English English Dictionary

Figure; outline; show.

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.

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.

The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.

A kind of antelope. See Bush buck.

of Bosh

The bush hog. See under Bush, a thicket.

See Bushman.

A thicket; a small wood.

Same as Boscage.

Alt. of Bosquet

Boscage; also, the state or quality of being bosky.

Caused by boscage.

Woody or bushy; covered with boscage or thickets.

Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.

Of or pertaining to the bosom.

A depression round the eye of a millstone.

The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.