boist2 (boist)

[E. dial., perhaps a survival for propo-stall: see boosel. A rude in a particular use of boist, or a var. of boost hut, such as those erected along the line of a railway for the temporary use of laborers: called in the United States a shanty. [Eng.] IMG:content-2281.png:[blocks in formation] ment, through the forms boistcous , boystuous , of the earlier form bois to us , which it has now superseded: see bois to us .] 1†. Rough; coarse; stout; stiff. The leathern outside, boisterous as it was, Gave way, and bent beneath her strict embrace. His boystrous club, so buried in the grownd, He could not rearen up againe so light. IMG:content-2282.png:[blocks in formation] Myghte no blonkes [horses] theme bere, thos bustous churlles, Bot coverde camellez of toures, enclosyde in maylez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 615. 3. Rough and ma ive; bulky; clumsy. [Still in dial. use.]-4. Coarse in texture; rough; stout; thick.-5. Loud; violent; boisterous. boistouslyt, adv . [ boistously , etc.; bois- to us +-ly2.] Roughly; violently; boister- ously. boke4t, n. An obsolete spelling of book . bokelt, n. A Middle English form of buckle2 . bokelert, n. A Middle English form of buckler . bolar (bo'lar), a . [ bole2 + -ar .] Pertaining to or of the nature of bole: as, bolar earths. bolaryt (bo'la-ri), a . [ bole2 + -ary ] Pertain- ing to bole or clay, or partaking of its nature and qualities. The bolas , or balls, are of two kinds: the simplest, which is used chiefly for catching ostriches, consists of two round stones, covered with leather, and united by a thin, plaited thong, about eight feet long. The other kind differs only in having three balls united by thongs to a common centre. The Gaucho holds the smallest of the three in his hand, and whirls the other two around his head; then, taking aim, sends them like chain shot revolv- ing through the air. The balls no sooner strike any ob- ject, than, winding round it, they cro each other and become firmly hitched. Darwin , Voyage of Beagle, iii. 50. bolbonact, n. The satin-flower, Lunaria biennis . bold (bold), a . [ bold , bald , beald , bald OS. bald = D. boud , bold (=MLG. balde , bolde , adv., quickly, at once), = OHG. bald, MHG. balt , bold (G. bald , adv., soon), = Icel. ballr = ODan. bold = Goth. * balths , bold (in deriv. balthaba , boldly, balthei = E. bield , bold- ne , etc.). Hence bold, v., bield, n. and v., and (from OHG.) It. bal do , OF. bald , baud , bold, gay: see bawd1 .] 1. Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearle : applied to men or animals: as, bold as a lion. It toucheth us, as France invades our land, Not bolds the king. Shak., Lear, v. 1. For with that on encresede my fere, And with that othir gan myn herte bolde . bold-beatingt (bold'bē"ting), a. Browbeating: as, " bold - beating oaths," Shak ., M. W. of W., ii. 2. boldent (bol'dn), v. t. [ bold +-en1. Cf. em- bolden.] To make bold; give confidence; en- courage. A sauce-box, and a bold - face , and a pert. Richardson , Pamela, xix. 2. In printing , same as full - face . bold-faced (bold'fast), a. Having a bold face; impudent. boldly (bold'li), adv . [ boldly , boldliche, etc., bealdlice , baldlice (= OS. baldlico = OHG. baldlicho ), beald , bold.] In a bold man- ner. (a) Courageously; intrepidly; fearle ly; bravely. He has called him forty Marchmen bauld . (b) With confident a urance; without hesitation or doubt. Kinmont Willie , in Child's Ballads, VI. 61. (c) Vigorously; strongly; strikingly. (d) Impudently; Our speech at best is half alive and cold, And save that tenderer moments make us bold , Our whitening lips would close, their truest truth untold. O. W. Holmes , To H. W. Long fellow. 2. Requiring or exhibiting courage; planned or executed with courage and spirit: as, a bold enterprise. The bold design Pleased highly those infernal States. Milton , P. L., ii. 386. IMG:content-2283.png:[blocks in formation] 5. Overstepping usual bounds; presuming up- on sympathy or forbearance; showing liberty or license, as in style or expre ion: as, a bold rheense, metaphor. insolently; with effrontery or shamele ne . (e) Steeply; abruptly; conspicuously. For boldne (bold'nes), n. [ bold +-ne . the earlier noun, see bield .] The quality of being bold, in any of the senses of the word. Great is my boldne of speech toward you. 2 Cor. vii. 4. Boldne is the power to speak, or do what we intend, before others, without fear or disorder. 6. Standing out to view; striking to the eye; markedly conspicuous; prominent: as, a bold Howell . The coast [Virginia) is a bold and even coast, with regu- lar soundings, and is open all the year round. Beverley, Virginia, ii. 2. 8. Deep, as water, close to the shore; nav i- gable very near to the land. The line [of soundings] was extended to Jacmel, showing bold water to the cape. Science, III. 591. To be bold or so bold, to venture; presume so far (as to Sir, let me be so bold as to ask you, Did you yet ever see Baptist a's daughter? Shak., T. of the S., i. 2. I will be bold , since you will have it so, To ask a noble favour of you. bole yellow, red, or brown to nearly black. They are hydrous silicates of aluminium, with more or le iron, to which they owe their color, and are used as pig ments. The red letters in old manuscripts were painted with bole. Armenian bole is a native clay, or silicate of aluminium, containing considerable oxid of iron, formerly brought from Armenia, but more recently obtained in various parts of Europe. It is pale-red, soft tuous to the touch, and has been used as an astringent aud absorbent, and also as a pigment. Bole of Blois is yellow, lighter than the other kinds, and effervesces with acids. Bohemian bole is of a yellow color with a cast of red, and of a flaky texture. French bole is of a pale-red color, variegated with specks of white and yellow. nian bolista pale-record in botes of a pale yellow color. These earths were formerly employed as astringent, absorbent, and tonic medicines, and they are still in repute in the East; they are also used occasionally as veterinary medicines in Europe. 21. A bolus; a dose. Cole ridge . [Rare.] bole3, n. Another spelling of boll2 . bole (bol), n. [Also spelled boal ; of uncertain origin.] 1. A small square rece or cavity in a wall; also, a window or opening in the wall of a house, usually with a wooden shutter instead of gla . Scott . [Scotch.] -2. A name given in the north of England to a place where lead was anciently smelted. These boles, which are identified by the piles of slag left by the ancient smelters, are supposed to have been built by simply placing stones around a central fire, and in situations where there would be likely to be a good draft, since no artificial blast was used. Also called bayle hills. Close to the spot there was a bole , by which is meant a place where in ancient times miners used to smelt their lead ores. Archæologia, vii. 170 (1785).