BOLTY
Bol"ty, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: An edible fish of the Nile (genus Chromis). [Written also bulti.]
BOLUS Bo"lus, n.; pl. Boluses. Etym: [L. bolus bit, morsel; cf. G. lump of earth. See Bole, n., clay.]
Defn: A rounded mass of anything, esp. a large pill.
BOM
Bom, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large American serpent, so called from the sound it makes.
BOMB Bomb, n. Etym: [F. bombe bombshell, fr. L. bombus a humming or buzzing noise, Gr. .]
1. A great noise; a hollow sound. [Obs.] A pillar of iron . . . which if you had struck, would make . . . a great bomb in the chamber beneath. Bacon.
2. (Mil.)
Defn: A shell; esp. a spherical shell, like those fired from mortars.
See Shell.