Chapter Boastingly to Bodice of B by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Bobfly
(Bob"fly`) n. (Fishing) The fly at the end of the leader; an end fly.

Bobolink
(Bob"o*link`) n. (Zoöl.) An American singing bird The male is black and white; the female is brown; — called also, ricebird, reedbird, and Boblincoln.

The happiest bird of our spring is the bobolink.
W. Irving.

Bobsled
(Bob"sled` Bob"sleigh`) n. A short sled, mostly used as one of a pair connected by a reach or coupling; also, the compound sled so formed. [U. S.]

The long wagon body set on bobsleds.
W. D. Howells.

Bobstay
(Bob"stay`) n. [Bob + stay.] (Naut.) A rope or chain to confine the bowsprit of a ship downward to the stem or cutwater; — usually in the pl.

Bobtail
(Bob"tail`) n. [Bob + tail.] An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail.

Rag, tag, and bobtail, the rabble.

Bobtail
(Bob"tail`), a. Bobtailed. "Bobtail cur." Marryat.

Bobtailed
(Bob"tailed`) a. Having the tail cut short, or naturally short; curtailed; as, a bobtailed horse or dog; a bobtailed coat.

Bobwhite
(Bob"white`) n. (Zoöl.) The common quail of North America (Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus); — so called from its note.

Bob wig
(Bob" wig`) A short wig with bobs or short curls; — called also bobtail wig. Spectator.

Bocal
(Bo"cal) n. [F.] A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck.

Bocardo
(Bo*car"do) n. [A mnemonic word.]

1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative.

Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians.
Bowen.

2. A prison; — originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [Eng.] Latimer.

Bocasine
(Boc"a*sine) n. [F. bocassin, boucassin.] A sort of fine buckram.

Bocca
(||Boc"ca) n. [It., mouth.] The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out. Craig.

Boce
(Boce) n. [L. box, bocis, Gr. bo`ax, bw^x.] (Zoöl.) A European fish having a compressed body and bright colors; — called also box, and bogue.

Bock beer
(Bock" beer`) [G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; — said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [Also written buck beer.]

Bockelet
(Bock"e*let) n. (Zoöl.) A kind of long-winged hawk; — called also bockerel, and bockeret. [Obs.]

Bockey
(Bock"ey) n. [D. bokaal.] A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [Local, New York] Bartlett.