boycott 
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brace 
ing to, assisting, or having any kiud of deal- thing easy or trifling, as opposed to the earnest 
ings with (a person or company), on account business or hard work of a man. 
of political or other differences, or of disagree- This is no boya-pUti/. Fletcher, Bonduca, ii. 3. 
ments in business matters, as a means of in- boyuna (boi-u'na), . [Of. Sp. boyuna, fern, of 
thctmg punishment, or of coercing or mtmn- boyuno, belonging to cattle, < boi/, now bueu = 
dating. The word was introduced in Ireland in 1880, ~ " ' 
and soon became (like the practice) common throughout 
the English-speaking world, and was adopted by the news- 
papers in nearly every European language. 
boycott (boi'kot), n. [< boycott, r.] An or- 
ganized attempt to coerce a person or party 
into compliance with some demand, by com- boza (bo'za), . [Also written bosa, bouza, 
bining to abstain, and compel others to abstain, boiisa, boozah, boozeh, etc., F. bouza, Gr. busa, 
from having any business or social relations etc., Russ. Serv. etc.buza, < Ar. buse, Pers. biiza, 
with him or it ; an organized persecution of a Hind, buza, boza, Turk, boga, a thick white fer- 
Pg. boi, ox, < L. bos (bov-), ox: see lios. Cf. 
600.] 1. A large serpent of South America, 
black and slender, having an intolerable smell. 
2. A harmless reptile or snake common in 
Ceylon. 
person or company, as a means of coercion or 
intimidation, or of retaliation for some act, or 
refusal to act in a particular way. 
boycottee (boi-kot-e'), . [< boycott + -el.] 
One who is boycotted. [Rare.] 
boycotter (boi'kot-er), . [< boycott + -ci-i.] 
One who boycotts ; one who takes part in the 
organized persecution called a boycott. 
mented drink made from millet.] 1. A popu- 
lar Egyptian drink, made by boiling millet-seed 
in water and fermenting the infusion, adding 
afterward certain astringent substances. 2. 
An inebriating mixture of darnel-meal, hemp- 
seed, and water. 3. A preparation of honey 
and tamarinds, 
bozon (bo'zon), n. In tier., same as bird-bolt 1 . 
boycotting (boi'kot-ing), n. [Verbal n. of boy- Bp. An abbreviation of bishop, 
cott, t\] The act or practice of subjecting an Br. In chem., the symbol of bromine. 
obnoxious person or company to the organized Brabancon (bra-bon-son'), n. [F., man of Bra- 
persecution called a boycott. See boycott, r. bant, a province of Belgium.] Same as Bra- 
Boycotting originally implied the organized persecution banter. 
of an individual by an entire community; as transplanted BrabanQOnne (bra-boil-8On'),H. [F.,< Brabant."] 
to this Muntry [Umted States] it implies the persecution The popular patriotic songof the Belgians since 
1830, when they threw off Dutch rule. The words 
were composed by a French actor named Jenneval, then at 
Brussels. Each verse ends with a varied refrain relating 
to the substitution of the tree of liberty for the orange, in 
, 
allusion to the sovereign house of Orange, then ruling the 
Netherlands. 
who call themselves workingmen. 
Phila. Record, No. 4529, p. 2. 
Boycotting was not only used to punish evicting land- 
lords and agents, tenants guilty of paying rent, and trades- 
men who ventured to hold dealings with those against n'"!: /v, v. 'A \ r/ D j 
whom the [Land] League had pronounced its anathema; Brabanter (bra-ban ter), . [< Brabant + 
'mt the League was now strong enough to use this means See Brabancon.'] One of a class of mercenary 
soldiers and bandits from the old duchy of Bra- 
bant, who figured in the Anglo-French wars of 
the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. 
Brabantine (bra-ban'tin), a. [< Brabant + 
-w 1 .] Pertaining to Brabant, formerly a 
duchy, now partly comprised in the provinces 
of North Brabant and Brabant, belonging re- 
spectively to the Netherlands and Belgium. 
as an instrument of extending its organization and filling 
its coffers. Shopkeepers who refused to join and subscribe 
received reason to believe that they would be deprived of 
their custom ; recalcitrant fanners found themselves with- 
out a market for their crops and cattle. 
Annual Register, 1880. 
boydekint, An obsolete form of bodkin^. 
boyer (boi'er), 11. [Formerly also boioycr ; = F. 
buyer, < Flem. boeyer = D. boeijer, a vessel used 
to lay buoys, < Flem. boey = D. ftoci, a buoy : see brabble (brab'l), v. i. ; pret. and pp. brabbled, 
buoy.] A Flemish sloop with a raised work or 
castle at each end. 
boyeryt, . [< boyl + -ery.~\ Boyhood. North. 
boyhood (boi'hud), n. [< boyl + -hood.] 1. The 
state of being a boy or of immature age ; the 
time of life during which one is a boy. 
