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noun

Bosh n. Figure; outline; show. (Obs.)

Bosh n. Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. (Colloq.)

Bosh n. (pl. boshes)

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.

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

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

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bosh" Quotes from Famous Books

... believe a word of it. She said he wasn't such a flat as to believe all that bosh. But as she spoke there came a great blast of wind through the arch, and set the barrel rolling. So they made haste to get out of it, for they had no notion of being rolled over and over as if they had been packed tight and wouldn't hurt, like a ...

— At the Back of the North Wind • George MacDonald

... "It's all such bosh!" said Kenneth Kincaid, flinging down a handful of papers. "I've no right, I solemnly think, to help such stuff out into the world! A man can't take hold anywhere, it ...

— Real Folks • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... "Oh, bosh!" said Jack, getting up from his chair and striding about the room, with more irritation than he had ever shown to Edith before. "I wouldn't be ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... manage to keep Nanda from showing even more than you do me. Don't you think your children good ENOUGH, mummy dear? At any rate it's as plain as possible that if you don't keep us at home you must keep us in other places. One can't live anywhere for nothing—it's all bosh that a fellow saves by staying with people. I don't know how it is for a lady, but ...

— The Awkward Age • Henry James

... "Bosh!" said Schuyler, "Don't you know me better? That girl puzzles me. There's something very odd about her. I'm conceited enough to think I can generally size people up pretty well at first sight, but she beats me. I can't make ...

— The Guests Of Hercules • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson

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