both 
< hit hath wounded in--, 
That 'a l>y me wounded ; bulh our remedies 
Within thy help and holy ]>hyic lies. 
Xhiik., R. and J., II. 3.] 
Both two, both the two, pleonastically for l>ih. 
Both tin- IHII cities reached a hlu'h pitch of prosperity. 
(,',../.. Hist. Ci-ccce, II. 18. 
both (both), ddr. or conj. [< MK. linlh/', lintln n, 
bathe, etc.; from tho adj.] Including the two 
(terms or notions mentioned) : an adverb pre- 
ceding two coordinate terms (words or phrases i 
joined by tnul, and standing thus in an apparent 
conjunctional correlation, both . . . mid, equiv- 
alent to nut mill/ . . . hut also. Both is thus 
used sometimes before three or more coordi- 
nate terms. 
I thought food now to present vnto your (Jrace not any 
better yit'ti of mine owne, . . . hut surely an excellent gift 
of iin nttii-f main ileiiiwe and making, which '"'/' hath 
dime, ilnth, <in<l shal do nim-h good t<> many other good 
folke, aiui to your Noble Grace also. 
John fouler, 1'ref. to sir T. Morc's Comfort against 
(Tribulation (l..T:i). 
[He) was indeed his country's bath minion, mirror, and 
wonder. Ford, Line of Life. 
A great multitude both of the Jews and also of the 
Greeks believed. Acts xlv. 1. 
Which I suppose they doe resigne with much willing- 
ness, both Livery, Badge, and Cognixann-. 
Milton, Eikonoklastes, xxl. 
But these discourses were both written aiul delivered in 
the freshness of his complete manhood. 
O. W. Holme*, Emerson, v. 
bother (boTH'er), v. [First in the early part 
of the 18th century, also written bodder, Sc. 
hnuther, bather ; origin unknown ; possibly a cor- 
ruption of pother. The earliest instances seem 
to be from Swift and other Irishmen, which 
would seem to favor the supposed Ir. deriva- 
tion, < Ir. bnaidhrim, I vex, disturb (cf. buaidhirt, 
trouble, affliction) ; but the Ir. words as pro- 
nounced have no resemblance to bother, except 
as to the initial 6. ] I. trans. If. To bewilder; 
confuse. 
With the din of which tube my head you so bother. 
T. Sheridan, To Swift. 
2. To give trouble to ; annoy; pester; worry. 
Dunsey bothered me for the money, and I let him have it. 
George hliot, Silas Marner, ix. 
He bothered his audience with no accidental effects. 
Stedman, Poets of America, p. 280. 
[Used in the Imperative as an expression of impatience, 
or as a mild sort of execration. 
Bother the woman for plaguing me ! Farrar.] 
= Syn. Penter, Worry, etc. See tease, v. t. 
II. intrans. To trouble one's self ; make many 
words or much ado : as, don't bother about that. 
bother (boTH'6r), n. [< bother, v.] If. Blar- 
ney ; humbug ; palaver. N.E.D. 2. Trouble; 
vexation; plague: as, what a bother it is! 
The bother with Mr. Emerson Is, that, though he writes 
in prose, he Is essentially a poet. 
Lowell, Study Windows, p. 378. 
At night, they [the ponies] were a bother; If picketed 
out, they fed badly and got thin, and if they were not 
picketed, they sometimes strayed away. 
The Century, XXX. 223. 
botheration (boTH-e-ra'shon), n. [< bother + 
-ation.] The act of bothering, or the state of 
being bothered ; annoyance ; trouble ; vexation ; 
perplexity. 
A man must have a good stomach that can swallow this 
botheration [autograph albums] as a compliment. 
Scott, Diary, Nov. 20, 1825. 
Their smallness, their folly, their rascality, and their 
simple power of botheration. 
