BORZOI, bor'zoi, _n._ a breed of dogs of great grace and beauty, in shape
like a gigantic greyhound, though covered with a soft coat about the length
of a deerhound's. [Russ.]
BOSCAGE, bosk'[=a]j, _n._ thick foliage: woodland. [Fr. _boscage_,
_bocage_--Low L. _boscus_ (hence Fr. _bois_), conn. with Ger. _busch_, Eng.
BUSH.]
BOSH, bosh, _n._ used also as _interj._ nonsense, foolish talk or opinions.
[Turk. _bosh_, worthless, frequent in Morier's popular novel _Ayesha_
(1834).]
BOSKY, bosk'i, _adj._ woody or bushy: shady.--_ns._ BOSK'ET, BOSK
(_Tennyson_), a thicket.
BOSOM, b[=oo]z'um, _n._ the breast of a human being, or the part of the
dress which covers it: (_fig._) the seat of the passions and feelings: the
heart: embrace, enclosure, as within the arms: any close or secret
receptacle.--_adj._ (in composition) confidential: intimate.--_v.t._ to
enclose in the bosom.--ABRAHAM'S BOSOM, the abode of the blessed dead.--TO
TAKE TO ONE'S BOSOM, to marry: to make an intimate friend of. [A.S. _bósm_;
Ger. _busen_.]
BOSON, b[=o]'sn, _n._ a corruption of BOATSWAIN.
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BOSS, bos, _n._ a knob or stud: a raised ornament.--_v.t._ to ornament with
bosses.--_adj._ BOSS'Y, having bosses.--_p.adj._ BOSSED, embossed. [O. Fr.
_boce_ (Fr. _bosse_), from Old Ger. _bôzan_, to beat.]
BOSS, bos, _n._ the chief or leader: the master, manager, or foreman: the
person who pulls the wires in political intrigues.--_adj._ chief:
excellent.--_v.t._ to manage or control.--TO BOSS THE SHOW, to be supreme
director of an enterprise. [Amer.; from the New York Dutch _baas_, master;
cog. with Ger. _base_, a cousin.]