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English Dictionary: bosh by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bosh
n
  1. pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosh \Bosh\, n. [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough
      stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught,
      sketch.]
      Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosh \Bosh\, n. [Turk.]
      Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bosh \Bosh\, n.; pl. {Boshes}. [Cf. G. b[94]schung a slope.]
      1. 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.
  
      2. pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes
            inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
  
      3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and
            ingots are cooled.
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