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45 bon gré, mal gré
bois [Fr], wood. —bois barré, striped maple: Fr. Can. —bois blanc, lit.,
white wood; American linden: Fr. Can. —bois brûlé, lit., burned
wood; Canadian of mixed parentage, esp. of French and Indian
parentage; also, a burned forest clearing; a brûlée (q.v.): Fr. Can.
—bois de fer, lit., iron wood; the hop hornbeam: Fr. Can. —bois
inconnu, lit., unknown wood; the sugarberry: Louisiana. —bois pourri,
lit., rotten wood; the whippoorwill: Fr. Can. —bois puant, lit., stinking
wood; in Louisiana, the sycamore; in Fr. Canada, the hardy catalpa.
boiteux [Fr; fern, boiteuse], adj. lame; limping; η. lame person.
—attendre le boiteux, lit., to wait for the lame; wait for confirmatory
news; bide one's time.
boi velho, rêgo direito [Pg], an old ox plows straight.
boker tov [Heb], good morning.
bolero [Sp], Spanish dance and song in three-four time: music.
bombance [Fr], feasting; junketing; carousal. Cf. RIPAILLE. —faire
bombance, to feast; junket; carouse.
bombe [Fr], bombshell; bomb; cookery, a bomb-shaped mold, in two
halves; also, the dessert, usually iced, with which it is filled. —bombe
panachée, bomb of variegated ice cream; ice bomb: cookery.
bombilla [Sp], a small tube, with a strainer at one end, used in drinking
maté; elee, light bulb.
bom dia [Pg], good morning; good day.
bon [Fr; fern, bonne], good.
bona [L; pi], property. —bona fiscalía, fiscal (or public) property.
—bona mobilia, movable goods. —bona notabilia, noteworthy things.
—bona peritura, perishable goods. —bona vacantia, unclaimed goods;
property without an apparent owner: all law.
bon accueil [Fr], good reception.
bonae notae [L], meritorious.
bona fide [L], in good faith; genuine or genuinely: opposite of mala
fide. —bona fide polliceor, I promise in good faith: Cicero.
bona fides [L], good faith; honest intention: opposite of mala fides.
bona gratia [L], in all kindness.
bon ami [Fr; fern, bonne amie], good friend; also, sweetheart.
bona roba [It], lit., a fine gown; a courtesan.
bon avocat, mauvais voisin [Fr], good lawyer, bad neighbor.
bonbonnière [Fr], a fancy dish for candy; also, a neat or snug little
house.
bon bourgeois [Fr], substantial citizen; prosperous tradesman.
bon camerade [Fr], good comrade.
bon enfant [Fr], lit., good child; good fellow.
bongo [Sp], small drum played with the fingers: Cuba.
bon goût [Fr], good taste.
bon gré, mal gré [Fr], with good grace (or) ill grace; willing or unwilling;
willy-nilly.