Part 1294

<hw><hw>Bos"ket</hw>, <hw>Bos"quet</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bosquet</ets> a little wood, dim. fr. LL. <ets>boscus</ets>. See <er>Boscage</er>, and cf. <er>Bouquet</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gardening)</fld> <def>A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.</def>

<h1>Boskiness</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosk"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.</def>

<h1>Bosky</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bosk"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Bushy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Caused by boscage.</def>

<blockquote>Darkened over by long <b>bosky</b> shadows. <i>H. James.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bosom</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>b<?/sm</ets>; akin to D. <ets>bozem</ets>, Fries. <ets>b<?/sm</ets>, OHG. <ets>puosum</ets>, G. <ets>busen</ets>, and prob. E. <ets>bough</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.</def>

<blockquote>You must prepare your <b>bosom</b> for his knife. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; se<?/<?/et thoughts.</def>

<blockquote>Tut, I am in their <b>bosoms</b>, and I know Wherefore they do it. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my <b>bosom</b>. <i>Job xxxi. 33.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.</def>

<blockquote>Within the <b>bosom</b> of that church. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; <as>as, the <ex>bosom</ex> of the earth</as>.</def> "The <i>bosom</i> of the ocean."

<i>Addison.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; <as>as, the <ex>bosom</ex> of a shirt; a linen <ex>bosom</ex>.</as></def>

<blockquote>He put his hand into his <b>bosom</b>: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. <i>Ex. iv. 6.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A depression round the eye of a millstone.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Bosom</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"om</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the bosom.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; <as>as, a bosom friend</as>.</def>

<h1>Bosom</h1> <Xpage=168>