Bodkin

1. n. See Baudekin.
2. n. A dagger.
3. n. An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
4. n. A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections.
5. n. A kind of needle with a large eye and a blunt point, for drawing tape, ribbon, etc., through a loop or a hem; a tape needle.
6. n. A kind of pin used by women to fasten the hair.

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Bogey

1. n. A goblin; a bugbear. See Bogy.

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Bodle

1. n. A small Scotch coin worth about one sixth of an English penny.

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Bodleian

1. a. Of or pertaining to Sir Thomas Bodley, or to the celebrated library at Oxford, founded by him in the sixteenth century.

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Bodock

1. n. The Osage orange.

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Bodrage

1. n. A raid.

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Bodies

1. pl. of Body

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Body

1. n. Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
2. n. The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.
3. n. The trunk, or main part, of a person or animal, as distinguished from the limbs and head; the main, central, or principal part, as of a tree, army, country, etc.
4. n. The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow.
5. n. A person; a human being; — frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody.
6. n. A number of individuals spoken of collectively, usually as united by some common tie, or as organized for some purpose; a collective whole or totality; a corporation; as, a legislative body; a clerical body.
7. n. A number of things or particulars embodied in a system; a general collection; as, a great body of facts; a body of laws or of divinity.
8. n. Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body.
9. n. Amount; quantity; extent.
10. n. That part of a garment covering the body, as distinguished from the parts covering the limbs.
11. 1n. 1 Consistency; thickness; substance; strength; as, this color has body; wine of a good body.
12. 1n. 1 The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Bodying

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Body

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Bodyguard

1. n. Retinue; attendance; following.
2. n. A guard to protect or defend the person; a lifeguard.

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