s on the lakes in the north of
England, especially Derwent Water, which is often agitated by swelling
waves without any apparent cause.

BOUCHE. _See_ BUSH.

BOUGE OR BOWGE AND CHINE, OR BILGE AND CHIMB. The end of one cask stowed
against the bilge of another. To prepare a ship for the purpose of
sinking it.

BOUILLI. Termed by seamen bully-beef; disliked because all the substance
is boiled away to enrich the cook's grease-tub, and the meat is useless
as food; rejected even by dogs. In one ship of war it produced mutiny;
vide Adams' account of the _Bounty_ miseries. It is also the name given
to highly cooked meat in hermetically sealed tin canisters.

BOULDER-HEAD. A work against the encroachment of the sea, made of wooden
stakes.

BOULDERS. Stones worn and rounded by the attrition of the waves of the
sea: the word, on the authority of Hunter, was considered a technical
term in the fourteenth century, as appears in a warrant of John of Gaunt
for the repair of Pontefract Castle--"De peres, appeles buldres, a n're
dit chastel come nous semblerez resonables pur la defense de meisme."

BOULEPONGES. A drink to which many of the deaths of Europeans in India
were ascribed; but in Bernier's "Travels," in the train of Aurungzebe,
in 1664, we are informed that "bouleponge is a beverage made of arrack,
sugar, lemon-juice, and a little muscadine." Probably a corruption of
bowls of punch. (_See_ PUNCH.)

BOUNCE. The larger dog-fish.

BOUNCER. A gun which kicks violently when fired.

BOUND. Destined for a particular service. Intended voyage to a
place.--_Ice-bound._ Totally surrounded with ice.--_Tide-bound_, or
be-neaped. (_See_ NEAPED.)--_Wind-bound._ Prevented from sailing by
contrary wind.--_Where are you bound to?_--_i.e._ To what place are you
going?--_Bound on a cruise._ A corruption of the old word _bowne_, which
is still in use on the northern coasts, and means to make ready, to
prepare.

BOUNTY. A sum of money given by government, authorized by act of
parliament or royal proclamation, to men who voluntarily enter into the
army or navy; and the widow of such volunteer seaman killed or drowned
in the service was entitled to a bounty equal to a year's pay.

BOUNTY-BOATS. Those which fished under the encouragement of a bounty
from government.

BOUNTY-LIST. A register of all persons who have received the bounty to
which they are entitled after having passed three musters in the
service.

BOURN. _See_ BURN.

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