Look at him in his boyhood. Swift. 
Turning to mirth all things of earth 
As only boyhood call. Hood, Eugene Aram. 
ppr. brabbling. [< D. brabbelen' confound, 
stammer. Cf. blabber 1 and babble.] To wran- 
gle ; dispute or quarrel noisily. 
He held me with brabblinij till the clock strook, and then 
for the breach of a mimite he refused my money. 
Greene and Lodge, Looking Glass for Lond. and Eng. 
Melantius, thou art welcome, and my love 
Is with thee still : but this is not a place 
To brabble in. Calianax, join hands. 
Beau, and Ft., Maid's Tragedy, i. 2. 
2-0 -i c -,. T T_. * . T _r- -. otftitt. uiui fi., ->iaui s irageuy, i. j. 
. Boyish feeling; light-heartedness. [Rare.] 1,,-vvi-, /v . um r/ j, m -i 
3. Boys collectively brabble (brab'l), . [< brabbte, .] A broil; 
. ecvey 
boyish (boi'ish), a. [< boyl + -M*!.] Belong- a elamor u s n * e , st j, a 
ing to a boy; pertaining to boyhood; in a dis- 
This petty brabble will undo us all. 
Shalt., Tit. And., ii. 1. 
Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
= Svn. Juvenile, Puerile, etc. See youthful. 
boyishly (boi'ish-li), adv. In a boyish manner. 
boyishness (boi'ish-nes), n. The quality of 
being boyish. 
boyism (boi'izm), n. [< fcoi/l + -ism.'] 1. The 
state of being a boy ; boyishness. 
The boyistn of the brothers ... is to be taken into ac- 
count. T. Warton, Notes on Hilton's Smaller Poems. 
2. Something characteristic of a boy ; pueril- 
ity. 
A thousand such boyimne, which Chaucer rejected as be- 
low the dignity of the subject. Dryden, Preface to Fables. 
[Rare in both uses.] 
Boyle's law. See law. 
boyn (boin), . [Sc., also spelled boin, boyen, 
bowyne; perhaps < OF. btiion, extended form of 
buie, a vessel for water or wine, > prob. Sc. 
bowie, q. v.] 1. A washing-tub. Gait. 2. A 
flat, broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is 
emptied from the pail. 
Also called bine. 
boy-queller (boi'kwel"er), n. One who quells 
or conquers boys ; one who is able to cope only 
with boys. [Rare.] 
Where is this Hector? 
Come, come, thou boy-queUer, show thy face. 
8hak., T. and C., v. 5. 
boyshipt (boi'ship), H, [< boyl + -ship."] Boy- 
hood. Beaumont. 
boy's-love (boiz'luv), n. A name of the south- 
ernwood, Artemisia Abrotamtm, from an oint- 
ment made with its ashes used by young men 
to promote the growth of a beard. 
A clamorous, 
Cf. D. brabbelaar, stammerer.] 
noisy, quarrelsome fellow. 
We hold our time too precious to be spent 
With such a brabbler. Shak., K. John, v. 2. 
brabbling (brab'ling), p. a. [Ppr. of brab- 
ble, r.] Clamorous; wrangling; quarrelsome ; 
noisy. 
He gave notice to his government that commerce would 
have no security in Antwerp " in those brabbling times." 
Motley, Dutch Republic, II. 18. 
brabblinglyt (brab'ling-li), adr. In a brab- 
bling manner. 
Neither bitterly nor 
brabblinglii. 
Bp. Jewell, Def. of Apol. 
[for Ch. of Eng., p. 44. 
bracse (bra'se), n. 
pi. [L. : see breech, 
breeches.'] In antiq., 
a garment equiv- 
alent to the mod- 
ern trousers, it was 
made either loose or 
close-fitting, and its use 
was characteristic of the 
Gauls and of Oriental 
peoples. Itwasnotworu 
by the Greeks, nor by the 
Romans before the end of 
the republic. After the 
first century A. D., how- 
ever, it came into use 
among the Romans, es- 
pecially in the military 
forces stationed in in- 
clement climates ; and 
toward the close of the 
Bracfe. Statue of Paris, Vatica 
Museum. 
breeches: see Ireecli."] 

