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n. [ Aëro- + boat. ] A form of hydro-aëroplane; a flying boat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) An American singing bird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus). The male is black and white; the female is brown; -- called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire. Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less than 2% in nucleotide sequence.
Syn. -- pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp. [ PJC ]

n. See Caboose. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ ‖, n. [ Sp. cocobolo. ] (Bot.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_;, the part taken away in mutilation, fr. &unr_; to mutilate. ] (Anat. & Med.) A defect or malformation; esp., a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate. ] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroborated p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating ] [ L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust. ] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corroborated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. supported or established by evidence or proof; as, corroborated testimony is especially convincing.
Syn. -- substantiated, verified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. corroboration. ] 1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which corroborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. corroboratif. ] Tending to strengthen of confirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also corrobboree, corrobori, etc. ] [ Native name. ] 1. A nocturnal festivity with which the Australian aborigines celebrate tribal events of importance. Symbolic dances are given by the young men of the tribe, while the women act as musicians. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A song or chant made for such a festivity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. A festivity or social gathering, esp. one of a noisy or uproarious character; hence, tumult; uproar. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. & v. See Corroboree. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Discoboli [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a discu + &unr_; to throw. ] (Fine Arts) (a) A thrower of the discus. (b) A statue of an athlete holding the discus, or about to throw it. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Discobolus of Myron was a famous statue of antiquity, and several copies or imitations of it have been preserved. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. pl. [ Russ. dukhobortsy spirit wrestlers; dukh spirit + bortsy wrestlers. ] A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov. They believe that Christ was wholly human, but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals. They accept the Ten Commandments and the “useful” portions of the Bible, but deny the need of rulers, priests, or churches, and have no confessions, icons, or marriage ceremonies. They are communistic, opposed to any violence, and unwilling to use the labor of animals. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See Raskolnik, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. fluoborate. ] (Chem.) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fluo- boric: cf. F. fluoborique. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consisting essentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also borofluoric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) See Borofluoride.

a. [ L. globosus. ] Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a globular manner; globularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. globositas: cf. F. globosité. ] Sphericity. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Globose. ] Spherical. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + &unr_; to feed.] (Zool.) A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.
Syn. -- family Hippoboscidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Hobos or Hoboes /plu>. [ Of uncertain origin. ] A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging for a living. [ U. S. ] -- Ho"bo*ism n.
Syn. -- tramp; bum; vagrant; knight of the road. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

adv. See Hobnob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hautboy or oboe. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a throwing under, a suggesting; &unr_; under + &unr_; to throw. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., perh. orig., house god, hose protector. See Cobalt ] A kind of domestic spirit in German mythology, corresponding to the Scottish brownie and the English Robin Goodfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lobe. ] (Zool.) An order of Rhizopoda, in which the pseudopodia are thick and irregular in form, as in the Amœba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type genus of the Lobotidae.
Syn. -- genus Lobotes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A natural family of fishes including the tripletails.
Syn. -- family Lobotidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med., Surgery) The surgical interruption of nerve tracts to and from the frontal lobe of the brain, by cutting into the brain.
Syn. -- prefrontal lobotomy, prefrontal leucotomy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ From a district in the Island of Martinique where it is made: cf. F. macouba. ] A kind of snuff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy. ] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or relating to, a mobocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. myrobalanum the fruit of a palm tree from which a balsam was made, Gr. myroba`lanos; my`ron any sweet juice distilling from plants, any prepared unguent or sweet oil + ba`lanos an acorn or any similar fruit: cf. F. myrobolan. ] A dried astringent fruit much resembling a prune. It contains tannin, and was formerly used in medicine, but is now chiefly used in tanning and dyeing. Myrobolans are produced by various species of Terminalia of the East Indies, and of Spondias of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Nobodies [ No, a. + body. ] 1. No person; no one; not anybody. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It., fr. F. hautbois. See Hautboy. ] (Mus.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oboe d'amore [ It., lit., oboe of love ], and
Oboe di caccia [ It., lit., oboe of the chase ], are names of obsolete modifications of the oboe, often found in the scores of Bach and Handel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A performer on the oboe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Obolus. ] Possessing only small coins; impoverished. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. obole. See Obolus. ] (Old Pharm.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple. [ Written also obol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Obelize. [ 1913 Webster ]