*bora*

‖n. [ Ar. al-burāq, fr. baraqa to flash, shine. ] The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 abounding in trees. an arboraceous landscape
Syn. -- arboreous, woodsy, woody. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Arbor Day, a day appointed for planting trees and shrubs. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arborarius, fr. arbor tree. ] Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. arbor tree. ] One who plants or who prunes trees. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being bored. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb. ] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You're an absolute borachio. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. boracique. See Borax. ] Pertaining to, or produced from, borax; containing boron; boric; as, boracic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral of a white or gray color occurring massive and in isometric crystals; in composition it is a magnesium borate with magnesium chloride. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Relating to, or obtained from, borax; containing borax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. &unr_;), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves. ] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plant of the Borage family. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceæ) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Barometz. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of palm trees including the palmyra (Borassus flabellifer, formerly Borassus flabelliformis).
Syn. -- genus Borassus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Boric. ] (Chem.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. mixed or impregnated with borax. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b&unr_;rag, fr. Pers. b&unr_;rah. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book. [ PJC ]

2. to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Collaborator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of working together; united labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act of willingly cooperating with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

n. someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force.
Syn. -- collaborator, quisling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. accomplished by collaboration; cooperative; as, collaborative effort of industry and the universities. Opposed to competitive. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur. ] 1. An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one who willingly cooperates with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate. ] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Corroborated p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating ] [ L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust. ] 1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Corroborated. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. supported or established by evidence or proof; as, corroborated testimony is especially convincing.
Syn. -- substantiated, verified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. corroboration. ] 1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which corroborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. corroboratif. ] Tending to strengthen of confirm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elaboratus, p. p. of elaborare to work out; e out + laborare to labor, labor labor. See Labor. ] Wrought with labor; finished with great care; studied; executed with exactness or painstaking; as, an elaborate discourse; an elaborate performance; elaborate research. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drawn to the life in each elaborate page. Waller.

Syn. -- Labored; complicated; studied; perfected; high-wrought.

-- E*lab"o*rate*ly, adv. -- E*lab"o*rate*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Elaborated p. pr. & vb. n. Elaborating ] 1. To produce with labor [ 1913 Webster ]

They in full joy elaborate a sigh, Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To perfect with painstaking; to improve or refine with labor and study, or by successive operations; as, to elaborate a painting or a literary work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sap is . . . still more elaborated and exalted as it circulates through the vessels of the plant. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. elaboratio: cf. F. élaboration. ] 1. The act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) The natural process of formation or assimilation, performed by the living organs in animals and vegetables, by which a crude substance is changed into something of a higher order; as, the elaboration of food into chyme; the elaboration of chyle, or sap, or tissues. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to elaborate; constructing with labor and minute attention to details. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elaborative faculty (Metaph.), the intellectual power of discerning relations and of viewing objects by means of, or in, relations; the discursive faculty; thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, elaborates. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to elaborate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A laboratory. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. fluoborate. ] (Chem.) A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Shelter; entertainment.[ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where can I get me harborage for the night? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inelaboratus. See In- not, and Elaborate. ] Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The interweaving of branches of trees. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. laborans, p. pr. of laborare to labor. ] A chemist. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Laboratories [ Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor. ] [ Formerly written also elaboratory. ] 1. The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a scientific laboratory{ 1 }, especially in being conducive to learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic observation; as, the states serve as laboratories where different new policies may be tested prior to adoption throughout the country. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of pyroboric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. roborans, p. pr. See Roborate. ] Strengthening. -- n. (Med.) A strengthening medicine; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]