Braccate. Foot of Snowy Owl. 
boy S-play (boiz'pla), . Childish amusement ; em Pi' re j,' ^ v f, ry e "" 
anything free from risk or severe labor; any! SSMffi' J&?^JXltt 
iin tlic 
braccae (brak'se), . See braca;. 
braccate (brak'at), . [< L. "braccatiis, prop. 
bracatus, < braca;, pi., ' 
In ortiith., having the 
tarsi feathered; hav- 
ing the feet furnished 
with feathers to the 
bases of the toes or 
of the claws. 
bracciale (brak-si-a'- 
le ; It. pron. brat- 
chia'le), . ; pi. brae- 
ciali (-Ii). [It., a bras- 
sard or chevron, also 
as in def., < L. brac- 
chiale, an armlet, bracelet, etc., < braccliium (> 
It. braecio), arm.] A projecting bracket of iron 
or bronze, having a socket and ring for hold- 
ing a flagstaff, torch, or the like, and sometimes 
a large ring. These brackets are affixed to Italian pal- 
aces of the time of the Renaissance, and are often of great 
richness of design, especially at Sienna and Florence. 
braecio (brat'chio), n. [It., < L. braccliium, 
arm : see brace 1 ."] A measure of length used in 
Italy, varying from half a yard at Lodi to a 
yard at Milan. See brass 2 . 
brace 1 (bras), . [< ME. brace, <OF. brace, brase, 
brasse, brache, the two arms extended, an arm- 
ful, a fathom, pair, F. brasse = Pr. brassa = 
Sp. braza = Pg. braga, a fathom, < L. brachia, 
pi. of bracJiium, braccliium, arm, prob. < Gr. fipa- 
XI<M>, arm ; cf. Ir. and Gael, brae = W. braich 
= Bret, breach, the arm. From the L. singular 
braccliium comes OF. bras, bras, F. bras = Sp. 
brazo = Pg. braqo = It. braecio, arm. Hence 
bracelet and embrace."] 1. A prop or support; 
specifically, in arch., a piece of timber placed 
near and across the angles in the frame of a 
building in order to strengthen it. When used 
to support a rafter it is called a strut. 2. 
That which holds two or more things firmly 
together ; a cincture or bandage. 3. A pair ; 
a couple: as, a brace of ducks : used of persons 
only with a shade of contempt or colloquially. 
But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, 
I here could pluck his highness' frown npon you. 
Shak., Tempest, v. 1. 
Will he have a brace, 
Or but one partridge? 
Fletcher (ami another), Love's Pilgrimage, i. 1. 
The two muskets I loaded with a brace of slugs each. 
Defoe, Robinson Crusoe. 
4. A thick strap by which a carriage-body is 
suspended from C-springs. E. H. Knight. 5. 
In printing, a vertical double-curved line, used 
to connect two or more lines: thus, ? , > or 
' bowl y 
two or more staves in music. 6. A leather 
band placed about the cords of a drum and 
sliding upon them : used to raise or lower the 
tone by increasing or lessening the tension of 
the cords: as, "the braces of the war drum," 
Derham, Phys. Theol. 7. pi. Straps passing 
over the shoulders to sustain the trousers; sus- 
penders. 8. A device for supporting a weak 
back, curved shoulders, etc. 9. J\'aut. : (a) 
One of the ropes fastened to the yards of a 
ship, one to each yard-arm, which, reaching to 
the deck, enable the yards to be swung about 
horizontally. They also help the yards to sup- 
port the strain caused by the wind on the sails. 
(6) pi. Straps of brass or metal castings fas- 
tened on the stern-post, to receive the pintles 
by which the rudder is hung. 10. A defense 
or protection for the arm; specifically, one 
used in archery. Same as bracer, 2. 
"It hath been a shiel 
Twixt me and death " : and pointed to this brace. 
Shak., Pericles, ii. 1. 
lit. State of defense. 
For that it [Cyprus) stands not in such warlike brace, 
But altogether lacks the abilities 
That Rhodes is dress'd in. Shak., Othello, i. 3. 
12. The state of being braced ; tension; tight- 
ness. 
The laxness of the tympanum when it has lost its brace 
or tension. llMrr. 
13f. An arm (of the sea). 
He schal so passe the wature, that ys cleped the brace of 
Seint George [ML. lirachium S. (JeorgiiJ. that is an arm 
f the sea. MiiinKlrrillr, p. ia>. 
14. A curved instrument of iron or wood for 
holding and turning boring-tools, etc. ; a bit- 
stock. There are various forms of braces, the most com- 
mon being the carpenter*' bract-. bit-ln-a>. ft-*ti-k, or 
linnd-bra*'' . \\airli is a tool for turning a boring-bit or 
auger. It consists of a crank-formed shaft, with a metal 
^iK'krt rulli-il tin 1 ixcil at one extremity, and on the other 
a swiveh'd head (nr aixhiuii or WnVM). By which the boring- 
