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Boas
(gcide) | Boa \Bo"a\ (b[=o]"[.a]), n.; pl. Boas. [L. boa a kind of water
serpent. Perh. fr. bos an ox.]
1. (Zool.) A genus of large American serpents, including the
boa constrictor, the emperor boa of Mexico ({Boa
imperator}), and the chevalier boa of Peru (Boa eques).
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Note: The name is also applied to related genera; as, the
dog-headed boa (Xiphosoma caninum).
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2. A long, round fur tippet; -- so called from its
resemblance in shape to the boa constrictor.
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boast
(encz) | boast,honosit v: Zdeněk Brožboast,chlouba n: Zdeněk Brožboast,chlubení n: Zdeněk Brožboast,naparovat se Zdeněk Brožboast,pochlubit se boast,pýcha n: Zdeněk Brožboast,pyšnit se Zdeněk Brožboast,vychloubání n: Zdeněk Brož |
boasted
(encz) | boasted,chvástal v: Zdeněk Brož |
boaster
(encz) | boaster,chlubílek n: Zdeněk Brožboaster,chvastoun n: Zdeněk Brož |
boastful
(encz) | boastful,chlubivý adj: Zdeněk Brožboastful,vychloubačný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
boastfulness
(encz) | boastfulness,chlubivost n: Zdeněk Brožboastfulness,vychloubačnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
boasting
(encz) | boasting,chvástání n: Zdeněk Brožboasting,sebechvála n: Zdeněk Brož |
boasts
(encz) | boasts,chvástá v: Zdeněk Brož |
outboast
(encz) | outboast, |
Boast
(gcide) | Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W.
bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
be from English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast. --Eph. ii. 8,
9.
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2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
exult.
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In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8
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Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
[1913 Webster]Boast \Boast\, v. t.
1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with
pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to
self-commendation; to extol.
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Lest bad men should boast
Their specious deeds. --Milton.
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2. To display vaingloriously.
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3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name.
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To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence
in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the
thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic]
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow. --Prov. xxvii.
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[1913 Webster]Boast \Boast\, v. t. [Of uncertain etymology.]
1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.
--Weale.
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2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer
work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
[1913 Webster]Boast \Boast\, n.
1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging.
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Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! --Byron.
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2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, --
sometimes of laudable pride or exultation.
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The boast of historians. --Macaulay.
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Boastance
(gcide) | Boastance \Boast"ance\, n.
Boasting. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Boasted
(gcide) | Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W.
bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
be from English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast. --Eph. ii. 8,
9.
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2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
exult.
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In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8
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Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
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Boaster
(gcide) | Boaster \Boast"er\, n.
One who boasts; a braggart.
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A stone mason's broad-faced chisel.
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Boastful
(gcide) | Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.
Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;
vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. --
Boast"ful*ness, n.
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Boastfully
(gcide) | Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.
Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;
vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. --
Boast"ful*ness, n.
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Boastfulness
(gcide) | Boastful \Boast"ful\, a.
Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting;
vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. --
Boast"ful*ness, n.
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Boasting
(gcide) | Boast \Boast\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boasting.] [OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n.,
noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten,
Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. p["o]sa to swell; or W.
bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may
be from English.]
1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which
are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self
or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of
one's exploits courage, descent, wealth.
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By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should
boast. --Eph. ii. 8,
9.
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2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to
exult.
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In God we boast all the day long. --Ps. xliv. 8
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Syn: To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big.
[1913 Webster]Boasting \Boast"ing\, n.
The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking;
ostentatious display.
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When boasting ends, then dignity begins. --Young.
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Boastingly
(gcide) | Boastingly \Boast"ing*ly\, adv.
Boastfully; with boasting. "He boastingly tells you."
--Burke.
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Boastive
(gcide) | Boastive \Boast"ive\, a.
Presumptuous. [R.]
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Boastless
(gcide) | Boastless \Boast"less\, a.
Without boasting or ostentation.
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