2. Verb. (third-person singular of boss) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bosses
1. boss [v] - See also: boss
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosses
Literary usage of Bosses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain by Archibald Geikie (1897)
"(1) bosses, (2) sills or intrusive sheets, (3) veins and dykes. These types, as
above remarked, belong entirely to the underground operations of ..."
2. Transactions by Michigan State Medical Society (1903)
"Mr. John M. Richardson illustrates a number of ways in which bosses can be put on
... Fig. i shows two bosses on a pattern which is in halves and having the ..."
3. Text-book of Geology by Sir Archibald Geikie (1903)
"According to the shape of the mould in which they have solidified, they may be
arranged as—(1) bosses or amorphous masses, (2) sills or sheets, ..."
4. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1866)
"It is of oak panelling, and is divided by email members which have at their
intersections richly carved bosses. The oak has been plastered over, ..."
5. The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury: With Some Account of the Priory Church of by Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé (1900)
"In character it is a simple pointed vaulting, and the ribs at their many points
of intersection are lavishly decorated with bosses. ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"By E. GREENLY, FGS The general trend of the major axis of the bosses that are so
marked a feature of the land surface in Anglesey coincides as a rule with ..."
7. The American Commonwealth by James Bryce Bryce (1914)
"CHAPTER LXIV LOCAL EXTENSION OF RINGS AND bosses To determine the extent to which
... It has been pointed out that rings and bosses are the product not of ..."
8. Exotic Conchology: Or, Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, Or by William Swainson (1841)
"The ligament also is connate and entirely covered by a prolongation of the
testaceous matter of the valves, the bosses small, and the shell itself ..."
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