Webster's Dictionary 1913

4078

Boshvark

‖Bosh″vark (�), n. [D. bosch wood + varken pig.] (Zoöl.) The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.

4079

Bosjesman

‖Bos″jes‐man (�), n.; pl.Bosjesmans. [D. boschjesman.] See Bushman.

4080

Bosk

Bosk (�), n. [See Bosket.] A thicket; a small wood. “Through bosk and dell.” Sir W. Scott.

4081

Boskage

Bos″kage (�), n. Same as Boscage.Thridding the somber boskage of the wood.Tennyson.

4082

Bosket

{ Bos″ket, Bos″quet } (�), n. [F. bosquet a little wood, dim. fr. LL. boscus. See Boscage, and cf. Bouquet.] (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by br...

4083

Boskiness

Bosk″i‐ness (�), n. Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

4084

Bosky

Bosk″y (�), a. [Cf. Bushy.] 1. Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets. Milton.2. Caused by boscage.Darkened over by long bosky shadows.H. James.

4085

Bosom

Bos″om (bo͝oz″ŭm), n. [AS. b�sm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. b�sm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.] 1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which ...

4086

Bosom (2)

Bos″om, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom.2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

4087

Bosom (3)

Bos″om, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bosomed (–ŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Bosoming.] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.Bosom up my counsel,You...

4088

Bosomed

Bos″omed (bo͝oz″ŭmd), a. Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.

4089

Bosomy

Bos″om‐y (–y̆), a. Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.

4090

Boson

Bo″son (bō″s'n), n. See Boatswain. Dryden.

4091

Bosporian

Bos‐po″ri‐an (�), a. [L. Bosporus, G. Βόσποροσ, lit., ox-ford, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. βου̑σ ox, heifer + πόροσ ford.] Of or ...

4092

Bosporus

Bos″po‐rus (bŏs″pō̍‐rŭs), n. A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, betwee...

4093

Bosquet (2)

Bos″quet (�), n. See Bosket.

4094

Boss

Boss (bŏs; 115), n.; pl.Bosses (–ĕz). [OE. boce, bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin; cf. OHG. bōzo tuft, bunch, OHG. bōzan, MHG. bôzen, to beat. See Bea...

4095

Boss (2)

Boss (bŏs), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bossed (bŏst); p. pr. & vb. n.Bossing.] [OE. bocen, fr. OF. bocier. See the preceding word.] To ornament with bosses; to stud.

4096

Boss (3)

Boss, n. [D. baas master.] A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

4097

Bossage

Boss″age (�), n. [F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud.] 1. (Arch.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt.2. (Arch.) Rusti...

4098

Bossed

Bossed (�), a. Embossed; also, bossy.

4099

Bosset

Bos″set (�), n. [Cf. Boss a stud.] (Zoöl.) A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.

4100

Bossism

Boss″ism (�), n. The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.

4101

Bossy

Boss″y (�), a. Ornamented with bosses; studded.

4102

Bossy (2)

Bos″sy, n. [Dim. fr. Prov. E. boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st Boose.] A cow or calf; — familiarly so called.

4103

Boston

Bos″ton (�), n. A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; — said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by ...

4104

Bostryx

‖Bos″tryx (?), n.(Bot.) A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; — called also a uniparous helicoid cyme.