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‖n. (Zool.) One of the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteor.) The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. In a swoon. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a swoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. babewin, baboin, fr. F. babouin, or LL. babewynus. Of unknown origin; cf. D. baviaan, G. pavian, baboon, F. babine lip of ape, dogs, etc., dial. G. bäppe mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the Old World Quadrumana, of the genera Cynocephalus and Papio; the dog-faced ape. Baboons have dog-like muzzles and large canine teeth, cheek pouches, a short tail, and naked callosities on the buttocks. They are mostly African. See Mandrill, and Chacma, and Drill an ape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Baboonish behavior. Marryat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballon, aug. of balle ball: cf. It. ballone. See 1st Ball, n., and cf. Pallone. ] 1. A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aërial navigation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A ball or globe on the top of a pillar, church, etc., as at St. Paul's, in London. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) A round vessel, usually with a short neck, to hold or receive whatever is distilled; a glass vessel of a spherical form. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Pyrotechnics) A bomb or shell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A game played with a large inflated ball. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Engraving) The outline inclosing words represented as coming from the mouth of a pictured figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air balloon, a balloon for aërial navigation. --
Balloon frame (Carp.), a house frame constructed altogether of small timber. --
Balloon net, a variety of woven lace in which the weft threads are twisted in a peculiar manner around the warp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take up in, or as if in, a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Swelled out like a balloon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who goes up in a balloon; an aëronaut. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A fish of the genus Diodon (such as Diodon holocanthus) or the genus Tetraodon, having the power of distending its body by taking air or water into its dilatable esophagus. It is similar to but smaller than the porcupinefish. See Globefish, and Bur fish. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them; the sport of riding in balloons.
balloonry (archaic) [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds (esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An aëronaut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; an older term for ballooning. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Sp. or Pg. barraca. See Barrack. ] A slave warehouse, or an inclosure where slaves are quartered temporarily. Du Chaillu. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. basson, fr. basse bass; or perh. fr. bas son low sound. See Bass a part in music. ] (Mus.) A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Its compass comprehends three octaves. For convenience of carriage it is divided into two parts; whence it is also called a fagot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A performer on the bassoon. Busby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Baton, and Baston. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bigarreau, fr. bigarré variegated. ] (Bot.) The large white-heart cherry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. blatero, -onis. ] A senseless babbler or boaster. [ Obs. ] “I hate such blatteroons.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

def>The second full moon occurring in the same month; -- derived from the expression once in a blue moon; as, we had a blue moon on January 31, 1999, and another in March. [ PJC ]

once in a blue moon very rarely; -- from the observation that the moon rarely has a bluish tint. In 1980, the phrase blue moon was applied to the second full moon of any month, because this phenomenon is unusual. This new meaning for blue moon, a long time, used primarily in the phrase once in a blue moon, has become widely accepted. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. bone, boin, a petition, fr. Icel. bōn; akin to Sw. & Dan. bän, AS. bēn, and perh. to E. ban; but influenced by F. bon good, fr. L. bonus. √86. See 2d Ban, Bounty. ] 1. A prayer or petition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For which to God he made so many an idle boon. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is asked or granted as a benefit or favor; a gift; a benefaction; a grant; a present. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every good gift and every perfect boon is from above. James i. 17 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. bon. See Boon, n. ] 1. Good; prosperous; as, boon voyage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Kind; bountiful; benign. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which . . . Nature boon
Poured forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Gay; merry; jovial; convivial. [ 1913 Webster ]

A boon companion, loving his bottle. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. boon, bune, been, Gael. & Ir. bunach coarse tow, fr. bun root, stubble. ] The woody portion flax, which is separated from the fiber as refuse matter by retting, braking, and scutching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a remote and undeveloped area; -- sometimes used deprecatingly.
Syn. -- backwoods, back country, hinterland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. 1. a braided cord made by hand by young scouts, used for various purposes, such as a hat cord or a key chain.

2. a useless, wasteful, or impractical project; -- especially one authorized by a government agency as a favor to partisans, to employ unemployed people, or in return for corrupt payments. [ PJC ]

v. to do useless, wasteful, or trivial work. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Daniel Boone, a noted American frontiersman, 1734-1820.
Syn. -- Daniel Boone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Bridoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bridon, from bride; of German origin. See Bridle, n. ] (Mil.) The snaffle and rein of a military bridle, which acts independently of the bit, at the pleasure of the rider. It is used in connection with a curb bit, which has its own rein. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat with buffoonery. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bouffon (cf. It. buffone, buffo, buffa, puff of wind, vanity, nonsense, trick), fr. bouffer to puff out, because the buffoons puffed out their cheeks for the amusement of the spectators. See Buffet a blow. ] A man who makes a practice of amusing others by low tricks, antic gestures, etc.; a droll; a mimic; a harlequin; a clown; a merry-andrew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of, or like, a buffoon. “Buffoon stories.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

To divert the audience with buffoon postures and antic dances. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act the part of a buffoon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Buffooneries [ F. bouffonnerie. ] The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor that it will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a “What makes you blush?” Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a buffoon; consisting in low jests or gestures. Blair. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practices of a buffoon; buffoonery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Low; vulgar. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Apish tricks and buffoonly discourse. Goodman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. caleçons (cf. It. calzoni breeches), fr. L. calceus shoe. ] Drawers. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cardon. The same word as F. cardon thistle, fr. L. carduus, cardus, LL. cardo. See 3d Card. ] (Bot.) A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of “Puck.” [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as comic strip. [ PJC ]

4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip. [ PJC ]

n. One skilled in drawing cartoons. [ 1913 Webster ]