facilitate drawing it on. 
boot-rack (bot'rak), . A frame or stand to 
hold boots, especially with their tops ttirnt-d 
downward. 
boots 1 (biits), . [PI. of boot?.] 1. The por- 
ter or servant in a hotel who blacks the boots 
of guests and in some cases attends to the bag- 
gage. Formerly called a boot-catcher. 
He began life as a bovtg, he will probably end as a peer. 
To i;ain hut your smiles, were I Sardanapalus. 
I'd descend from my throne, and be boutg at an alehouse. 
Barhaiu, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 89. 
2. In tales of Norse mythology, the youngest 
son of a family, always represented as espe- 
cially clever and successful. 3. A name ap- 
plied to the youngest officer in a British regi- 
ment, or to the youngest member of a club, etc. 
[Eug. slang.] 
boots-, bouts (bots), n. The marsh-marigold, 
Cultlui fitiltmtris. 
boot-stocking (bOt'stok'ing), n. A large stock- 
ing of stout and thick material, made to wear 
over the ordinary shoes and other leg-covering 
in cold weather or at times of great exposure. 
His bout-itockinrjs coming bjgh above the knees. 
Southey, The Doctor, IviL 
boot-stretcher (bOt'strech'er), n. An appa- 
ratus for stretching the uppers of boots and 
shoes. 
boot-top (bot'top), n. 1. The upper part of 
the leg of a boot 2. (a) In boots of the sev- 
enteenth and eighteenth centuries, the large 
flaring upper part of the boot-leg, capable of 
being turned over. Hence (6) A lace ruffle 
worn around the leg, and covering the inside 
of the leather boot-top. 3. In some modern 
boots, a reverse of light-colored leather, as if 
a part of the lining, turned over the top of the 
boot-leg. See top-boot. 
boot-topping (bot'top'ing), n. Jfaut.: (a) The 
operation of painting that part of a ship's copper 
which is above the water-line. (6) The pro- 
cess of removing grass, slime, etc., from the 
side of a ship, and daubing it over with a mix- 
ture of tallow, sulphur, and resin. 
boot-tree (bot'tre), n. An instrument consist- 
ing of two wooden blocks, constituting a front 
and a rear portion, which together form the 
shape of the leg and foot, and are inserted into 
a boot and then forced apart by a wedge for 
the purpose of stretching it. 
booty (bo'ti), . ; pi. booties (-tiz). [Early mod. 
E. also bootie, boty, botie, < late ME. botye, bitty, 
prob. < MD. bttet, D. butt, booty, = MLG. bute, 
buite, LG. biite, booty, also exchange, barter, 
= MHG. biute, G. beute, booty (prob. < LG.), = 
Icel. byti, exchange, barter, = Sw. byte = Dan. 
by lie, exchange, barter, share, booty ; connected 
with MLG. butcn, exchange, distribute, make 
booty, LG. bitten, exchange, barter, = Icel. 
byta, give out, distribute, exchange, = Sw. byta, 
exchange, = I>au. bytte, exchange, barter (also, 
from the noun, D. buiten = G. beuten, make 
booty); appar. a Teut. word, but not found 
in early use. Cf. F. butin = Sp. botin = It. bot- 
tiini (ML. liotiiiuHt. hittiiium, with adj. term.), 
from the LG. The E. form booty, instead of 
the expected boot (which does occur later, ap- 
par. as short for booty), or rather 'boutc, "bout, 
or "bolt, from the D. or LG., seems to be due to 
association with the orig. unrelated booft, profit, 
etc., and in part perhaps to the influence of the 
1 . butin, which was also for a time used in E.] 
1. Spoil taken from an enemy in war ; plunder; 
pillage. 
When he reckons that he has gotten a booty, he has 
only caught a Tartar. sir X. L' Estrange. 
2. That which is seized by violence and rob- 
bery. 
So triumph thieves upon their conquer' d booty 
Shak., 3 Hen. VI., i. 4. 
3. A prize ; gain : without reference to its being 
taken by force. 
I have spread the nets o' the law, to catch rich bootitt, 
And they come fluttering in. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, iii. 4. 
Flowers growing in large number* afford a rich booty to 
the bees, and are conspicuous from a distance. 
Darwin, Cross and Self Fertilisation, p. 434. 
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To play booty, to Join with confederates In order to vie- 
tiini/e another player, and thus share in the plunder: 
hence, t., piny dishonestly ; give an opponent the- ii.han 
tam- at tli-1 in order lo indue,- him to i,l:n lor ],i-li,i 
.-takes. Uhlch lie Will Ins,-. 
One thing alone remained to be lout what he called 
his honour which was already on the scent In pint/ (..,///. 
Ditravli, Young 1'tik.i . 
