Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and IndexesChaucer, Geoffrey
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Chaucer's Works, Volume 6 — Introduction, Glossary, and Indexes
Chaucer, Geoffrey
English poetry -- Middle English, 1100-1500
B['O]['O]K, _s._ book, A 185, B 52; Boke, _dat._ R. 998; 3. 52; Bokes,
_pl._ A 294, 1198, B 3499; B 1. p 5. 30.
B[`O][`O]N, _s._ bone, R. 1059; 3. 940; A 1177, B 3090, 4589; ivory, T. ii.
926; B[`o]nes, _pl._ bones, A 546, 700; _by goddes b._, by the bones of
Christ, B 3087 (cf. 3096).
B[`O][`O]R, _s._ boar, A 2070, B 2516, 3299, D 1829; L. 980, 1121; B 4. m
3. 8, m 7. 39; T. iii. 1780, v. 1238, 1454; Bores, _gen. sing._ boar's, B
2060; Bores, _pl._ A 1658, 1699.
B[`O][`O]ST, _s._ loud talk, A 4001; noise, _hence_, boast, L. 267; pride,
B 3289; boasting, C 764; Bost, boasting, 4. 37; noise, outcry, L. 887 (see
note); boast, B 401; pride, swelling, G 441.
B[`O][`O]T, _s._ boat, T. i. 416, ii. 3; E 1424, F 994.
B['O]['O]T, _s._ help, remedy, T. iii. 1208. See BOTE.
BOOT, _pt. s. of_ Byte.
BORAS, _s._ borax, A 630, G 790. '_Borax_, biborate of soda; a salt formed
by a combination of boracic acid with soda'; Webster.
BORD, _s._ table, A 52 (see note), B 430; 4033, D 2167, E 3, F 79; plank,
3. 74; board, i.e. meals, G 1017; _to b._, to board, A 3188, D 528; _into
shippes bord_, on board the ship, A 3585; _over-bord_, overboard, B 922.
BORDELS, _s. pl._ brothels, I 885.
BORDEL-WOMEN, _pl._ women of the brothel, I 976.
BORDURE, _s._ border, B 1. p 1. 20; raised rim on the front of an
astrolabe, A. i. 4. 2, 16. 1; ii. 38. 2; Border, R. 1465.
BORE, _s._ bore, hole, T. iii. 1453.
BORE, Boren, _pp. of_ Bere.
BOREL, _s._ garment, cloth clothes, D 356; Borel men, laymen, B 3145 (see
note). See BUREL.
BORES; see BOOR.
BORKEN, _pp. of_ Berke.
BORN, _pp. of_ Bere.
BORNE, _v._; Borneth, _pr. s._ burnishes, smoothes, T. i. 327. See BURNE.
BORWE, _s._ pledge, A 1622; Borow, T. ii. 134; Borw, T. i. 1038; _to
borwe_, in pledge, as a pledge, T. v. 1664, L. 2105; A 1622, F 596, 1234;
_leyd to borwe_, laid in pledge, pawned, T. ii. 963; _to borowe_, for
surety, 4. 205; _to borow_, 4. 9; _Venus here to borwe_, Venus being your
pledge, T. ii. 1524; Borwes, _pl._ sureties, B 2997. A.S. _borh_.
BORWE, _v._ borrow, B 105; _ger._ 6. 10.
BOS, _s._ boss, A 3266. See BOCE.
BOSOM, _s._ T. ii. 1155; D 1993.
BOSSES, _pl._ bushes, B 3, m 1. 2 _n_. See BUSH.
BOST, _s._; see BOOST.
B[`O]STE, _v._ boast; Bosteth, _pr. s._ D 1672, I 393; Bosten, _2 pr. pl._
B 3. m 6. 7; Bosted, _pt. s._ L. 1262.
B['O]TE, _s._ good, benefit, D 472; remedy, profit, 3. 38; HF. 32; A 424, B
2183, F 154; L. 1992; advantage, T. i. 352; healing, T. i. 763; help, T.
ii. 345; L. 1076, 2710; healer, 22. 45; relief,G 1481; salvation, B 1656;
_doth b._, gives the remedy for, 5. 276; _for b. ne bale_, for good nor for
ill, 3. 227. See BOOT.
BOTEL, _s._ bottle (of hay), H 14; bottle, D 1931; _pl._ Botels, bottles, C
871.
BOTELEES, _adj._ without remedy, T. i. 782.
BOTELER, _s._ butler, HF. 592; B 4324.
BOTERFLYE, _s._ butterfly, B 3980, 4464, E 2304.
BOTES, _pl._ boots, A 203, 273.
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