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n. [ From the castle and seigniory of Bourbon in central France. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A member of a family which has occupied several European thrones, and whose descendants still claim the throne of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A politician who is behind the age; a ruler or politician who neither forgets nor learns anything; an obstinate conservative. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate conservatism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bourde fib, lie, OF. borde, bourde, jest, joke. ] A jest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To jest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A jester. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. burdo mule, esp. one used for carrying litters. Cf. Sp. muleta a young she mule; also, crutch, prop. ] A pilgrim's staff. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Burden a refrain. ] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess. ] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in bourgeois type. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess. ] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [ France. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise. ] To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe and in Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen, OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. &unr_;. The root is prob. that of burn, v., because the source of a stream seems to issue forth bubbling and boiling from the earth. Cf. Torrent, and see Burn, v. ] A stream or rivulet; a burn. [ 1913 Webster ]

My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. borne. See Bound a limit. ] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point aimed at; goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the land slopes to its watery bourn. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveler returns. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sole bourn, sole wish, sole object of my song. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make the doctrine . . . their intellectual bourne. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a bourn or limit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Count Bournon, a mineralogist. ] (Min.) A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wheel ore), also massive. It is a sulphide of antimony, lead, and copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mus.) An old French dance tune in common time. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. bourse purse, exchange, LL. bursa, fr. Gr.&unr_; skin, hide, of which a purse was usually made. Cf. Purse, Burse. ] An exchange, or place where merchants, bankers, etc., meet for business at certain hours; esp., the Stock Exchange of Paris. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. common black-fruited shrub or small tree (Sambucus nigra) of Europe and Asia; -- the fruit is used for wines and jellies.
Syn. -- black elder, common elder, elderberry, European elder. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Calambac. ] A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A pun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named from the town of Coburg in Germany. ] A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A suburb of a French city; also, a district now within a city, but formerly without its walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as labor; -- British spelling. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

adj. 1. same as labored; -- British spelling [ Chiefly British ]
Syn. -- graceless, labored, strained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a laborer; someone who works with their hands. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- laborer, manual laborer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. characterized by toilsome effort; same as laborious; -- British spelling. [ Chiefly Brit. ]
Syn. -- arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a member of the British Labour Party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Luxembourg.
Syn. -- Luxemburger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Luxembourg (definition 2); as, Luxembourgian food. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Labor done with the hands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Same as neighbor, neighboring, neighborhood, neighborly. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. & v. See Tabor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of OF. tabor, tabour, drum. See Tabor. ] 1. Same as Taboret. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A seat without arms or back, cushioned and stuffed: a high stool; -- so called from its resemblance to a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An embroidery frame. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Right of the tabouret, the privilege of sitting on a tabouret in the presence of the severeign, formerly granted to certain ladies of high rank at the French court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Mus.) A kind of small flat drum; a tambourine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small frame, commonly circular, and somewhat resembling a tambourine, used for stretching, and firmly holding, a portion of cloth that is to be embroidered; also, the embroidery done upon such a frame; -- called also, in the latter sense, tambour work. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) Same as Drum, n., 2(d). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Fort.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Physiol.) A shallow metallic cup or drum, with a thin elastic membrane supporting a writing lever. Two or more of these are connected by an India rubber tube, and used to transmit and register the movements of the pulse or of any pulsating artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tamboured p. pr. & vb. n. Tambouring. ] To embroider on a tambour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Mus.) A stringed musical instrument resembling a lute but lacking frets, with a small round body and a long neck, used to produce an accompaniment for singing; -- called also tambur, tambour, and tampur. [ Also spelled tambura. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ F. See Tambourine. ] 1. A tambourine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) An old Provençal dance of a lively character, common on the stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. tambourin; cf. It. tamburino. See Tambour, and cf. Tamborine. ] A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel. [ 1913 Webster ]