Definition of boy

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Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

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Boy :: Boy (v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!.
Trousers :: Trousers (n. pl.) A garment worn by men and boys, extending from the waist to the knee or to the ankle, and covering each leg separately..
Boycotting :: Boycotting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Boycot.
Postboy :: Postboy (n.) One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
Soprano :: Soprano (n.) The treble; the highest vocal register; the highest kind of female or boy's voice; the upper part in harmony for mixed voices.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..
Bubby :: Bubby (n.) Bub; -- a term of familiar or affectionate address to a small boy.
Hoboy :: Hoboy (n.) A hautboy or oboe.
Ploughboy :: Ploughboy (n.) A boy that drives or guides a team in plowing; a young rustic.
Run :: Run (a.) To have growth or development; as, boys and girls run up rapidly..
Cap :: Cap (n.) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys.
Hautboy :: Hautboy (n.) A sort of strawberry (Fragaria elatior).
Epicene :: Epicene (a. & n.) Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, to indicate animals of both sexes; as boy^s, bos, for the ox and cow; sometimes applied to eunuchs and hermaphrodites..
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack.
Trapper :: Trapper (n.) A boy who opens and shuts a trapdoor in a gallery or level.
Flamboyant :: Flamboyant (a.) Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; -- said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style..
Master :: Master (n.) A young gentleman; a lad, or small boy..
Boyishly :: Boyishly (adv.) In a boyish manner; like a boy.
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