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<hw>Bos"om</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[p. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bosomed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bosoming</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.</def>

<blockquote><b>Bosom</b> up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.</def>

<blockquote>To happy convents <b>bosomed</b> deep in vines. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bosomed</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"omed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.</def>

<h1>Bosomy</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"om*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.</def>

<h1>Boson</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bo"son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Boatswain</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Bosporian</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos*po"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Bosporus</ets>, G. <ets><?/</ets>, lit., <ets>ox-ford</ets>, the ox's or heifer's ford, on account of Io's passage here as a heifer; fr. <ets><?/</ets> ox, heifer + <ets><?/</ets> ford.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.</def>

<blockquote>The Alans forced the <b>Bosporian</b> kings to pay them tribute and exterminated the Taurians. <i>Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bosporus</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Bos"po*rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; <as>as, the <ex>Bosporus</ex> (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian <ex>Bosporus</ex>, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.</as></def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Bosphorus</asp>.]</altsp>

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

<hw>Bos"quet</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Bosket</er>.</def>

<h1>Boss</h1> <Xpage=168>

<hw>Boss</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bosses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[OE. <ets>boce</ets>, <ets>bose</ets>, <ets>boche</ets>, OF. <ets>boce</ets>, <ets>boche</ets>, <ets>bosse</ets>, F. <ets>bosse</ets>, of G. origin; cf. OHG. <ets>b\'d3zo</ets> tuft, bunch, OHG. <ets>b\'d3zan</ets>, MHG. <ets>b\'93zen</ets>, to beat. See <er>Beat</er>, and cf. <er>Botch</er> a swelling.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; <as>as, a <ex>boss</ex> of wood</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <er>Umbilicus</er>.</def>

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<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[Cf. D. <ets>bus</ets> box, Dan. <ets>b\'94sse</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<i>Gwilt.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A swage or die used for shaping metals.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A head or reservoir of water.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Boss</h1> <Xpage=169>