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Webster 1913 Edition


Bosh

Bosh

,
Noun.
[Cf. G.
posse
joke, trifle; It.
bozzo
a rough stone,
bozzetto
a rough sketch,
s-bozzo
a rough draught, sketch.]
Figure; outline; show.
[Obs.]

Bosh

,
Noun.
[Turk.]
Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
[Colloq.]

Bosh

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Boshes
.
[Cf. G.
bòˆschung
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Bosh

BOSH

,
Noun.
Outline; figure.