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English Dictionary: [bosom] by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosom \Bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bosomed} (-[ucr]md); p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Bosoming}.]
      1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to
            take to heart; to cherish.
  
                     Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
  
                     To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosom \Bos"om\ (b[oocr]z"[ucr]m), n. [AS. b[?]sm; akin to D.
      bozem, Fries. b[?]sm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E.
      bough.]
      1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms,
            to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
  
                     You must prepare your bosom for his knife. --Shak.
  
      2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions,
            affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness;
            secret thoughts.
  
                     Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they
                     do it.                                                --Shak.
  
                     If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my
                     iniquity in my bosom.                        --Job xxxi.
                                                                              33.
  
      3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
  
                     Within the bosom of that church.         --Hooker.
  
      4. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting
            surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of
            the earth. [bd]The bosom of the ocean.[b8] --Addison.
  
      5. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or
            a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the
            breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom.
  
                     He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it
                     out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. --Ex. iv.
                                                                              6.
  
      6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
      7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. --Knight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosom \Bos"om\, a.
      1. Of or pertaining to the bosom.
  
      2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished;
            beloved; as, a bosom friend.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Bosom
      In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans
      carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness,
      secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to
      have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most
      perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with
      him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at
      the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e.,
      has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11).
     
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