English English Dictionary
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Inclination; desire.
A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Of or pertaining to the bosom.
Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
of Bosom
Having, or resembling, bosom; kept in the bosom; hidden.
of Bosom
Characterized by recesses or sheltered hollows.
See Boatswain.
Of or pertaining to the Thracian or the Cimmerian Bosporus.
A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.
See Bosket.
A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed.
A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
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.
A head or reservoir of water.
A swage or die used for shaping metals.
The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.