Caroline Fox, Journal, p. 250. 
botherer (boTH'er-er), n. One who bothers, 
vexes, or annoys : as," such botherers of judges," 
Warren. 
botherment (boiH'er-ment), H. [< bother + 
-iiifiii.] The act of bettering or the state of 
being bothered ; trouble ; annoyance ; bothera- 
tion. [Rare.] 
I'm sure t would be a botherment to a living soul to lose 
so much money. J. F. Cooper. 
bothersome fboTu'er-sum), a. [< liotiier + 
-.nun/'. \ Troublesome ; annoying; inconvenient. 
By hisbothtf'ono <)iiestioning of all traditional assump- 
tions. The Ame.ricau, VII. 235. 
They [casements] open sidewise. in two wings, and are 
screwed together by that bothernoine little iron handle 
over which we have fumbled so often in European inns. 
//. ./<(;/(<*. .ti:. Portraits of Places, p. 353. 
both-handedness (both'han'deil'-nes), n. The 
power of using either hand with equal ease; 
ambidexterity. 
The tendency toward what might be called both-haiuled- 
neM in the use of the brush. The Student. HI. 284. 
both-handst (both'handz), . A person indis- 
pensable to another ; a factotum. 
He is his master's bttlh-hantl*, I assure you. 
B. Jonxon, Bartholomew K;iir. i. 1. 
bothie, n. See bothy. 
637 
bothock (both'ok), n. A name of the fish other- 
wise called the bib. [Prov. Eng.] 
bothomt, n. An obsolete form of bottom. 
Cliniiri /-. 
bothrenchyma (both-reng'ki-mtt), n. [XL., < 
Gr. ,WW/jor, a pit, + tyxvfia, an infusion (> NL. 
cnrliyiiifi, a tissue), < eyxieiv, pour in, < iv, = 
E. in 1 , + x' clv > akin to AS. geotan, pour.] In 
lint., tissue composed of pitted ducts. 
bothria, n. Plural of bothrium. 
Bothriocephalidae (both'ri-o-se-fari-de), n.pl. 
[XL., < BothriocephaliiK + -idte.] A family of 
cestoid or twniate worms, order Cestoiden, in- 
cluding the broad tapeworms, which have only 
two bothria or suckers on the head (whence 
they are also called Dibothrwlu-). It includes 
the genera BoSulQeepktiltU and Dibothrium. 
Bothriocephalus(both'ri-o-sef'a-lus), . [NL., 
< Gr. fiottpiov, a small trench (see bothrium), + 
kefya/i/, head.] A genus of the Centoidea, or ces- 
toid worms, of which the broad tapeworm, B. 
latus, is the type. It belongs to the group of 
the I'm-udniihyllidea (which see). Also Botr>i<>- 
///lIllllllK. 
bothrium (both'ri-um), .: pi. bothria (-&). 
[NU, < Gr. fioOfiiov, a small trench, dim. "of 
[iuBpof, a pit, trench.] One of the facets or fos- 
settes upon the head of a tapeworm. 
The common tape-worm . . . wants the opposite both- 
ria. or fossettes. K. It. ir. /;/.'. Animal Life, p. 584. 
Bothrodendron (both-ro-den'dron), . [NL., 
< Gr. liottpof, a pit, + tivifwv, a tiree.] In bot., 
an extinct genus of plants of the coal era, re- 
lated to Lepidodeiidron. 
Bothrophera (both-rof'e-rS), n. pi. [NL., prop. 
'Bothrophora, < Gr. lioiipof. a trench, a pit, + 
-(jiopof, < <j>tpeiv = E. bear 1 .] The solenoglvph 
venomous serpents of the new world, so called 
from having a pit between the eyes and nose : 
corresponding to the family Crotalidte, and con- 
trasting with the Abothrophera. 
both-sided (both'si'ded), a. Complete; com- 
prehensive ; not limited or partial. 
