Bowsprit: Definition and part of speech

Bowsprit

  1. n. A large boom or spar, which projects over the stem of a ship or other vessel, to carry sail forward.

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.

Bowssen: Definition and part of speech

Bowssen

  1. v. t. To drench; to soak; especially, to immerse (in water believed to have curative properties).

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.

Bowwow: Definition and part of speech

Bowwow

  1. a. Onomatopoetic; as, the bowwow theory of language; a bowwow word.
  2. n. An onomatopoetic name for a dog or its bark.

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.