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Boa: Definition and part of speech

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Boa

  1. n. A long, round fur tippet; — so called from its resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
  2. n. A genus of large American serpents, including the boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico (B. imperator), and the chevalier boa of Peru (B. eques).

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.

Boa constrictor: Definition and part of speech

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Boa constrictor

  1. A large and powerful serpent of tropical America, sometimes twenty or thirty feet long. See Illustration in Appendix.

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.

Blushingly: Definition and part of speech

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Blushingly

  1. adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.

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.

Board: Definition and part of speech

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Board

  1. n. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
  2. n. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, — used for building, etc.
  3. n. A table to put food upon.
  4. n. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; — usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one’s board; the price of board.
  5. n. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
  6. n. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
  7. n. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
  8. n. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
  9. n. The border or side of anything.
  10. n. The side of a ship.

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.