(dated, Ireland, now literary) Alternative form of by God
begroan
begroan
verb
(transitive) To groan about; bewail; groan at.
bengola
bengola
noun
A Bengal light.
beograd
bergamo
blocage
blocage
noun
(architecture) The roughest and cheapest sort of rubblework, in masonry.
boagane
boatage
boatage
noun
A charge for transporting goods by boat.
Conveyance by boat.
The total capacity of boats, as of lifeboats on a ship.
bodegas
bodegas
noun
plural of bodega
bodrage
bodrage
noun
(obsolete) A raid.
bogarde
bogbean
bogbean
noun
buckbean
boltage
bondage
bondage
noun
(attributive) Applied to clothing with many buckles, zips, etc., associated with punk and goth subcultures.
(by extension) The state of lacking freedom; constraint.
The practice of physically restraining people for sexual pleasure, such as by tying up or shackling.
The state of being enslaved or the practice of slavery.
boomage
boomage
noun
A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.
A fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.
borages
borages
noun
plural of borage
bordage
bordage
noun
The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
boregat
boscage
boscage
noun
(art) Among painters, a picture depicting a wooded scene.
(law) Mast-nuts of forest trees, used as food for pigs, or any such sustenance as wood and trees yield to cattle.
A place set with trees or mass of shrubbery, a grove or thicket.
A tax on wood.
boskage
boskage
noun
Alternative form of boscage
bossage
bossage
noun
(architecture) A rough, unfinished stone block, which is left projecting from the wall of a building to be later sculpted.
bottega
bottega
noun
A workshop or studio in Italy.
bourage
brocage
brocage
noun
Obsolete form of brokerage.
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
buoyage
buoyage
noun
(nautical) Any of several codes of practice under which buoys of various shapes and colours are used for the same navigational purpose.
A series of buoys or floating beacons to mark the course for vessels.
camboge
camboge
noun
Alternative form of gamboge.
cauboge
dogbane
dogbane
noun
Any plant in the genus Apocynum, eponymous of the dogbane family Apocynaceae
embargo
embargo
noun
A ban on trade with another country.
A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
verb
(transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.
(transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
gamboge
gamboge
adj
Of a deep yellow colour.
noun
A deep yellow colour.
One of several species of trees of the genus Garcinia found in South and Southeastern Asia, especially Garcinia xanthochymus.
The resin of the gamboge tree; a preparation of the resin used as a pigment or for medicinal purposes.
gambone
gazebos
gazebos
noun
plural of gazebo
gearbox
gearbox
noun
An enclosed gear train.
That part of a car's transmission containing the train of gears, and to which the gear lever is connected.
globate
globate
adj
Having the form of a globe; spherical.
maegbot
maegbot
noun
(historical) A bot or fine paid to the near kinsmen of a slain man as compensation.
If a man was slain a special manbot, or compensation for the loss of a man, had to be paid to the lord side by side with the mægbot to the kin. — NYT, Daily Lexeme: Maegbot, 2011 - (quoting H.R. Loyns, 1962)
magbote
magbote
noun
Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
nosebag
nosebag
noun
(informal) A nosy person.
(informal) Food.
A round sack or bag to feed for a horse, mule, ox or alike animal. Usually made of canvas sides and leather bottom slipped over the nose and attached to harness by a strong strap, rope or string. Designed to feed animal in public areas and to eliminate spillage from eating.
pageboy
pageboy
noun
(now frequently historical) A boy who serves as a page.
A shoulder-length hairstyle with the ends of the hair curled under.
A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.