There is forced on us the truth that a scientific morality 
arises only as fast as the one-sided conceptions adapted to 
transitory conditions are developed into both-aided con- 
ceptions. //. Spencer, Data of Ethics, p. 98. 
both-sidedness (b6th'si"ded-nes), n. Impar- 
tiality; completeness or comprehensiveness of 
view or thought. 
Even In our country and age there are dangers from the 
want of a due both-tidedneia. H. Spencer, Sociol., p. 397. 
both-sidest (both'sidz), a. Being or speaking on 
both sides ; double-tongued ; deceitful. [Rare.] 
Damnable both-tides rogue ! Shale., All's Well, Iv. :'.. 
bothum't, . An obsolete form of bottom. 
bothum 2 t, ". An obsolete form of button. 
bothy, bothie (both'i), n. ; pi. bothies (-iz). 
[Also written bothay ; appar. < Gael, bothag, 
a cottage, hut, dim. of Gael, and Ir. Imtli. a 
hut; but the th is not sounded in these words. 
See booth.'] 1. A small cottage ; abut. 
The salt sea we'll harry, 
And bring to our Charlie 
The cream from the bothy 
And curd from the pen. 
Come o'er the Stream, Charlie. 
That young nobleman who has just now left the botlm. 
Scott. 
To accept the hospitality of a very poor Highland bothie. 
The Century, XXVII. 919. 
2. A house for the accommodation of a num- 
ber of workpeople in the employment of the 
same person or company. More especially, a kind 
of barrack in connection with a large farm, where the 
unmarried outdoor servants and laborers are lodged. 
Bothy system, the practice, common in Aberdeenshire 
and other northern counties of Scotland, of lodging the 
unmarried outdoor servants and laborers employed on the 
larger farms in barrack-like buildings apart from their em- 
ployer's residence. 
boton6 (bot'on-a), a. Same as bottoiiy. 
bo-tree (bo'tre), M. [< Singhalese bo (also boga- 
ha : gaha, tree), a shortened form of Pali bodhi, 
the bo-tree, short for bodhi-taru, bo-tree (< bodhi 
(< Skt. bodni), wisdom, enlightenment, + taru, 
tree), answering to Skt. bodhi-rriksha (rritilia, 
tree). See Bittldha.'] The t Ifus religiosa, or pip- 
pul-tree, under which Sakyamuni, the founder 
of Buddhism, is said to have become "enlight- 
ened" (Buddha), after forty days' fixed contem- 
plation, during which time he was subjected to 
all manner of temptation, and to have evolved 
the four noble truths by which mankind may 
be delivered from the miseries attending up- 
on birth, life, and death. The particular bo-tree 
umliT which this happened is said to have been produce*! 
at thf nionu'iit of his birth. 
Botrychium (bo-trik'i-um). n. [NL., < Gr. 
liATfirxoc, equiv. to .Worpujof, a curl or lock, a 
it, entire plant ; 6. branch of the 
fertile frond, showing sporangia. 
bottine 
cluster: see Bostrgchux.] A genus of crypto- 
garaous plants, natural onlcr <>iihingloiuiaee<r, 
allied to the f-m~ 
They IK-HI- rliMi-red, vein- 
lew sporangia in > i.iitt:n t, <t 
panicled spikes aho\<- th- 
variously divided fr. -M.I 
There are several wiil-h 
distributed s|HM-ii-s. kii'.wn 
1>\ the popular II;OIK ] 
IHiH.nilnft, IpiMI Hi 
cent shape of the division* 
of the frond in home IMUI 
mon kinds. The name 
ffrape./ern is also given to 
tiiem, and one species, //. 
I'ii-iiiiiiaimm, it calle<l rat- 
tletnate-fern. 
botryllid(bo-tril'id), 
M. A tunicate of the 
family Batryllitln: 
Botryllidae (bo-tril'i- 
de), n. /</. [NL., < Bo- 
trylluji + -UUr.] A fam- 
ily of compound ascid- 
ia'ns or tunicaries, of the order Ascidioidea. They 
have a definite mmilier of atcidiozoolds grouped alwut 
M < .minion cloaca of the ascidiarium, the viscera of each 
single body, which Is not divided into thorax ami abdo- 
men, lying by the side of the respiratory cavity, and no 
lobes around the Inhalent orifice. There are several gen- 
era besides BotrifUitit. Also hotntllarea and Rot riflloute*. 
