BOSHES

Noun

boshes

plural of bosh

Anagrams

• Shobes, obsesh

Source: Wiktionary


BOSH

Bosh, n. Etym: [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.]

Definition: Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]

Bosh, n. Etym: [Turk.]

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

Bosh, n.; pl. Boshes. Etym: [Cf. G. böschung a slope.]

1. 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.

2. pl.

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

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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UNAMBIGUOUS

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