<B>bondage, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>lack of freedom; slavery; servitude. <BR> <I>Ex. to love bondage more than liberty (Milton).</I> (SYN) serfdom. <DD><B> 2. </B>the condition of being under some power or influence. <BR> <I>Ex. (Figurative.) A drunkard is in bondage to alcohol.</I> (SYN) captivity, subjugation. </DL>
<A NAME="bonded">
<B>bonded, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>secured by bonds. <BR> <I>Ex. a bonded debt.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>put in a warehouse until taxes are paid. <BR> <I>Ex. Whiskey and tobacco are usually bonded goods.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bondedwarehouse">
<B>bonded warehouse,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a warehouse where bonded goods are held. </DL>
<A NAME="bondedwhiskey">
<B>bonded whiskey,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) whiskey that has been stored in barrels under bond for four or more years before being bottled. </DL>
<A NAME="bonder">
<B>bonder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a binding stone or brick. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who puts goods into bond or owns goods in bond. <DD><B> 3. </B>anything that holds two or more things together. </DL>
<A NAME="bonderize">
<B>bonderize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to put a protective coating on iron, steel, zinc, cadmium, or aluminum surfaces. </DL>
<A NAME="bondholder">
<B>bondholder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who owns a bond or bonds issued by a government or company; a creditor as distinguished from an owner (stockholder). </DL>
<A NAME="bondieuserie">
<B>bondieuserie, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> religious art work or artistry of inferior quality. </DL>
<A NAME="bondmaid">
<B>bondmaid, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a girl or woman slave. </DL>
<A NAME="bondman">
<B>bondman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a slave. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who belonged with the land and was sold with it in the Middle Ages; serf; villein. </DL>
<A NAME="bondpaper">
<B>bond paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> paper of superior manufacture, especially paper with a high rag content. </DL>
<A NAME="bondservant">
<B>bond servant,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a servant who must work for a period without pay. <DD><B> 2. </B>a slave. </DL>
<A NAME="bondslave">
<B>bondslave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who is in bondage or slavery. </DL>
<A NAME="bondsman">
<B>bondsman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who becomes responsible for another by giving a bond. <DD><B> 2. </B>a bondman. </DL>
<A NAME="bondstone">
<B>bondstone, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a stone extending through or partly through a wall, serving as a bond. </DL>
<A NAME="bonduc">
<B>bonduc, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a tropical shrub of the pea family with hard, gray seeds called "nicker nuts," which are used as beads; nicker. </DL>
<A NAME="bondwoman">
<B>bondwoman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-women.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a woman bondman. </DL>
<A NAME="bone">
<B>bone, </B>noun, verb, <B>boned,</B> <B>boning,</B> adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>one of the pieces of the skeleton of an animal with a backbone. <BR> <I>Ex. the bones of the hand, a beef bone for soup.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the hard substance of which bones are made. It consists of animal matter, ossein, and carbonate and phosphate of lime in varying proportions. <DD><B> 3. </B>something like bone. Ivory is sometimes called bone. <DD><B> 4. </B>any article manufactured of bone, ivory, or whalebone, especially a strip of whalebone used to stiffen garments. <DD><B> 5. </B>a pale beige. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to take bones out of. <BR> <I>Ex. We boned the fish before eating it.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to stiffen (garments) by putting in strips of whalebone, steel, or other springy material. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to apply oneself diligently or determinedly. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) to study hard. <DD><I>adj. </I> pale-beige. <DD><I>adv. </I> completely; totally; utterly. <BR> <I>Ex. a Europe weary, bone weary, of the wars (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>bones,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>(U.S. Slang.) dice. </I> <I>Ex. On the board he whirled a pair of bones (John Skelton).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>wooden clappers used in keeping time to music, especially as an accompaniment to a banjo or similar instrument. <BR> <I>Ex. Amateur negro melodists ... thumbed the banjo and rattled the bones (London Times).</I> <DD><B> c. </B>(sing. in use) an end man in a minstrel show, sometimes called "Mr. Bones"; a performer on the bones. <BR> <I>Ex. A single row of negro minstrels seated on chairs ... while at the end [is] Bones (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><B> d. </B>skeleton. <BR> <I>Ex. nothing but skin and bones.</I> <DD><B> e. </B>bodily frame; body; person. <BR> <I>Ex. Night hangs upon mine eyes, my bones would rest (Shakespeare).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>bone up on,</B> </I>to become familiar with. <BR> <I>Ex. to bone up on medieval art.