Bo | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

bo
Abbreviation of boy. A familiar epithet for a comrade, derived probably from the negro. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Bo tree
·- The peepul tree; ·esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a s...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bo-peep
One who sometimes hides himself, and sometimes appears publicly abroad, is said to-play at bo-peep. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bo-peep
To play at bo-peep. To peep out suddenly from a hiding place, and cry bo! a children's game. They t...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.