bouse 
bOUSe 2 , bOWSe 2 (bous), r. t. ; pret. and pp. 
boused, bowsed, ppr. bousiny, bowsing. [Former- 
ly also written boiess; origin unknown.] Xniit.. 
to haul with tackle. 
After the rigging is bowsed well taut, the seizings and 
coverings [must] be replaced, whieh is a very niee piece 
of work. K. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 16. 
To bouse up the jib, figuratively, to get "tight" or 
drunk. (Slang.) 
bouse 3 (bous or bos), n. [E. dial., formerly bous; 
origin obscure.] In mining, ore mixed with 
veinstone ; second-class ore, which must un- 
dergo further preparation before going to the 
smelter. [North. Eng. lead-mining districts.] 
bouse 4 , . Same as boose 1 . 
house-team (bous'tetn), n. In mining, the place 
where bouse is deposited outside of the mine, 
ready to be dressed or prepared for the smelter. 
[North. Eng.] 
boustrophedon (bo'-stro-fe'don), n. [< Gr. ftpv- 
trrpB^fdw, turning backward" and forward like 
oxen in plowing, < /JoSj, ox, + arptyuv, turn.] 
A method of writing shown in early Greek in- 
scriptions, in which the lines run alternately 
from right to left and from left to right, as the 
furrows made in plowing a field, the plow pass- 
ing alternately backward and forward. 
It has been noticed by Bbckh and Franz that in the ear- 
liest examples of boustrophedon writing the first line is 
from right to left, and the second from left to right. 
Isaac Taylor, The Alphabet, II. 84, note. 
bousy (bo'zi), a. [< borne 1 + -y 1 . Cf. 'boozy.'] 
Same as boozy. 
bout 1 (bout), . [A later and parallel spelling 
of bought 1 , q. v.] 1. A turn, loop, coil, or 
knot, as in a rope or chain ; a bend or flexure. 
And at the lowest end forget it not 
To leave a bout or compass like an eye, 
The link that holds your hook to hang upon. 
John Dennys, in Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 160. 
In notes, with many a winding bout 
Of linked sweetness long drawn out. 
Milton, L' Allegro, 1. 138. 
2. The part of a sling that contains the stone. 
3. A going and returning, as in plowing, 
reaping, etc. ; hence, as much of an action as 
is performed at one time ; a single part of an 
action which is carried on at successive inter- 
vals. 4. A round at anything, as in some con- 
test ; a set-to ; a trial : as, a bout at single-stick 
or fisticuffs. 
The gentleman will, for his honour's sake, have one bout 
with you. Shak., T. jr., iii. 4. 
Look'ee, master, if you'd wanted a bout at boxing, quar- 
ter-staff, or short-staff, I should never be the man to bid 
you cry off. Sheridan, The Rivals, iv. 1. 
6. A round of indulgence, as in drink: as, a 
drunken bout. 
Here, replenish again ; another bout. 
B, Jonson, Epicoene, iv. 1. 
6. A turn or fit of illness : as, a severe bout of 
rheumatism. 7. In music, an inward curve of 
a rib of an instrument of the violin kind, by 
which the waist is formed This (or that) bout, 
this (or that) time or occasion. 
She got oft for that bout. Sir R. L' Estrange. 
The Prince ... has taken me in his train, so that I am 
in no danger of starving for thit bout. 
Goldsmith, The Bee, No. 1. 
bout 2 t, adv. and prep. [Early mod. E. and E. 
dial. var. of bufl, q. v.] Same as bufl. 
bout 3 (bout), adv. and prep. [Abbr. of about, 
q. v. ; now commonly written 'bont.'} About. 
[Colloq. or naut.] 
boutadet (bo-tad'), . [F., < bouter, thrust, 
butt: see HrfA.] 1. A sudden outburst or out- 
break. 
His first bontade was to kick both their wives one morn- 
ing out of doors, and his own too. Swift, Tale of a Tub, iv. 
2. In music : (a) Especially, in the early eigh- 
teenth century, a composition having an im- 
promptu and capricious character. (6) An im- 
promptu dance. 
boutant (bb'-ton'), a. [F., ppr. of bouter, thrust: 
see butt 1 .] See arc boutant, under arc 1 . 
boute-feut (bot-fe'), . [F., a forked match- 
holder, formerly used for firing cannon, < bou- 
ter, thrust, + feu, fire, < L. focus, a fireplace.] 
An incendiary ; one who incites to strife. 
Animated by a base fellow called John ;i Chamber a 
very boutefeu, who bore much sway among the vulgar 
they entered into open rebellion. Bacon, Hist. Hen. VIl! 
But the hardiness of Stuart's opinions, his personal at- 
tacks, and the acrimony of his literary libels, presented a 
new feature in Scottish literature, o'f such ugliness and 
horror, that every honourable man soon averted his face 
from this boutefeu. 7. D' Israeli, Calam. of Auth., p. 202. 
bouterollet, . Same as boterol 
644 
bout-hammert, n. [For about-hammer, equiv. 
to about-sledge, q. v.] A blacksmiths' ham- 
mer; an about-sledge. 
