Bourbonism
(Bour"bon*ism) n. The principles of those adhering to the house of Bourbon; obstinate
conservatism.
Bourbonist
(Bour"bon*ist), n. One who adheres to the house of Bourbon; a legitimist.
Bourbon whisky
(Bour"bon whis"ky). See under Whisky.
Bourd
(Bourd) n. [F. bourde fib, lie, OF. borde, bourde, jest, joke.] A jest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bourd
(Bourd) v. i. To jest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Bourder
(Bourd"er) n. A jester. [Obs.]
Bourdon
(Bour"don) 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.
Bourdon
(||Bour"don`) 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.
Bourgeois
(Bour*geois") 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.
This line is printed in bourgeois type.
Bourgeois
(||Bour*geois") n. [F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess.] A man of middle
rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [France.]
a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France.
Bourgeoisie
(||Bour*geoi*sie"), n. [F.] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in,
or dependent on, trade.
Bourgeon
(Bour"geon) 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.
Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow.
Sir W. Scott.
Bouri
(||Bou"ri) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A mullet (Mugil capito) found in the rivers of Southern Europe
and in Africa.
Bourn
(Bourn, Bourne) n. [OE. burne, borne, AS. burna; akin to OS. brunno spring, G. born, brunnen,
OHG. prunno, Goth. brunna, Icel. brunnr, and perh. to Gr. . 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.
My little boat can safely pass this perilous bourn.
Spenser.
Bourn
(Bourn, Bourne) n. [F. borne. See Bound a limit.] A bound; a boundary; a limit. Hence: Point