= 8Vn. 1. I'l'i, !!<,. etc. See itillaif, /I. 
booze, boose- (boz), c. t. ; pret. and pp. boosed, 
boosed, ppr. boozing, booning. [A var., prob. 
orig. dial., of bouse, retaining the ME. pronun- 
ciation (ME. on, prou. 8, now ou): see bouse, 
which is historically the normal form.] To 
drink deeply, especially with a boon companion 
and to partial intoxication ; guzzle liquor; tip- 
ple. Also bouse, bouze, bowse. 
He was a wild and roving lad 
For ever in the alehouse booniut. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 162. 
booze, boose 2 (boz), . [< boose, r. Cf. bouse, 
n.] 1. Liquor; drink. 2. A drinking-bout; 
a spree. 
boozed (bBzd), a. Fuddled; intoxicated. 
boozer (bO'zer), n. [< boose + -erl. cf. bouger.] 
A tippler. Also booser. 
boozy, boosy- (bo'zi), a. [Also bousy, bowtty ; 
< booze, v., + -y. Cf. bousy.] Showing the 
effects of a booze; somewhat intoxicated; 
merry or foolish with liquor. [Colloq.] 
bo-peep (bo-pep'), u. [Early mod. E. also boh- 
peepe, boo-peep, bo-pipe, etc. ; < bo + peep. Cf. 
Sc. bolceik, keekbo.] An alternate withdrawing 
or concealing of the face or person and sudden 
peeping out again in a playful manner or in 
some unexpected place, often resorted to as an 
amusement for very small children, and gen- 
erally accompanied by drawling out the word 
"bo" when concealed, while "peep" is abrupt- 
ly enunciated on reappearing: as, to play bo- 
peep. In the United States more generally 
known as peek-a-boo. 
I for sorrow sung, 
That such a king should play bo-peep, 
And go the fools among. Shall., Lear, i. 4 (song). 
bppyrid (bop'i-rid), . A crustacean of the 
family Bopyrida. 
Bopyfidae (bo-pir'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Bopyrus 
+ -idee.] A family of edriophthalmous crus- 
taceans, of the order Isopoda, the species of 
which are parasitic on the gills of other crus- 
taceans. They undergo metamorphosis, and the sexes 
are distinct. The female is dlscoidal and asymmetrical, 
without eyes, while the much smaller mal is elongated, 
segmented distinctly, and furnished with eyes. There are. 
several genera besides Bopynu, the typical genus, as lone, 
Liriope, Gyye, Phryxut. 
Bopyrns (bo-pi'rus), n. [NL.] A genus of 
isopods, typical of the family Bopyrida. B. 
squillarum, a parasite of other crustaceans, is 
an example. 
bora (bo'rji), n. [It., etc., prob. dial. (Venetian, 
Milanese, etc.) form of borea, north wind, 
Boreas, confused with Illyrian and Dalmatian 
bura, Turk, bora, Serv. Bulg. bura, OBulg. Buss. 
burya, Pol. burza, a storm, tempest, Lith. buris, 
a shower. Cf. borasco.] The name given ou 
the coasts of the Adriatic sea to a violent dry 
wind blowing from a northeasterly direction. 
borable (borVbl), a. [< borei, r., + -able.] 
Capable of being bored. [Rare.] 
borachiot (bo-rach'io), n. [Also written borra- 
chio, borracho, borraccio, boraccio, etc., from 
Sp. or It. : Sp. borracha (= It. borraccia, later 
also borraccio), a leathern wine-bottle, borracho, 
a drunkard, drunken, prob. < borra, borro, a 
lamb, < borra (= Pr. It. borra, F. bourre), short 
hair or wool, < ML. burra, rough hair, LL. a 
shaggy garment: see burrel.] I. A large lea- 
thern bottle or bag, used in Spain and through- 
Borassus 
boracic 0>o-ras'ik), a. [< borax (livrac-) + -ir. ] 
Pertaining to or produced from borax. Also 
luiric. Boracic add, boric add, HJ-' Ik, - -oniponnd 
of boron will, ,, vl . and I, \drogen, having the properties 
of a weak acid. It i< a white, nearly tasteless, crystalline 
solid, lUghtl? toluol* iii cold water, and, when the solution 
is boile.l, volatile with the water-vapor. It in obtain- i in 
the free state from the water of the Tuscan lagoons and 
in tin- volcanic formations of the Lipari islands. In the 
I nited States It is made from the borax of Borax lake 
In California, by decomposing it with h}dn -hlorlc acid 
Like borax, It is an efficient antiseptic. 
boraciferous (bo-ra-sif 'e-rug), . [< ML. borax 
(borne-), borax, +"L. fcrre = E. bearl.] Con- 
taining or yielding borax. 
