n.
English bird-name. Used in Australiafor the Brown-Gannet. See Gannet.
·noun A dunce; a stupid fellow. II. Booby ·noun A species of penguin of the antarctic seas. III. B...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
An awkward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow. See clod hopper and lout. A bitch booby; a country ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A well-known tropical sea-bird, Sula fusca, of the family Pelecanidæ. It is fond of resting out of t...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A country wench. Military term. ...
A one-horse chaise, noddy, buggy, or leathern bottle. ...
A smaller kind of companion, but readily removable; it is in use for merchantmen's half decks, and l...
The beating of the hands from side to side in cold weather to create artificial warmth. ...