boy

v. t. To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall see
Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Russ. boiárin'. ] A member of a Russian aristocratic order abolished by Peter the Great. Also, one of a privileged class in Roumania. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ English writers sometimes call Russian landed proprietors boyars. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Boyaux or Boyaus [ F. boyau gut, a long and narrow place, and (of trenches) a branch. See Bowel. ] (Fort.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process, fact, or pressure of boycotting; a combining to withhold or prevent dealing or social intercourse with a tradesman, employer, etc.; social and business interdiction for the purpose of coercion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boycotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boycotting. ] [ From Captain Boycott, a land agent in Mayo, Ireland, so treated in 1880. ] To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter others from holding such relations; to subject to a boycott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A participant in boycotting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Methods of boycotters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dagger; a bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]