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A swage or die used for shaping metals.
A head or reservoir of water.
To ornament with bosses; to stud.
A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.
A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape.
Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings.
of Boss
Embossed; also, bossy.
of Boss
A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
of Boss
The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.
A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
Ornamented with bosses; studded.
A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
Relating to, or characteristic of, Boswell, the biographer of Dr. Johnson.
The style of Boswell.
See Bots.
Alt. of Botanical
Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition.