These are the meanings of the letters BASWON when you unscramble them.
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Boas (pl. )
of Boa
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Naos (n.)
A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.
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Sawn ()
of Saw
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Snaw (n.)
Snow.
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Snob (n.)
A vulgar person who affects to be better, richer, or more fashionable, than he really is; a vulgar upstart; one who apes his superiors.
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Snob (n.)
A townsman.
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Snob (n.)
A journeyman shoemaker.
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Snob (n.)
A workman who accepts lower than the usual wages, or who refuses to strike when his fellows do; a rat; a knobstick.
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Snow (n.)
A square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig only in that she has a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.
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Snow (n.)
Watery particles congealed into white or transparent crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth, exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect forms.
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Snow (n.)
Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in, flakes.
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Snow (v. i.)
To fall in or as snow; -- chiefly used impersonally; as, it snows; it snowed yesterday.
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Snow (v. t.)
To scatter like snow; to cover with, or as with, snow.
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Sown (p. p.)
of Sow
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Sown ()
p. p. of Sow.
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Swab (n.)
To clean with a mop or swab; to wipe when very wet, as after washing; as, to swab the desk of a ship.
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Swab (n.)
A kind of mop for cleaning floors, the desks of vessels, etc., esp. one made of rope-yarns or threads.
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Swab (n.)
A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
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Swab (n.)
An epaulet.
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Swab (n.)
A cod, or pod, as of beans or pease.
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Swab (n.)
A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm.
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Swan (n.)
Any one of numerous species of large aquatic birds belonging to Cygnus, Olor, and allied genera of the subfamily Cygninae. They have a large and strong beak and a long neck, and are noted for their graceful movements when swimming. Most of the northern species are white. In literature the swan was fabled to sing a melodious song, especially at the time of its death.
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Swan (n.)
Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
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Swan (n.)
The constellation Cygnus.
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Swob (n. & v.)
See Swab.