Helen Fenton

Bollworm: Definition and part of speech

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Bollworm

  1. n. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

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.

Bolometer: Definition and part of speech

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Bolometer

  1. n. An instrument for measuring minute quantities of radiant heat, especially in different parts of the spectrum; — called also actinic balance, thermic balance.

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.

Bolster: Definition and part of speech

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Bolster

  1. n. A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
  2. n. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; — generally laid under the pillows.
  3. n. A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support any part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
  4. n. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
  5. n. A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
  6. n. A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
  7. n. Anything used to prevent chafing.
  8. n. A plate of iron or a mass of wood under the end of a bridge girder, to keep the girder from resting directly on the abutment.
  9. n. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
  10. n. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
  11. 1n. 1 A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
  12. 1n. 1 A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; — generally laid under the pillows.

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.