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Webster 1913 Edition

Bold

Bold

(bōld)
,
Adj.
[OE.
bald
,
bold
, AS.
bald
,
beald
; akin to Icel.
ballr
, OHG.
bald
, MHG.
balt
, D. boud, Goth.
balþei
boldness, It.
baldo
. In Ger. there remains only
bald
, adv. soon. Cf.
Bawd
,
Noun.
]
1.
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons
bold
.
Milton.
2.
Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
“The bold design leased highly.”
Milton.
3.
In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
Thou art too wild, too rude and
bold
of voice.
Shakespeare
4.
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression;
as, the figures of an author are
bold
.
“Bold tales.”
Waller.
The cathedral church is a very
bold
work.
Addison.
5.
Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure
bolder
.
Dryden.
6.
Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the
bold
cape its warning forehead rears.
Trumbull.

Bold

,
Verb.
T.
To make bold or daring.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Bold

,
Verb.
I.
To be or become bold.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Bold

BOLD

,
Adj.
1.
Daring; courageous; brave; intrepid; fearless; applied to men or other animals; as, bold as a lion.
2.
Requiring courage in the execution; executed with spirit or boldness; planned with courage and spirit; as a bold enterprise.
3.
Confident; not timorous.
We were bold in our God to speak to you. 1 Thess.2.
4.
In an ill sense, rude, forward, impudent.
5.
Licentious; showing great liberty of fiction or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
6.
Standing out to view; striking to the eye; as bold figures in painting, sculpture and architecture.
7.
Steep; abrupt; prominent; as a bold shore, which enters the water almost perpendicularly, so that ships can approach near to land without danger.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
To make bold, to take freedoms; a common, but not a correct phrase. To be bold is better.

BOLD

,
Verb.
T.
To make daring. [Not used.]

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