Helen Fenton

Bosom: Definition and part of speech

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Bosom

  1. a. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
  2. n. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
  3. n. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
  4. n. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
  5. n. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
  6. n. 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.
  7. n. Inclination; desire.
  8. n. A depression round the eye of a millstone.
  9. a. Of or pertaining to the bosom.
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The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bosporus: Definition and part of speech

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Bosporus

  1. n. A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constantinople, between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmora; the Cimmerian Bosporus, between the Black Sea and Sea of Azof.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Boss: Definition and part of speech

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Boss

  1. n. A head or reservoir of water.
  2. n. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
  3. n. 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.
  4. n. A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.
  5. n. A wooden vessel for the mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the laths, or from the rounds of a ladder.
  6. n. The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
  7. n. A swage or die used for shaping metals.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.