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- English Word Boring Definition The chips or fragments made by boring.
- English Word Born Definition Brought forth, as an animal; brought into life; introduced by birth.
- English Word Born Definition Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar.
- English Word Born Definition of Bear
- English Word Borne Definition of Bear
- English Word Borne Definition Carried; conveyed; supported; defrayed. See Bear, v. t.
- English Word Borneol Definition A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol.
- English Word Bornite Definition A valuable ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur; -- also called purple copper ore (or erubescite), in allusion to the colors shown upon the slightly tarnished surface.
- English Word Borofluoride Definition A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.
- English Word Boroglyceride Definition A compound of boric acid and glycerin, used as an antiseptic.
- English Word Boron Definition A nonmetallic element occurring abundantly in borax. It is reduced with difficulty to the free state, when it can be obtained in several different forms; viz., as a substance of a deep olive color, in a semimetallic form, and in colorless quadratic crystals similar to the diamond in hardness and other properties. It occurs in nature also in boracite, datolite, tourmaline, and some other minerals. Atomic weight 10.9. Symbol B.
- English Word Borosilicate Definition A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
- English Word Borough Definition In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, consisting of the inhabitants of a certain district, erected by the sovereign, with a certain jurisdiction; in America, an incorporated town or village, as in Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
- English Word Borough Definition The collective body of citizens or inhabitants of a borough; as, the borough voted to lay a tax.
- English Word Borough Definition An association of men who gave pledges or sureties to the king for the good behavior of each other.
- English Word Borough Definition The pledge or surety thus given.
- English Word Borough-English Definition A custom, as in some ancient boroughs, by which lands and tenements descend to the youngest son, instead of the eldest; or, if the owner have no issue, to the youngest brother.
- English Word Boroughhead Definition See Headborough.
- English Word Boroughholder Definition A headborough; a borsholder.
- English Word Boroughmaster Definition The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.