bolus (bolus)

[L. bõlus, > E. bole2, q. v.] 1. A soft round ma of anything medicinal, larger than an ordinary pill, to be swallowed at once.-2. Figuratively, anything disagreeable, as an unpalatable doctrine or argument, that has to be accepted or tolerated. There is no help for it, the faithful proselytizer, if she cannot convince by argument, bursts into tears, and the recusant finds himself, at the end of the contest, taking down the bolus , saying, "Well, well, Bodgers be it." Thackeray . bolyet, n. See booly . bom (bom), n. [Also boma , bomma, aboта ; orig. a native name in Congo, subsequently applied to a Brazilian serpent.] Same as aboma . bomah-nut (bo'ma-nut), n. [ bomah (native name) + nut .] The seed of a euphorbiaceous shrub, Руспосoma macrophylla , of southern Africa, Afric used for tanning.