Vocabulary : Borage to Bord service

Borage : A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
Boragewort : Plant of the Borage family.
Boraginaceous : Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants (Boraginaceae) which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
Boragineous : Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.
Boramez : See Barometz.

Borate : A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
Borax : A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O.
Borborygm : A rumbling or gurgling noise produced by wind in the bowels.
Bord : A board; a table. ;; The face of coal parallel to the natural fissures. ;; See Bourd.
Bord service : Service due from a bordar; bordage.

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