The borae\ferau basin of the Sultan Chair, near the 
Simaov River. .tintr. Hupp., XXII. 9093. 
boracite (bo'ra-sit), n. [< borax (borac-) + 
-te 2 .] A mineral consisting of borate and 
chlorid of magnesium. It crystallizes lu the Isomet- 
ric system with tetrahedral hemihedrlsm, and U remark- 
able for its pyro-electrical properties. It usually exhibits 
to a marked degree anomalous double refraction, on which 
account some authors doubt its isometric character 
boracium (bo-ras'i-um), n. [NL., < borax 
(borac-), borax.] The name originally given 
by Sir Humphry Davy to boron, which was 
supposed to be a metal. 
boracous (bo'ra-kus), a. [< borax (borac-) + 
-ous.] Consisting of or derived from borax, 
borage (bur'aj), n. [Until recently also writ- 
ten borrage, barrage, burridge, early mod. E. 
burrage, bourrage, bourage, borage, < ME. 60- 
rage, buraae, < AF. burage, OF. bourrace, bour- 
rache, mod. F. bourrache = Pr. borrage = Sp. 
boraja (cf. D. boraadje, G. borelseh, borretsch, 
Dan. borasurt) = Pg. borragem =It. borraggine, 
borrace, bor- 
rana, < ML. 
borrago, bora- 
go, NL. bora- 
go (boragin-), 
MGr. vovpd- 
mov, borage, 
prob. < ML. 
borra, burra, 
rough hair, 
short wool, 
in ref. to the 
roughness of 
the foliage ; 
cf. boraehio, 
burrel, etc. 
The histori- 
cal pron., in- 
dicated by the 
spelling bur- 
rage, rimes 
with courage; 
the present spelling borage is in imitation of 
the ML. and NL. borago.] A European plant, 
Borago offidnalis, the principal representative 
of the genus, occasionally cultivated for its 
blue flowers. It Is sometimes used as a salad, occa- 
sionally in medicine In acute fevers, etc., and also in mak- 
ing claret-cup, cool-tankard, etc. 
If you have no bottle-ale, command some claret wine 
and bourraye. Martton, What You Will, Iv. 1. 
Boraginacea (bo-raj-i-na'se-e), n. pi. [NL., < 
Borago (Boragin,-) + -acca-'.] A large order of 
garaopetalous dicotyledonous plants, herbs or 
shrubs, natives mostly of northern temperate 
regions, distinguished by regular flowers and 
by a fruit consisting of four distinct nutlets or 
of a drupe containing four nutlets. The leaves 
are often rough and hairy. Some tropical species as of 
Contia. are timber-trees, others yield dyes, but the order 
generally is of little economical value. It Includes the 
heliotrope (lleliotropium\ forget-me-not (Myototu), alka- 
net (Anchiita) comrrey (Syinphytinn), bugloss (Lycoptu), 
~ """ ' ' : thovermum\. borage (which aee. etc. Often 
Flowering branch of Borage ftoragv efflei- 
no/it). (From Lc Maout and Decaisnc's 
" Traite general de Botanique.") 
. [<ML. borago 
been removed piecemeal, leaving the hide whole, except (ooragin-), borage, + -eous.~] Pertaining to or 
at the neck an.l the places where the limbs were. These having the characteristics of the Boraainea; a 
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water, the boraehio is hung with the mouth downward, so 
that the tube can be untied whenever necessary, and any 
desired quantity be withdrawn. See cut under buttle. ' 
Two hundred loaves and two bottles (that is, two skins 
or bor<Khiot) of wine. Delany, Life of David, 
Dead wine, that stinks of the borrachio, sup 
From a foul jack, or greasy mapli i up' 
SryttM, tr. of Persius's Satires, v. 216. 
Hence 2. A drunkard, as if a mere wine- 
bottle. 
How you stink of wine ! Do you think my niece will 
ever endure such a bora>-hin ' You're an absolute bora- 
** Cenortff, w ay of the World, iv. 10. 
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(oo-ra go), n. [NL., ML. : see borage.] 
A genus of plants, natural order Boraginacetr. 
See borage. Also spelled Borrago. 
boramCZ, 'I. See baromet:. 
borast, n. An obsolete form of borax. Chaucer. 
borasCO (bo-ras'ko), . [Also borasca, burrasca 
L* 11 " borasque, borrasque, < F. bourrasque)' = 
Sp. Pg. borrasca, < It. burasca, now burratea, 
P>b. aug. of bora (bura) : see bora.] A violent 
squall of wind ; a storm accompanied with thun- 
T> der and lightning. 
BOraSSUS (bo-ras us), . [XL., < Gr. Jtpaccrot, 
the palm-fruit (Dioscorides).] A genus of dice- 
