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no avail, for naught,
booty, n. 1. spoil or spoils, loot, plunder, pillage, Archaic, prey, Archaic, boot, Scot. Obs. reif.
2. prize, winnings, reward, recompense; profits, earnings, wages, salary, emolument, perquisites, Inf perks; gain, grab, pickings, takings, Inf. haul.
3. stolen goods, Inf. steal, Sl. hot goods, Sl. boodle, Sl. the take, Sl. the goods, Sl. swag.
bordello, n. brothel, bagnio, Obs. stew, lupanar, Obs. kip, nunnery, Archaic, bordel; house of prostitution, house of ill-fame, house of ill-repute, bawdy-house, whorehouse, Inf. sporting house, Inf. call house; All Sl. call joint, cathouse, parlor house, barrelhouse, honky-tonk, pick-up joint,
border, n. 1. perimeter, periphery, edge, rim, fringe, verge, skirt; circumference, circuit, compass, ambit, margin, frame, outline, confine, confines; brink, brim, brow, hem; bound, limit, bourn, pale, extremity, termination; limits, city limits, outer limits.
2. frontier, frontier line, boundary, boundary line, bounding line, border line or borderline, partition, line, line of demarcation, line.
3. borderland, borderground, borders, bounds, march, marches, marchland; outpost; outskirts, purlieu.
4. edging, trimming, bordering, skirting, beading, selvage, welt, Heraldry, bordure, Bot., Zool. fimbria or fimbriae, Bot., Zool. fimbriation; binding, list; ruff, ruffle, flounce, flouncing, furbelow, galloon; frill, frilling, valance, orphrey, purfle, purfling.
-v. 5. fringe, befringe, trim; bind; purfle, purl.
6. edge, skirt, verge, line; rim, hem; frame, march, bound, margin, marginate.
7. adjoin, abut on or upon, verge upon, impinge upon; neighbor, flank, side, lie near to, lie close to, lie next to, lie or be adjacent to; touch, reach, meet, butt, impinge, kiss; join, conjoin, connect, attach, unite, affix, annex, append.
bore1, v. pierce, perforate, puncture, ream, trepan, riddle; penetrate, open up, reach into, tap, broach; drill, auger, mine, tunnel, burrow, lower into; cut out, dig out, gouge out; drive, punch, force, work; stab, pink, sink, stick, prick.
bore2, v. 1. weary, tire, wear on, wear out, fag out, exhaust, jade; buttonhole, Inf. bend [s.o.'s] ear, Sl. talk one's head off; set or send one to sleep, bore stiff, bore to tears, bore to death; annoy, trouble, irritate, irk, bother, exasperate, tax [s.o.'s] patience, Inf. get; pester, harp at, harass, burden, oppress.
-n. 2. pest, bother, nuisance, pain, Sl. pain in the neck, Sl. headache, tiresome person; Inf. downer, Inf. drag, Sl. pill; Inf. drip, Inf. wet blanket, Inf. loser; Sl. dullsville, Inf. nowhere.
3. annoyance, irritation, aggravation, vexation, inconvenience.
bored, adj. 1. weary, tired, sick of, worn out, fagged out, exhausted; buttonholed, bored stiff, bored to tears, bored to death; annoyed, irritated, irked, exasperated, Sl. fed to the gills, Sl. fed up; jaded, hardened, inured.
2. indifferent, uninterested, blase, nonchalant, pococurante; listless, spiritless, flagging, phlegmatic,
boredom, n. 1. ennui, U.S. Sl. the blahs, low spir
its, doldrums, malaise; tedium, monotony, repetition, routine, schedule; dullness, humdrum, deadness, flatness; dreariness, stuffiness.
2. apathy, impassivity, dispassion, lack of feeling or emotion, insentience, insensibility, unfeelingness; lethargy, languor, listlessness, dullness, stolidity, sluggishness; indifference, unconcern, unresponsiveness, uninterestedness, disinterest.
boring, adj. 1. tedious, monotonous, humdrum, repetitious, routine, unvaried; dull, flat, dead, bland, insipid, SI. blah, SI. ho-hum; uninteresting, uninspiring, unanimated, unexciting, dry-as-dust; mediocre, Inf. nothing to write home about, SI. nothing; long-winded, prolix, windy, wordy, drawn out, dragged out, long-drawn.
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