Botryllus (bo-tril'ns), w. [NL., dim. of Gr. 
lioY/nf, a cluster or bunch of grapes, a curl or 
lock.] A genus of compound ascidians, typical 
of the family BotryUiaas. B. stellatus and B. 
i-in/iii'i 11.1 are examples. 
Botryocephalus (bot'ri-o-sef'a-lus), w. Same 
as Bntlirinci jiliolns. Oken, 1815. 
botryogen (bot'ri-6-jen), w. [< Gr. (Mrpvf, a 
cluster of grapes, -r -ynvx, producing, etc.: see 
-oew.] A red or ocher-yellow mineral from 
Falun in Sweden, consisting of the hydrous 
sulphates of iron, magnesium, and calcium. 
botryoid, botryoidal (bot'ri-oid, bot-ri-oi'dal), 
a. [< Gr. ftorpmtt- 
HK, like a cluster 
of grapes, < /io- 
rpif, cluster of 
grapes, + fMor, 
form.] Having the 
form of a bunch 
of grapes ; like 
grapes, as a min- 
eral presenting an 
aggregation of 
small globes, in 
bot., applied to forms of inflorescence which are appa- 
rently notryose, but in reality cymose. 
botryoidally (bot-ri-oi'dal-i), adr. In a bot- 
ryoidal manner; so as to" resemble a bunch of 
grapes: as, vessels botryoidally disposed. 
botryolite (bot'ri-o-llt), n. [< Gr. ii6rpvr, a 
cluster of grapes, + ?./'ft>f, a stone.] A variety 
of datolite or borosilicate of calcium, occurring 
in mammillary or botryoidal concretions, in a 
bed of magnetic iron in gneiss, near Arendal in 
Norway, and elsewhere, its colors are pearl-gray, 
grayish- or reddish-white, and pale rose-red. It is said to 
differ from datolite in containing more water. 
botryose (bot'ri-os), a. [< Gr. /Jor/mc, a cluster 
of grapes, + -ose.] In bot. : (a) Of the type of 
the raceme, corymb, umbel, etc.: applied to 
indeterminate forms of inflorescence. (6) Clus- 
tered, like a bunch of grapes. 
Botrytis (bo-tri'tis), M. [NL., < Gr. POT/WC, a 
cluster of grapes.] A large genns of rnure- 
dinous fungi, usually growing upon dead wood 
and leaves, characterized by the somewhat 
dendroid mode of branching of the fertile hy- 
phae, which bear simple spores more or less 
grouped near the tips. One species, /;. Ba**iana, 
grows upon living silkworms, and causes the disease known 
as mu&cnrdfne. A large number of species growing npon 
living plants were formerly included in this genus, but 
are now referred to Peronospora. 
bote (bots), n. pi. See bofl. 
bott 1 , H. See boti. 
bott- (bot), M. [< F. botte, a bundle, a truss 
(OF. dim. hotel : see bottle*).] The name 
given by lace-makers to the round cushion, 
held on the knee, on which the lace is woven. 
bottargo, . Same as botargo. 
Bottcher ware. See trare*. 
bottelt, a. Same as boltel. 
botterollt, . Same as boterol. 
botthammer (bot'ham'er), H. [< bott (prob. < 
ME. lintti: a form of baft) + hammer.] A 
wooden mallet with a fluted face, used in 
breaking flax. 
bottine (bo-ten'), M. [F., dim. of bottt, a boot: 
see feoof 2 .] 1. A half -boot ; a woman's fine 
shoe. 2. An appliance resembling a boot, 
Botryoidal structure : Chalcedony. 
