bootless (bpot'les), useless.
Border (bor'der), the frontier between England and Scotland,
"bore the bell," carried off the prize. A bell was formerly used as a prize in races.
bosky (bos'ki), woody or bushy.
bosom (booz'um), the breast.
Bothnia (both'nr-a), Gulf of the northern arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland and Sweden.
bountiful (boun'ti-fobl), liberal.
bourn (born), a boundary; limit.
bow (bou), the forward part of a ship, (bo) to rhyme with tow.
Bowdoin (bo'd'n), in Brunswick, Maine, college from which Longfellow graduated in 1825.