Boluses: Definition and part of speech

Boluses

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.

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

n. A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
n. A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; — generally laid under the pillows.
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.
n. Anything arranged to act as a support, as in various forms of mechanism, etc.
n. A cushioned or a piece part of a saddle.
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.
n. Anything used to prevent chafing.
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.
n. A transverse bar above the axle of a wagon, on which the bed or body rests.
n. The crossbeam forming the bearing piece of the body of a railway car; the central and principal cross beam of a car truck.
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.
1n. 1 A long pillow or cushion, used to support the head of a person lying on a bed; — generally laid under the pillows.

n. A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes.

n. A Scotch measure, formerly in use: for wheat and beans it contained four Winchester bushels; for oats, barley, and potatoes, six bushels. A boll of meal is 140 lbs. avoirdupois. Also, a measure for salt of two bushels.
n. The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form.

n. A bundle, as of oziers.
n. A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.
n. Lightning; a thunderbolt.
n. A strong pin, of iron or other material, used to fasten or hold something in place, often having a head at one end and screw thread cut upon the other end.
n. A sliding catch, or fastening, as for a door or gate; the portion of a lock which is shot or withdrawn by the action of the key.
n. An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
n. A compact package or roll of cloth, as of canvas or silk, often containing about forty yards.
v. i. To start forth like a bolt or arrow; to spring abruptly; to come or go suddenly; to dart; as, to bolt out of the room.
v. i. To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
v. i. To spring suddenly aside, or out of the regular path; as, the horse bolted.
1n. 1 A bundle, as of oziers.
1n. 1 A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or that which resembles an arrow; a dart.