I am for Vulcan now, for Mars no more ; 
If my wife scold, my bout-hammer shall roar. 
Beau, and Fl. (?), faithful Friends, iv. 5. 
boutisalet, [An isolated instance ; prop. 
booty-sale.'] A sale of booty; a cheap sale, as 
a sale of booty commonly is. 
The great boutijale of colleges and chantries. 
Sir J. Hayward, Edward VI., p. 88. 
bouton (bo'ton), H. [F.] Button.- Biskra bou- 
ton. Same as Aleppo button or ulcer (which see, under 
ulcer). 
bouts, n. See boots 2 . 
bouts-rimes (bo" re-ma'), n.pl. [F.: bouts, pi. of 
bout, end (see butfi) ; rimes, masc. pi. of rime, 
pp. of rimer, rime, < rime, n., rime: see rime^.] 
Riming words given out as the line-endings of a 
stanza, the other parts of the lines having to 
be supplied by the ingenuity of the person to 
whom the words are given. 
Bouvardia (bo-var'di-a), n. [NL., named in 
honor of Dr. Bouvard, director of the Jardin 
des Plantes, Paris.] A genus of plants, nat- 
ural order Bubiaceif, natives of Mexico and 
Central America. They are herbs or low shrubs with 
showy corymbs of red, yellow, or white flowers. Several 
species are found in greenhouses. 
bouweryt, n. Same as bowery^. Irving. 
bouza (bo'za), . Same as boza. 
bouze, n. and v. See booze. 
bouzy 1 , a. See boozy. 
Bouzy 2 (bo'zi), . A name given to certain 
sparkling wines from the small town and dis- 
trict of the same name in the department of 
Marne in France. The name is also given, in- 
appropriately, to many other sparkling wines. 
bovate (bo'vat), n. [< ML. bovata, < L. 60* 
(bov-), ox : see Bos.'] An allotment of land in 
early English village communities, the holder 
of which was bound to furnish one ox to the 
plow-team ; an oxgang. 
The full husband-land, or virgate, was composed of two 
bomtes, or oxgangs, the bovate or oxgang being thus the 
eighth of the hide or carucate. 
Seebohm, Eng. Vil. Com., p. 61. 
Manifestly the bovate or oxgang represented the tillage, 
not of an ox-team, but of one ox of the team, that is, it 
was the share of the tilled land appropriated to the owner 
of one of the eight associated oxen contributed to the 
cooperative eight-ox plough. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 481. 
Boveae (bo've-e), n. pi. [NL., < .Bos (Bov-) + 
-etc.] A division of Bovidce, practically equiva- 
lent to the genus Bos in a large sense, or to 
the modern subfamily BorAnoe. 
Bovey coal. See coal. 
bovicnthyid (bo-vik'thi-id), . A fish of the 
family Bovichthyidce. 
Bovichthyidae (bo-vik-thl'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < 
Bovichthys + -idte.'] A family of acanthopte- 
rygian fishes, typified by the genus Bovichthys, 
having the lower pectoral rays unbranched and 
simply articulated, the ventral fins jugular and 
separated by a wide area, the anal fin moderate, 
and no scales. Only two or three species are 
known ; they inhabit antarctic seas. 
Bovichthys (bo-vik'this), n. [NL., < L. bos 
(bov-) (= Gr. /3of.f), ox, + Gr. i^K'f, fish.] The 
typical genus of the family Bovichthyidce. 
boviculture (bo'vi-kul-tur), n. [< L. bos (bov-), 
ox, + cultura, culture.] The breeding and rear- 
ing of cattle ; stock-raising. [Bare.] 
bovid (bo'vid), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining to 
the Bovidce; bovine. 
II. . One of the Bovidte. 
Bovidae (bo'vi-de), n. pi. [NL., < Bos (Bov-), 
ox, + -idee.'] A family of hollow-horned ru- 
minants, the ox tribe, containing the bovines. 
The family was formerly nearly coextensive with the ge- 
nus Bos in a large sense, including cattle as distinguished 
from goats, sheep, and antelopes. In this acceptation 
the family corresponds to the modem subfamily Bovince. 
It has been found impossible, however, to draw any sharp 
dividing line between cattle and other hollow-horned 
ruminants, among some of which, as the antelopes, con- 
necting links occur. Therefore, notwithstanding the fa- 
miliar difference between an ox and a sheep, for exam- 
ple, or a goat and an antelope, the family Bovidce now 
contains all of these which have hollow, persistent horns, 
common to both sexes, generally two, sometimes four, 
and certain common cranial characters by which tht-.v 
collectively differ from the saiga on the one hand and 
from the pronghorn on the other, these two so-called 
antelopes being made respectively the types of the fami- 
lies Saigidae and Antilocapridce. The Bovidce as thus 
defined are conventionally divided into five subfamilies : 
Bovinaf, cattle ; Ovibovinw, muskoxen ; Ovinte, sheep ; Ca- 
printe, goats; and Antilopinw, antelopes. See these words. 
bovlform (bo'vi-form), a. [< L. bos (bov-), ox, 
+ forma, form.] Having the form of an ox; 
bovine in form and structure. 
