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| 2 results for bosses | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Boss \Boss\ (b[ocr]s; 115), n.; pl. {Bosses} (-[ecr]z). [OE. boce, bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin; cf. OHG. b[d3]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[d3]zan, MHG. b[93]zen, to beat. See {Beat}, and cf. {Botch} a swelling.] 1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood. 2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See {Umbilicus}. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Bosses the projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the back, as of animals. | |
