Boomslange: Definition and part of speech

Boomslange

  1. n. A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

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.

Boon: Definition and part of speech

Boon

  1. n. The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  2. n. A prayer or petition.
  3. n. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
  4. n. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
  5. n. Kind; bountiful; benign.
  6. n. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
  7. 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.

Boor: Definition and part of speech

Boor

  1. n. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
  2. n. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
  3. n. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

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.