BPage 217
- English Word Bookman Definition A studious man; a scholar.
- English Word Bookmark Definition Something placed in a book to guide in finding a particular page or passage; also, a label in a book to designate the owner; a bookplate.
- English Word Bookmate Definition A schoolfellow; an associate in study.
- English Word Bookmen Definition of Bookman
- English Word Bookmonger Definition A dealer in books.
- English Word Bookplate Definition A label, placed upon or in a book, showing its ownership or its position in a library.
- English Word Bookseller Definition One who sells books.
- English Word Bookselling Definition The employment of selling books.
- English Word Bookshelf Definition A shelf to hold books.
- English Word Bookshelves Definition of Bookshelf
- English Word Bookshop Definition A bookseller's shop.
- English Word Bookstall Definition A stall or stand where books are sold.
- English Word Bookstand Definition A place or stand for the sale of books in the streets; a bookstall.
- English Word Bookstand Definition A stand to hold books for reading or reference.
- English Word Bookstore Definition A store where books are kept for sale; -- called in England a bookseller's shop.
- English Word Bookwork Definition Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work.
- English Word Bookwork Definition Study; application to books.
- English Word Bookworm Definition Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known.
- English Word Bookworm Definition A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation.
- English Word Booky Definition Bookish.
- English Word Boolies Definition of Booly
- English Word Booly Definition A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.
- English Word Boom Definition A long pole or spar, run out for the purpose of extending the bottom of a particular sail; as, the jib boom, the studding-sail boom, etc.
- English Word Boom Definition A long spar or beam, projecting from the mast of a derrick, from the outer end of which the body to be lifted is suspended.
- English Word Boom Definition A pole with a conspicuous top, set up to mark the channel in a river or harbor.
- English Word Boom Definition A strong chain cable, or line of spars bound together, extended across a river or the mouth of a harbor, to obstruct navigation or passage.
- English Word Boom Definition A line of connected floating timbers stretched across a river, or inclosing an area of water, to keep saw logs, etc., from floating away.
- English Word Boom Definition To extend, or push, with a boom or pole; as, to boom out a sail; to boom off a boat.
- English Word Boom Definition To cry with a hollow note; to make a hollow sound, as the bittern, and some insects.
- English Word Boom Definition To make a hollow sound, as of waves or cannon.