Borow, n. surety; I dar be thi b., I'll go bail (for you), XVII 204. [OE. borg.]
Borwed, pa. t. borrowed, II 499, VIII a 93. [OE. borgian.]
Boste, Booste (XVI), n. boasting, XIV a 20; pride, XIV a 8; arrogance, XIV b 85, XVI 214. [Obscure.]
Boste, v. to boast, XIV c 101; Bosting, n. boasting, XIV a 9. [Obscure.]
Bot(e), But, adv. only, but, II 228, IV a 32, V 97, VI 22, VIII a 276, IX 17, X 159, XIII a 38, &c. [OE. būtan.] See next, and Boute.
Bot(e), But, conj. (i) Except, but, VI 136, VIII b 9, IX 198, &c.; ne ... bote, only, III 6, 22, &c. (cf. Bote, adv.); noȝt deop bote to þe kneo, only knee deep, XIII a 39; bote ȝef, except that, XIII b 5. (ii) Unless (with subj.), VI 68, VIII a 1, 39, 112, 143, b 95, X 73, XV c 17, g 21, XVII 44, 386, 550; bot(e) if, &c., unless, VIII a 17, 53, X 78, XVII 247, &c.; bot þat, unless, II 428. (iii) But, however, yet, I 21, II 74, IV a 57, V 61, VI 14, &c.; (misplaced) XII a 79 (note), 105; bot yit (ȝeit), and yet, X 95, XVII 35, 64, 213. [OE. būtan, būte.]
Bot(e), n. cure, redress, salvation, IV a 7, VIII a 187, XIV c 84; bote of, cure for, II 552. [OE. bōt.]
Botel, n. bottle, VIII b 54. [OFr. botel.]
Botened, pp. cured, I 241, VIII a 185. [Formed on Bot(e), n.]
Boþ(e), Both, Bath (IV, X), adj. and pron. both, IV a 56, V 315, VI 13; in hem boþe (after negative), in either of them, XI b 27; vs both, us two, XVII 185; on bath halfis, on both sides, X 198; vpon boþe halue, on either side, V 2, 97; as adv. (originally pron. in apposition), as well, too, V 306, VIII a 119, 162, 252, 274, b 46; boþ(e) ... and, bath ... and, both ... and, I 52, II 86, IV a 66, &c. [ON. báði-r.] See Bo.