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- 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.
- English Word Boroughmonger Definition One who buys or sells the parliamentary seats of boroughs.
- English Word Boroughmongering Definition Alt. of Boroughmongery
- English Word Boroughmongery Definition The practices of a boroughmonger.
- English Word Borracho Definition See Borachio.
- English Word Borrage Definition Alt. of Borraginaceous
- English Word Borraginaceous Definition See Borage, n., etc.
- English Word Borrel Definition Coarse woolen cloth; hence, coarse clothing; a garment.
- English Word Borrel Definition A kind of light stuff, of silk and wool.
- English Word Borrel Definition Ignorant, unlearned; belonging to the laity.
- English Word Borrow Definition To receive from another as a loan, with the implied or expressed intention of returning the identical article or its equivalent in kind; -- the opposite of lend.
- English Word Borrow Definition To take (one or more) from the next higher denomination in order to add it to the next lower; -- a term of subtraction when the figure of the subtrahend is larger than the corresponding one of the minuend.
- English Word Borrow Definition To copy or imitate; to adopt; as, to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another.
- English Word Borrow Definition To feign or counterfeit.
- English Word Borrow Definition To receive; to take; to derive.
- English Word Borrow Definition Something deposited as security; a pledge; a surety; a hostage.
- English Word Borrow Definition The act of borrowing.
- English Word Borrowed Definition of Borrow
- English Word Borrower Definition One who borrows.
- English Word Borrowing Definition of Borrow
- English Word Borsholder Definition The head or chief of a tithing, or borough (see 2d Borough); the headborough; a parish constable.