Defn: A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
BORAX
Bo"rax, n. Etym: [OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf.
LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b, fr. Pers. b.]
Defn: A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3.
BORBORYGM Bor"bo*rygm, n. Etym: [F. borborygme, fr. Gr. , fr. to rumble in the bowels.] (Med.)
Defn: A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels. Dunglison.
BORD
Bord, n. Etym: [See Board, n.]
1. A board; a table. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Mining)
Defn: The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures.
BORD
Bord, n.