Lexicon: blush – boddice

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blush, n. [see blush, v.] (webplay: bear, cheeks, face, rosy).

Flush; redness; ruddiness; [fig.] color; glow; radiance; bloom; energy; life.

blush (-es, -ing), v. [origin uncertain.] (webplay: ashamed, bear, cheeks, love, soft).

  1. Flush; redden; color; become red in the face; be embarrassed; be disgraced; feel shame; (see Ezra 9:6).
  2. Glow; emit a deep red; burn slowly without producing flame.

blushing, verbal adj. [see blush, v.]

Red; flushing; brightly colored; [fig.] affected; animated; active; stirred up; emotionally stimulated.

Boanerges, proper n. [Chaldee, 'sons of commotion'; Aramaic, 'sons of thunder'.]

James and John (see Mark 3:17); nickname that Christ gave to the two sons of Zebedee; [fig.] disciple; apostolic messenger; loud orator; vociferous preacher; subject of an 1858 biographical sketch by James Challen.

board (-s), n. [OE bord.] (webplay: building).

  1. Plank; piece of wood; long, thin piece of timber; [fig.] carpentry; construction; (see 1 Kings 6:9-16).
  2. Table; flat surface on which food is placed for a meal; [fig.] food; meals.

boast (-ing, -s), v. [ME] (webplay: glory, pride, riches, toss, vaunt, worth).

  1. Brag; vaunt oneself; promote oneself; be prideful; (see 2 Timothy 3:2).
  2. Flaunt; display; advertise; show off; brag about; be proud of; be happy to have; think of as an advantage; say that one possess; (see Psalm 49:6).

boat, n. [OE bát.] (webplay: craft, little, mast, sail).

  1. Small ship; water craft; open vessel propelled across water by oars or a sail (see John 6:23); [fig.] mortal being; life; soul; vulnerable person.
  2. Ark; bark; [fig.] body; shape; figure; form; frame.

Bobadilo, proper n. [Variant spelling of “Bobadilla” < Arabic.]

Village in Spain; town on the western coast of El Salvador; Francisco de Bobadilla (d. 1502); Spanish governor of Santo Domingo who ordered the arrest of Christopher Columbus and sent him back to Spain in chains; [fig.] autocrat; wealthy man; powerful leader.

bobolink (-s), n. [Mod. Eng. > Bob o' Lincoln, imitative of the bird's call.] (webplay: name, reed-bird).

Songbird; North American bird of the Dolichonyx oryzivorus species; small, migrating North American bird; [fig.] mourner; singer; funerary vocalist.

boddice, n. [variant spelling of 'bodice' < 'bodies'; see body, n.]

Blouse; upper portion of a dress; tight-fitting outer waistcoat worn by women; [fig.] bosom; chest; upper torso; top front body part.