See Also: Boston(dictionary)
Boston(tourism)
Boston(encyclopedia)
Boston(dictionary)
Boston Tea Party, the(dictionary)
Boston exanthema(medicine)
Boston (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Boston Globe, The(encyclopedia)
Boston Massacre(encyclopedia)
Boston Strangler(encyclopedia)

Boston (iou)



Boston noun & verb. E19.
[A city in Massachusetts, USA: sense A.1 is through French.]
A. noun.
A card-game resembling solo whist. E19.
Boston baked beans, a dish of baked beans with salt pork and molasses. M19.
A variation of the waltz or of the two-step. L19.
In full Boston bull terrier, Boston terrier. (A dog of) a breed of small smooth-coated terrier originating in Massachusetts from a crossing of the bulldog and terrier. L19.
Boston ivy, a Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus tricuspidata. L19.
Boston crab, a wrestling hold in which a wrestler sits astride a prone opponent and pulls upwards on the opponent's legs. M20.
b. verb intrans. Dance the Boston. E20.
Bosto'nese noun (a) collect. Bostonians; (b) the method of speech or the manners said to be affected by Bostonians: L18.
Bos'tonian noun & adjective (a) noun a native or inhabitant of Boston; (b) adjective belonging or native to Boston: L17.