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Boletus: Definition and part of speech

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Boletus

  1. n. A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous.

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.

Boil: Definition and part of speech

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Boil

  1. n. A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.
  2. v. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point; to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
  3. v. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
  4. v. To pass from a liquid to an aeriform state or vapor when heated; as, the water boils away.
  5. v. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger.
  6. v. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes are boiling.
  7. v. t. To heat to the boiling point, or so as to cause ebullition; as, to boil water.
  8. v. t. To form, or separate, by boiling or evaporation; as, to boil sugar or salt.
  9. v. t. To subject to the action of heat in a boiling liquid so as to produce some specific effect, as cooking, cleansing, etc.; as, to boil meat; to boil clothes.
  10. v. t. To steep or soak in warm water.
  11. 1n. 1 A hard, painful, inflamed tumor, which, on suppuration, discharges pus, mixed with blood, and discloses a small fibrous mass of dead tissue, called the core.

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.

Boiler: Definition and part of speech

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Boiler

  1. n. A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron plates riveted together, or a composite structure variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
  2. n. One who boils.
  3. n. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.

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.

Bois durci: Definition and part of speech

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Bois durci

  1. A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.

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.

Boisterous: Definition and part of speech

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Boisterous

  1. a. Vehement; excessive.
  2. a. Rough or rude; unbending; unyielding; strong; powerful.
  3. a. Exhibiting tumultuous violence and fury; acting with noisy turbulence; violent; rough; stormy.
  4. a. Noisy; rough; turbulent; as, boisterous mirth; boisterous behavior.

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.