Part 1293

<hw>Bos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., ox, cow.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck.</def>

<h1>Bosa</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ar. <ets>b<?/za</ets>, Pers. <ets>b<?/zah</ets>: cf. F. <ets>bosan</ets>.]</ety> <def>A drink, used in the East. See <er>Boza</er>.</def>

<h1>Boscage</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"cage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>boscage</ets> grove, F. <ets>bocage</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>boscus</ets>, <ets>buscus</ets>, thicket, wood. See 1st <er>Bush</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.</def>

<h1>Bosh</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosh</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>posse</ets> joke, trifle; It. <ets>bozzo</ets> a rough stone, <ets>bozzetto</ets> a rough sketch, <ets>s-bozzo</ets> a rough draught, sketch.]</ety> <def>Figure; outline; show.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bosh</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosh</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Turk.]</ety> <def>Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Bosh</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosh</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Boshes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Cf. G. <ets>b\'94schung</ets> a slope.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.</def>

<h1>Boshbok</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosh"bok</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>bosch</ets> wood + <ets>bok</ets> buck.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A kind of antelope. See <er>Bush buck</er>.</def>

<h1>Boshvark</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosh"vark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[D. <ets>bosch</ets> wood + <ets>varken</ets> pig.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The bush hog. See under <er>Bush</er>, a thicket.</def>

<h1>Bosjesman</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"jes*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><def>; <ets>pl</ets>. <er>Bosjesmans</er>. [D. <ets>boschjesman</ets>.]</ety> <def>See <er>Bushman</er>.</def>

<h1>Bosk</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bosket</er>.]</ety> <def>A thicket; a small wood.</def> "Through <i>bosk</i> and dell."

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Boskage</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"kage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Boscage</er>.</def>

<blockquote>Thridding the somber <b>boskage</b> of the wood. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bosket, Bosquet</h1> <Xpage=168>