Helen Fenton

Bombycinous: Definition and part of speech

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Bombycinous

  1. a. Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint.
  2. a. Silken; made of silk.

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.

Bolting: Definition and part of speech

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Bolting

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Bolt
  2. n. A darting away; a starting off or aside.
  3. n. A sifting, as of flour or meal.

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.

Bolter: Definition and part of speech

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Bolter

  1. n. A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
  2. n. One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
  3. n. One who sifts flour or meal.
  4. n. An instrument or machine for separating bran from flour, or the coarser part of meal from the finer; a sieve.

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.

Bolthead: Definition and part of speech

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Bolthead

  1. n. The head of a bolt.
  2. n. A long, straight-necked, glass vessel for chemical distillations; — called also a matrass or receiver.

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.

Boltonite: Definition and part of speech

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Boltonite

  1. n. A granular mineral of a grayish or yellowish color, found in Bolton, Massachusetts. It is a silicate of magnesium, belonging to the chrysolite family.

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.