boston, n.m., boston (game at cards).
bostrychite (-kit), n.f., (min.) bostrychite.
bot, adj., club-footed. Pied —; (subst.) club-foot. C’est un pied —; he is club-footed.
bot, n.m., Dutch-boat.
botanique, n.f., botany.
botanique, adj., botanical.
botaniste, n.m., botanist.
botargue, n.f. V. boutargue.
botte, n.f., boot (man’s only); Wellington boot; bunch, bundle, truss; (fenc.) pass, thrust, lunge; step of a coach; cask; clod of dirt or snow; wine vessel, butt. —s à genouillère; jack-boots. —s à l’écuyère; top-boots. Souliers —s; Blucher boots. —s retroussées, —s à revers; top-boots. —s de sept lieues; ogre’s boots. —s fines; dress boots. Tirant de —; boot-strap. Tige de —; boot-leg. Tire-—; boot-jack. Mettre du foin dans ses —; to feather one’s nest. A propos de —s; about nothing. Graisser ses —; to prepare for a journey, for death. Décrotter, cirer, des —s; to clean, to polish, boots. Une — d’asperges; a bundle of asparagus. Une — de foin; a truss of hay. Porter une — à quelqu’un; (fenc.) to make a pass, a lunge, at one. Parer une —; to parry a pass. Il lui a porté une vilaine —; he served him a very scurvy trick.
botté, -e, adj., booted, with boots on.