Bo"ru*ret (&?;), n. (Chem.) A boride. [Obs.]

Bor"we (&?;), n. Pledge; borrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Bos (&?;), n. [L., ox, cow.] (Zoöl.) 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.

||Bo"sa (&?;), n. [Ar. b&?;za, Pers. b&?;zah: cf. F. bosan.] A drink, used in the East. See Boza.

Bos"cage (&?;), n. [OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush.] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape.

2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood.

Bosh (&?;), n. [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.] Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]

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