Bottony, Bottonny

( Her. ) A cro , the ends of which terminate in three semicircular projections, giving them an appearance resembling the trefoil in form. Botts'ford, in Georgia, a village of Sumter co., 112 m. from Milledgeville. Botts'ville, in Mi ouri, a post-office of Linn co. Botuliform, a. [Lat. botulus, a sausage, and form a, form, shape.] ( Bot. ) Sausage-shaped. Botzen, or BOLZANO, (anc. Pons Drusi,) a town of Austria, in the Tyrol, cap. of a circ. in a pleasant valley, at the confluence of the Eisach and Talfer, and close to their embouchure into the Adige, 32 m. N.N.E. of Trent. It is a thriving, well-built town, in the Italian style, has a castle, several convents, a college, and manufactures of silk stockings. Being intersected by high roads leading to Switzerland, Austria, and Italy, with a station on the railroad over the Alps, from Innsbruck to Verona, B. has an extensive transit trade. It is also celebrated for its fairs, which are attended by a great concourse of French, Germans, and Italians. The surrounding country produces excellent wine, and fruits in abundance. Pop. 8,103. Bouchain, ( bōō'sha in ,) a fortified town of France, dep. Nord, cap. cant. on the Scheldt, 12 m. S.E. of Douai. The fortifications are of very considerable strength, and the adjacent country may be laid under water. The English, under the Duke of Marl borough, took it in 1711, after a memorable siege; but being retaken by Marshal Villars, in the following year, it was finally ceded to France at the treaty of Utrecht. Pop . about 1,800. Bouchardat, ( boo - shar - da ' ,) ADOLPHE, a French pharmaceutical author, and member of the Academy of Medicine, в. 1810. In 1852 he was appointed to the Chair of Hygiene in the above institution. His principal works are, Eléments de Matière Médicale et de Pharmacie (1838); L'Annuaire de Therapeutique (1842); Formula ire Vété rinaire (1840); and Repertoire de Pharmacie , published monthly since 1847. Bouche, ( boosh ,) n. [Fr., mouth.] ( Gunnery .) A piece of copper containing the vent or orifice through which the charge of a gun is ignited.