n. [ It. bambocciata, fr. Bamboccio a nickname of Peter Van Laer, a Dutch genre painter; properly, a child, simpleton, puppet, fr. bambo silly. ] (Paint.) A representation of a grotesque scene from common or rustic life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A cylindrical glass vessel, with a large and short neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A mnemonic word. ] 1. (Logic) A form of syllogism of which the first and third propositions are particular negatives, and the middle term a universal affirmative. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baroko and Bocardo have been stumbling blocks to the logicians. Bowen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A prison; -- originally the name of the old north gate in Oxford, which was used as a prison. [ Eng. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bocassin, boucassin. ] A sort of fine buckram. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., mouth. ] The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. box, bocis, Gr. bo`ax, bw^x. ] (Zool.) A European fish (Box vulgaris), having a compressed body and bright colors; -- called also box, and bogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat. ] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [ Also written buck beer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A kind of long-winged hawk; -- called also bockerel, and bockeret. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. bokaal. ] A bowl or vessel made from a gourd. [ Local, New York ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bookland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. bōcland; bōc book + land land. ] (O. Eng. Law) Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. caboche head. Cf. 1st Cabbage. ] (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [ Written also caboshed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖a. [ see cabochon, n.. ] (Jewelry) Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon. [ PJC ]

n. Carbuncle. [ Written also Charboncle. ] [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. kleen little, small + bok buck. ] (Zool.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at the shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A linsey-woolsey fabric having a rough knotted surface on the right side; used for women's dresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ capitalized ] prop. n. [ From Diedrich KNickerbocker, the fictional author of The History of New York, in fact written by Washington Irving. ] A descendent of the early Dutch colonists of the New York City area; -- used mostly as a nickname for an inhabitant of New York state or especially New York City. [ PJC ]

n. pl. The name for a style of short breeches; smallclothes; called also knickers. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Bot.) (a) Amboyna wood. (b) Sandalwood (Santalum album). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of cedarlike cypresses.
Syn. -- genus Libocedrus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy. ] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, or relating to, a mobocracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. reebok roebuck. ] (Zool.) The peele. [ Written also reebok. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. riet reed + bok buck. ] (Zool.) The reedbuck, a South African antelope (Cervicapra arundinacea); -- so called from its frequenting dry places covered with high grass or reeds. Its color is yellowish brown. Called also inghalla, and rietbok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Snob + -cracy, as in aristocracy, mobocracy. ] Snobs, collectively. [ Hybrid & Recent ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. stein stone + bock buck, D. bok. Cf. Steenbok. ] (Zool.) (a) The European ibex. (b) A small South African antelope (Nanotragus tragulus) which frequents dry, rocky districts; -- called also steenbok. [ Written also steinboc, and steinbok; also called stonebock, and stonebuck. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Containing one part of eight; having the ratio of one to eight. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. sub + ocular: cf. L. subocularis. ] (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]