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>feel</B> (or <B>feel it</B>) <B>in one's bones,</B> </I>to have a sure intuition of (something); feel certain about (something). <BR> <I>Ex. I felt in my bones no good could come of it (J. H. Beadle).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>have a bone to pick,</B> </I>to have cause for argument or complaint. <BR><I>expr. <B>make no bones about,</B> </I>(Informal.) to show no hesitation about; acknowledge readily. <BR> <I>Ex. The town's teenagers make no bones about their displeasure with the curfew (Parade).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>near the bone,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>very exacting or mean. </I> <I>Ex. The captain's unreasonably stern ideas of discipline were too near the bone and the crew rebelled.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>almost obscene. <BR> <I>Ex. The story was very near the bone and most embarrassing.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>throw a bone,</B> </I>to grant a concession so as to soothe or quiet. <BR> <I>Ex. He was also quick to throw a bone in the workers' direction, ordering the minimum wage ... doubled immediately (Time).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>to the bone,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>so as to strike the bone. </I> <I>Ex. He cut his finger to the bone.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) to the limit. <BR> <I>Ex. He slashed his expenditures to the bone, living like a pauper.</I> adj. <B>boneless.</B> adv. <B>bonelessly.</B> adj. <B>bonelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="boneash">
<B>bone ash,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> phosphate of lime. </DL>
<A NAME="boneblack">
<B>boneblack, </B>noun, or <B>bone black,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a black powder made by carbonizing bones in closed containers. It is used to remove color from liquids andas a coloring matter. </DL>
<A NAME="bonecell">
<B>bone cell,</B> <B>=osteoblast.</B></DL>
<A NAME="bonechina">
<B>bone china,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a type of strong, translucent chinaware made of clay mixed with bone ash. </DL>
<A NAME="boneconduction">
<B>bone conduction,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the conduction of sound waves to the auditory nerves of the cochlea via the bony part of the head. </DL>
<A NAME="boned">
<B>boned, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having a certain kind of bones. <BR> <I>Ex. Healthy livestock is usually larger boned than the sickly animals.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>with the bones removed. <BR> <I>Ex. boned fish ready to fry and eat.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="boned">
<B>-boned,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>having a certain kind of bones. <BR> <I>Ex. Big-boned = having big bones.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>furnished or stiffened with bone, especially whalebone. <BR> <I>Ex. a well-boned corset = a corset well stiffened with whalebone.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bonedry">
<B>bone-dry, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> very dry. </DL>
<A NAME="bonefat">
<B>bone fat,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> fatty matter, of soft, semisolid consistency, extracted from bones by melting or by the use of solvents, used as fertilizer. </DL>
<A NAME="bonefish">
<B>bonefish, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fishes</B> or (collectively) <B>-fish.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various game fishes found principally in southern and tropical waters. </DL>
<B>boneset, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a genus of plants of the composite family with flat clusters of white, rose, or purple flowers; thoroughwort. </DL>
<A NAME="bonesettea">
<B>boneset tea,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an infusion of boneset leaves used as an old-fashioned tonic. </DL>
<A NAME="bonesetter">
<B>bonesetter, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person whose work is setting broken bones. </DL>
<A NAME="boneshaker">
<B>bone shaker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an informal term for an early bicycle. <DD><B> 2. </B>a rough vehicle; rattletrap. </DL>
<A NAME="bonespavin">
<B>bone spavin,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a bony deposit or a growing together of the bones of the hock of a horse. </DL>
<A NAME="boneturquoise">
<B>bone turquoise,</B> <B>=odontolite.</B></DL>
<A NAME="boneyard">
<B>bone yard,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>(Informal.) <DD><B> a. </B>a place to which vehicles or pieces of unwanted machinery are sent for breaking up into scrap. <DD><B> b. </B>any place where unwanted, out-of-date things are kept. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) a cemetery. <DD><B> 3. </B>the extra playing pieces in some games, especially dominoes. </DL>
<A NAME="bonfire">
<B>bonfire, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a large fire built outdoors. <BR> <I>Ex. The boys made a bonfire of rubbish and driftwood at the beach picnic.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="bong">
<B>bong</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a dull, hollow sound, such as that of a large bell. <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to make or express with this sound. </DL>
<A NAME="bong">
<B>bong</B> (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a water pipe for smoking marijuana. <BR> <I>Ex. A bong is a long, vertical pipe with a large smoke chamber and a hole that creates a carburetor effect (New York Times Magazine).</I> </DL>
