English language -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.; English literature; Readers; Recitations
BO'ATMAN, _s._ he that manages a boat
BO'DY, _s._ material substance of an animal; matter; person; collective
mass; main part; main army
BO'RDER, _s._ edge; edge of a country; a bank raised round a garden and
set with flowers
BO'UNTEOUS, _a._ liberal; kind; generous
BOUQUE'T, _s._ (pronounced _boo-kay_) a nosegay
BOWSPRI'T, _s._ (a sea term) the mast that runs out at the bow of a ship
BRA'CELET, _s._ an ornament for the arms
BRA'CH, _s._ a she hound
BRA'CKISH, _a._ salt; somewhat salt
BRI'LLIANCY, _s._ brightness; lustre
BRI'LLIANT, _s._ a diamond of the finest cut
BRI'LLIANT, _a._ shining; sparkling; full of lustre
BU'BBLE, _s._ a small bladder of water; anything which wants solidity
and firmness
BU'LKY, _a._ of great size or stature
BU'LWARK, _s._ a fortification; a security
BUO'YANCY, _s._ the quality of floating
BU'RDENSOME, _a._ grievous
BU'RIAL, _s._ interment; the act of putting anything under earth or
water
BU'RY, _v.a._ inter; put in the grave; conceal
BU'TTRESS, _s._ a prop; a wall built to support another
CA'DENCE, _s._ the fall of the voice; state of sinking, decline
CALA'MITY, _s._ misfortune; cause of misery; distress
CA'LCULATE, _v.a._ reckon; adjust
CAL'CULA'TION, _s._ a practice or manner of reckoning; a reckoning
CA'LEDO'NIANS, _s._ the ancient inhabitants of Scotland
CAMPA'IGN, _s._ a large, open, level tract of land; the time for which
any army keeps the field
CA'NADA, _s._ a province of the British possessions in America
CANA'L, _s._ any course of water made by art; a passage through which
any of the juices of the body flow
CANA'RY, _s._ an excellent singing-bird--so called from its native
place, the Canary Islands
CA'NNIBAL, _s._ a savage that eats his fellow-men taken in war
CA'PABLE, _a._ susceptible; intelligent; qualified for; able to receive;
capacious; able to understand
CAPA'CIOUS, _a._ wide; large
CAPA'CITY, _s._ power; ability; state; condition; character
CAPERCA'ILZIE, _s._ (pronounced _cap-per-kail-zeh_) cock of the wood
CA'PITAL, _s._ the upper part of a pillar; the chief city of a nation or
kingdom
CA'PITAL, _a._ applied to letters--large, such as are written at the
beginning or heads of books
CA'PTAIN, _s._ a chief commander
CA'PTIVE, _s._ a prisoner
CAPTI'VITY, _s._ imprisonment; subjection by the fate of war; bondage;
slavery; servitude
CA'PTURE, _v.a._ take prisoner; bring into a condition of servitude
CA'RAVAN, _s._ a conveyance; a troop or body of merchants or pilgrims,
as they travel in the East
CARE'ER, _s._ a course; full speed; course of action
CA'RGO, _s._ the lading of a ship
CARNI'VOROUS, _a._ flesh-eating
CA'ROB, _s._ a plant bearing a nutritious fruit so called
CA'RRIAGE, _s._ the act of carrying or transporting; vehicle; conduct
CA'RRION, _s._ the carcase of something not proper for food
CA'RRONA'DE, _s._ a short iron cannon
CA'RRY, _v.a._ convey from a place; transport; bring forward; bear
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