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Bombace
Bombace Bom"bace, n. [OF.]
Cotton; padding. [Obs.]
BombardBombard Bom"bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus
+ -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.]
1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for
throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the
earliest kind of cannon.
They planted in divers places twelve great bombards,
wherewith they threw huge stones into the air,
which, falling down into the city, might break down
the houses. --Knolles.
2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow.
3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for
carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.]
Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a
foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak.
4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.]
Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson. BombardBombard Bom"bard, n. [OE. bombarde, fr. F. bombarde.] (Mus.)
See Bombardo. [Obs.] BombardBombard Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bombarding.]
To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to
throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke.
His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. Bombard phraseBombard Bom"bard, n. [F. bombarde, LL. bombarda, fr. L. bombus
+ -ard. Cf. Bumper, and see Bomb.]
1. (Gun.) A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for
throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the
earliest kind of cannon.
They planted in divers places twelve great bombards,
wherewith they threw huge stones into the air,
which, falling down into the city, might break down
the houses. --Knolles.
2. A bombardment. [Poetic & R.] --J. Barlow.
3. A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for
carrying liquor or beer. [Obs.]
Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a
foul bombard that would shed his liquor. --Shak.
4. pl. Padded breeches. [Obs.]
Bombard phrase, inflated language; bombast. [Obs.] --B.
Jonson. BombardedBombard Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bombarding.]
To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to
throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke.
His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. BombardierBombardier Bom`bar*dier", n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Bombardier beetle (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus
crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the B. displosor, which can produce ten or
twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is B. fumans. Bombardier beetleBombardier Bom`bar*dier", n. [F. bombardier.] (Mil.)
(a) One who used or managed a bombard; an artilleryman; a
gunner. [Archaic]
(b) A noncommissioned officer in the British artillery.
Bombardier beetle (Zo["o]l.), a kind of beetle (Brachinus
crepitans), so called because, when disturbed, it makes
an explosive discharge of a pungent and acrid vapor from
its anal glands. The name is applied to other related
species, as the B. displosor, which can produce ten or
twelve explosions successively. The common American
species is B. fumans. BombardingBombard Bom*bard", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bombarded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Bombarding.]
To attack with bombards or with artillery; especially, to
throw shells, hot shot, etc., at or into.
Next, she means to bombard Naples. --Burke.
His fleet bombarded and burnt down Dieppe. --Wood. Bombardman
Bombardman Bom"bard*man, n.
One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard. [Obs.]
They . . . made room for a bombardman that brought
bouge for a country lady. --B. Jonson.
Bombardment
Bombardment Bom*bard"ment, n. [F. bombardement.]
An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot
shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into
a town or fortified place.
Bombardo
Bombardo Bom*bar"do, Bombardon Bom*bar"don, n. [It.
bombardo.] (Mus.)
Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon
family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name
bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of
the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. --Grove.
Bombardon
Bombardo Bom*bar"do, Bombardon Bom*bar"don, n. [It.
bombardo.] (Mus.)
Originally, a deep-toned instrument of the oboe or bassoon
family; thence, a bass reed stop on the organ. The name
bombardon is now given to a brass instrument, the lowest of
the saxhorns, in tone resembling the ophicleide. --Grove.
bombasinBombazine Bom`ba*zine", n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,
bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or
cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. ?. Cf.
Bombast, Bombycinous.]
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and
the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for
mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and
bombasine.] --Tomlinson. BombasineBombasine Bom`ba*sine", n.
Same as Bombazine. bombasineBombazine Bom`ba*zine", n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,
bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or
cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. ?. Cf.
Bombast, Bombycinous.]
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and
the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for
mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and
bombasine.] --Tomlinson. Bombast
Bombast Bom"bast, a.
High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent;
bombastic.
[He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly
stuffed with epithets of war. --Shak.
Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. --Cowley.
BombastBombast Bom"bast (b[o^]m"b[.a]st or b[u^]m"b[.a]st; 277), n.
[OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet
of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See
Bombazine.]
1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.]
A candle with a wick of bombast. --Lupton.
2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing
for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.]
How now, my sweet creature of bombast! --Shak.
Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of
bombast at least. --Stubbes.
3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language
above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. --Dryden. Bombast
Bombast Bom*bast" (b[o^]m*b[.a]st" or b[u^]m*b[.a]st"), v. t.
To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [Obs.]
Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed.
--Drayton.
BombasticBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. BombasticalBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. BombasticallyBombastic Bom*bas"tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas"tic*al, a.
Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. Bombastry
Bombastry Bom"bast*ry, n.
Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language;
fustian.
Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light,
soar highest of all. --Swift.
BombaxBombax Bom"bax, n. [LL., cotton. See Bombast, n.] (Bot.)
A genus of trees, called also the silkcotton tree; also, a
tree of the genus Bombax. Bombay duckDuck Duck, n. [OE. duke, doke. See Duck, v. t. ]
1. (Zool.) Any bird of the subfamily Anatin[ae], family
Anatid[ae].
Note: The genera and species are numerous. They are divided
into river ducks and sea ducks. Among the former
are the common domestic duck (Anas boschas); the wood
duck (Aix sponsa); the beautiful mandarin duck of
China (Dendronessa galeriliculata); the Muscovy duck,
originally of South America (Cairina moschata). Among
the sea ducks are the eider, canvasback, scoter, etc.
2. A sudden inclination of the bead or dropping of the
person, resembling the motion of a duck in water.
Here be, without duck or nod, Other trippings to be
trod. --Milton.
Bombay duck (Zo["o]l.), a fish. See Bummalo.
Buffel duck, or Spirit duck. See Buffel duck.
Duck ant (Zo["o]l.), a species of white ant in Jamaica
which builds large nests in trees.
Duck barnacle. (Zo["o]l.) See Goose barnacle.
Duck hawk. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) In the United States: The peregrine falcon.
(b) In England: The marsh harrier or moor buzzard.
Duck mole (Zo["o]l.), a small aquatic mammal of Australia,
having webbed feet and a bill resembling that of a duck
(Ornithorhynchus anatinus). It belongs the subclass
Monotremata and is remarkable for laying eggs like a bird
or reptile; -- called also duckbill, platypus,
mallangong, mullingong, tambreet, and water mole.
To make ducks and drakes, to throw a flat stone obliquely,
so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of
the water, raising a succession of jets Bombay duckBummalo Bum"ma*lo, n. [Native name.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India
as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck. Bombazet BombazetteBombazet Bombazette Bom`ba*zet" Bom`ba*zette", n. [Cf.
Bombazine.]
A sort of thin woolen cloth. It is of various colors, and may
be plain or twilled. BombazineBombazine Bom`ba*zine", n. [F. bombasin, LL. bombacinium,
bambacinium, L. bombycinus silken, bombycinum a silk or
cotton texture, fr. bombyx silk, silkworm, Gr. ?. Cf.
Bombast, Bombycinous.]
A twilled fabric for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and
the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for
mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and
bombasine.] --Tomlinson.
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