BPage 226
- English Word Bosom Definition Of or pertaining to the bosom.
- English Word Bosom Definition Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
- English Word Bosom Definition To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- English Word Bosom Definition To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- English Word Bosomed Definition of Bosom
- English Word Bosomed Definition Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.
- English Word Bosoming Definition of Bosom
- English Word Bosomy Definition Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
- English Word Boson Definition See Boatswain.
- English Word Bosporian Definition Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.
- English Word Bosporus Definition 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, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.
- English Word Bosquet Definition A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
- English Word Bosquet Definition See Bosket.
- English Word Boss Definition Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
- English Word Boss Definition A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus.
- English Word Boss Definition A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
- English Word Boss Definition A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
- English Word Boss Definition The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
- English Word Boss Definition A swage or die used for shaping metals.
- English Word Boss Definition A head or reservoir of water.
- English Word Boss Definition To ornament with bosses; to stud.
- English Word Boss Definition A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
- English Word Bossage Definition A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape.
- English Word Bossage Definition Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings.
- English Word Bossed Definition of Boss
- English Word Bossed Definition Embossed; also, bossy.
- English Word Bosses Definition of Boss
- English Word Bosset Definition A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
- English Word Bossing Definition of Boss
- English Word Bossism Definition The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.