Boyau: Definition and part of speech

Boyau

  1. n. A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bow net: Definition and part of speech

Bow net

  1. A net for catching birds.
  2. A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bowse: Definition and part of speech

Bowse

  1. n. A carouse; a drinking bout; a booze.
  2. v. i. To carouse; to bouse; to booze.
  3. v. i. To pull or haul; as, to bowse upon a tack; to bowse away, i. e., to pull all together.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.