Bovill's Act. See act. 
bow 
Bovinae (bo-vi'ne), n.pl. [NL., < Bos (Bov-) + 
-ino}. Cf. bovine.] The typical subfamily of 
the family Bovidos; cattle; oxen; bovines. They 
are of large size and more or less massive form. The head 
is carried low upon a short neck, the legs are relatively 
short, with the canon-bones little or no longer than the 
phalanges, the hoofs broad, the muffle naked, the horns 
simple and unbranched, and the tail tufted at the end. 
There are four inguinal teats. The leading genera are 
Bos, Bubalus, Anoa, Bison, and Poephaffus, or oxen, buffa- 
loes, bisons, and yaks. 
bovine (bo'vin or -vin), a. and n. [= F. bovine 
= Pr. bovin, < LL. bovinus, < L. bos (bov-), ox.] 
1. (i. 1. Pertaining or belonging to oxen, or 
specifically to the Bonnie; boviform. Hence 
2. Ox-like; stolid; inert; dull. 
This bovine comfort in the sense alone. 
Lowell, Three Mem. Poems. 
II. . One of the Bovince. 
Bovista (bo-vis'ta), n. [NL., < G. bojist (= Sw. 
bofist), < ho- (of uncertain origin; cf. buffen, 
puffen = 'E.puff) + fist = 'E. fisfl,foisfl, n., in 
its orig. sense. Cf. lycoperdon.] A genus of 
gasteromycetous fungi, or puffballs, closely 
allied to Lycoperdon, but dif- 
fering from the latter in the 
absence of a sterile base, and 
in the structure of the cover- 
ing or peridium, the outer 
part of which shells off. Three 
species are found in Great Britain 
and a number more in North Ameri- 
ca. Several species are edible. 
bow 1 (bou), v. [Early mod. 
E. also bowe, bough; < ME. 
bowen, buwen, bugen, < AS. 
bfigan (pret. bedh, pi. bugon, 
pp. bogen), bend, bow, flee, 
strong verb, only intrans., = 
OS. *6(/O = MD. bughetl, 
D. buigen = MLG. biigen = 
OHG. bioqan, MHG. G. bie- 
gen = Icel. *bjuga (preserved in pp. boginn and 
pret. 3d pers. pi. refl. bugusk), bend; prob. = 
L. fugere = Gr. favystv, flee, = Skt. -\/ bhuj, bend. 
Orig. and prop, intrans. ; whence the derived 
factitive form, AS. bygan, biegan, began, ME. 
bugen, etc., mod. E. dial, bay, weak verb, trans., 
cause to bend : see bay 9 . Cf. Icel. buga = Sw. 
buga, weak verb, bow, make a bow. Hence ult. 
the secondary verbs bay 9 , ftxcfc 2 , buckte 1 , and 
the nouns Sow 2 , bought^ = boufi = bight, baiH, 
boul, etc.] I. intrans. If. To become bent or 
crooked ; assume a curved form ; bend ; curve. 
[Still in colloquial use in Scotland.] 
Better bow than break. Proverb. 
Like an ass whose back with ingot* bows. 
Shalt,, M. for M., iii, 1. 
2t. To tend; turn; incline. 
Thei bouMen awei fro the lawe of God. 
Wyclif, Baruch Iv. 12. 
3. To bend or curve downward; take a bent 
posture or attitude ; stoop. 
The flame o' the taper 
Sou's toward her, and would under-peep her lids. 
Shak., Cymbeline, ii. 2. 
As to soft gales top-heavy pines bow low. 
Pope, Dunciad, ii. 391. 
4. To bend the neck under a yoke ; submit or 
become subject; yield: as, to bate to the in- 
evitable. 
On of us two mot bowe douteles. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 440. 
Often tyme it is betere to bow than to berst, 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 34. 
5. To bend the body or head in worship, or 
in token of reverence, respect, or submission: 
with to or before, and sometimes emphasized 
by down. 
The rest of the people bowed down upon their knees. 
Judges vii. 6. 
The evil bow before the good. Prov. xiv. 19. 
To bow and sue for grace 
With suppliant knee. Milton, P. L., i. 111. 
6. To make a bow; incline the body or the 
head toward a person by way of salutation or 
friendly recognition, or in acknowledgment of 
some courtesy. 
II. trans. 1. To cause to bend ; make curved 
or crooked; cause to assume and retain a bent 
shape. 
They rather breake him, than bom him, rather tnarre 
him, then mend him. Ascham. The Scholemaster, p. 31. 
2. To cause to stoop or become bent, as with 
old age or a burden ; hence, to crush. 
Whose heavy hand hath bow'd you to the grave. 
SftOt., Macbeth, iii. 1. 
fiotr him, yet bow him more, 
Dii.-h that snn> itlass of water in his face. 
B. Jonson, Magnetick T,ody, iii. 4. 
