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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Urchin :: Urchin (n.) A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy.
Stripper :: Stripling (n.) A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad..
Shopboy :: Shopboy (n.) A boy employed in a shop.
Shirt :: Shirt (n.) A loose under-garment for the upper part of the body, made of cotton, linen, or other material; -- formerly used of the under-garment of either sex, now commonly restricted to that worn by men and boys..
Nur :: Nur (n.) A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey..
Amboyna Wood :: Amboyna wood () A beautiful mottled and curled wood, used in cabinetwork. It is obtained from the Pterocarpus Indicus of Amboyna, Borneo, etc..
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.
Boyaux :: Boyaux (pl. ) of Boya.
Boiar :: Boiar (n.) See Boyar.
Shortclothes :: Shortclothes (n.) Coverings for the legs of men or boys, consisting of trousers which reach only to the knees, -- worn with long stockings..
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.
Callow :: Callow (a.) Immature; boyish; green; as, a callow youth..
Boyau :: Boyau (n.) A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc..
Cowboy :: Cowboy (n.) A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States..
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!.
Forward :: Forward (a.) Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too forward for his years..
Mariotte''s Law :: Mariotte's law () See Boyle's law, under Law..
Oboe :: Oboe (n.) One of the higher wind instruments in the modern orchestra, yet of great antiquity, having a penetrating pastoral quality of tone, somewhat like the clarinet in form, but more slender, and sounded by means of a double reed; a hautboy..
Roarer :: Roarer (n.) A riotous fellow; a roaring boy.
Merils :: Merils (n.) A boy's play, called also fivepenny morris. See Morris..
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