BOSH

n.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]

2.
n.

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.

5.
n.

In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.


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