‖ [ F., bow wood. So called because used for bows by the Western Indians. ] (Bot.) The Osage orange (Maclura aurantiaca). [ 1913 Webster ]
The bois d'arc seems to be the characteristic growth of the black prairies. U. S. Census (1880). [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ [ F., hardened wood. ] A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. boiste, F. boîte, from the same root as E. box. ] A box. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious. ]
The waters swell before a boisterous storm. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The brute and boisterous force of violent men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
I like not that loud, boisterous man. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
The heat becomes too powerful and boisterous for them. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a boisterous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being boisterous; turbulence; disorder; tumultuousness. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Rough or rude; coarse; strong; violent; boisterous; noisy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --