Booted: Definition and part of speech

Booted

  1. imp. & p. p. of Boot
  2. a. Wearing boots, especially boots with long tops, as for riding; as, a booted squire.

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.

Boomer: Definition and part of speech

Boomer

  1. n. One who works up a “boom”.
  2. n. One who, or that which, booms.
  3. n. A North American rodent, so named because it is said to make a booming noise. See Sewellel.
  4. n. A large male kangaroo.

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.

Boomerang: Definition and part of speech

Boomerang

  1. n. A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood, from twenty to thirty inches in length, from two to three inches wide, and half or three quarters of an inch thick. When thrown from the hand with a quick rotary motion, it describes very remarkable curves, according to the shape of the instrument and the manner of throwing it, often moving nearly horizontally a long distance, then curving upward to a considerable height, and finally taking a retrograde direction, so as to fall near the place from which it was thrown, or even far in the rear of it.

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.

Boomslange: Definition and part of speech

Boomslange

  1. n. A large South African tree snake (Bucephalus Capensis). Although considered venomous by natives, it has no poison fangs.

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.

Boon: Definition and part of speech

Boon

  1. n. The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching.
  2. n. A prayer or petition.
  3. n. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present.
  4. n. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage.
  5. n. Kind; bountiful; benign.
  6. n. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial.
  7. 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.

Boor: Definition and part of speech

Boor

  1. n. A rude ill-bred person; one who is clownish in manners.
  2. n. A husbandman; a peasant; a rustic; esp. a clownish or unrefined countryman.
  3. n. A Dutch, German, or Russian peasant; esp. a Dutch colonist in South Africa, Guiana, etc.: a boer.

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.