n. [ Gr. 'amfi`bolos doubtful, equivocal, fr. 'amfiba`llein to throw round, to doubt: cf. F. amphibole. Haüy so named the genus from the great variety of color and composition assumed by the mineral. ] (Min.) A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bole, fr. Icel. bolr; akin to Sw. bål, Dan. bul, trunk, stem of a tree, G. bohle a thick plank or board; cf. LG. boll round. Cf. Bulge. ] The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enormous elm-tree boles did stoop and lean. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etym. doubtful. ] An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Open the bole wi'speed, that I may see if this be the right Lord Geraldin. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A measure. See Boll, n., 2. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a clod or lump of earth: cf. F. bol, and also L. bolus morsel. Cf. Bolus. ] 1. Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bolus; a dose. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Armenian bole. See under Armenian. --
Bole Armoniac, or
Armoniak, Armenian bole. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A projecting molding round a panel. Same as Bilection. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] (Mus.) 1. A Spanish dance, or the lively music which accompanies it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of small outer jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any fungus of the family Boletaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the Boletus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boletic acid, an acid obtained from the Boletus fomentarius, variety pseudo-igniarius. Same as Fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. boletus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) A genus of fungi having the under side of the pileus or cap composed of a multitude of fine separate tubes. A few are edible, and others very poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Booly. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ekbolh` a throwing out, a digression, fr. 'ekba`llein to throw out; 'ek out of + ba`llein to throw. ] (Rhet.) A digression in which a person is introduced speaking his own words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr "yperbolh`, prop., an overshooting, excess, fr. Gr. "yperba`llein to throw over or beyond; "ype`r over + ba`llein to throw. See Hyper-, Parable, and cf. Hyperbola.] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect. [1913 Webster]

Our common forms of compliment are almost all of them extravagant hyperboles. Blair. [1913 Webster]

Somebody has said of the boldest figure in rhetoric, the hyperbole, that it lies without deceiving. Macaulay.

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a throwing under, a suggesting; &unr_; under + &unr_; to throw. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favor of the opposite side, each of them being refuted in order. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; change; &unr_; beyond + &unr_; to throw. ] (Med.) A change or mutation; a change of disease, symptoms, or treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. obole. See Obolus. ] (Old Pharm.) A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple. [ Written also obol. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Parable. ] (Rhet.) Similitude; comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; an insertion beside. See Para-, and Embolus. ] (Rhet.) A kind of parenthesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] [ Written also rokambole. ] (Bot.) A name of Allium Scorodoprasum and Allium Ascalonium, two kinds of garlic, the latter of which is also called shallot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rocambole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Shibboleth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. shibbōleth an ear of corn, or a stream, a flood. ] 1. A word which was made the criterion by which to distinguish the Ephraimites from the Gileadites. The Ephraimites, not being able to pronounce sh, called the word sibboleth. See Judges xii. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without reprieve, adjudged to death,
For want of well pronouncing shibboleth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Also used in an extended sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

The th, with its twofold value, is . . . the shibboleth of foreigners. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the criterion, test, or watchword of a party; a party cry or pet phrase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a short. ] (Bot.) (a) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances. (b) A sucker, as of tree or shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. } [ F. triboulet. ] 1. A goldsmith's tool used in making rings. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A steel cylinder round which metal is drawn in the process of forming tubes. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Blacksmithing) A tapering mandrel. [ 1913 Webster ]