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bosk

bosk

,
Noun.
[See
Bosket
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A thicket; a small wood.
“Through bosk and dell.”
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024

bosk

bosk

English

Noun

bosk ‎(plural bosks)

  1. A thicket; a small wood.
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Through bosk and dell.

Albanian

Noun

bosk m

  1. hornless goat
Synonyms

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bosk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Cognate with English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch, Danish busk.

Noun

bosk n ‎(plural bosken)

  1. forest

Etymology

From Middle English bosk, likely from Anglo-Latin bosca ‎(“firewood”), from Late Latin busca, buscus or boscus from Germanic *busk (liken Old High German busk) or Old English busc (attested only in place names). Liken Italian bosco, Spanish and Portuguese bosque, French bois, Dalmatian buasc, Occitan boscs.

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