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To separate from the bosom. [R.] Young.

Fearful; apprehensive; suspicious. [Obs.] I am doubtful that you have been conjunct And bosomed with her. Shak.

in the down I sink my head, Sleep, Death's twin brother, times my breath. Tennyson. Thou bosom softness, down of all my cares! Southern.

rbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak.

Intimate or close encircling with the arms; pressure to the bosom; clasp; hug. We stood tranced in long embraces, Mixed with kisses. Tennyson.

ly joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight; triumph. His bosom swelled with exultation. Prescott.

ic manner. the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom. Hawthorne.

To clot or mat together like felt. His feltered locks that on his bosom fell. Fairfax.

Of or pertaining to the lap or bosom. [R.]

ring pines and the hemlocks . . . Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Longfellow.

Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.

To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom. The glittering, finny swarms That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail,…

ome the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

To press closely within the arms; to clasp to the bosom; to embrace. "And huggen me in his arms." Shak.

to enlarge; as, to inflate a bladder; to inflate the lungs. When passion's tumults in the bosom rise, Inflate the features, and enrage the eyes. J. Scott of Amwell.

To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as by a chain. Two bosoms interchained with an oath. Shak.

Within. [Obs.] This purse hath she inwith her bosom hid. Chaucer.

Originally, a kind of ruffle worn by men on the bosom of the shirt.

Abiding place; harbor; cover. Fair bosom . . . the lodging of delight. Spenser. Lodging house, a house where lodgings are provided and let. -- Lodging room, a room in which a person lodges, esp. a hired room.

iltiness, not modesty. Shak. Modesty piece, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] Addison.