‖prop. n. [ L., ox, cow. ] (Zool.) A genus of ruminant quadrupeds, including the wild and domestic cattle, distinguished by a stout body, hollow horns, and a large fold of skin hanging from the neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. būza, Pers. būzah: cf. F. bosan. ] A drink, used in the East. See Boza. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A greenish-yellow variety of pear. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush. ] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ From physicists S. N. Bose, and Albert Einstein. ] (Physics) A law of statistical mechanics which is obeyed by a system of particles when interchange of two particles does not change the wave function. Contrasted to Fermi-Dirac statistics. See also boson. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A genus of Indian antelopes; the nilgais.
Syn. -- genus Boselaphus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Boshes [ Cf. G. böschung a slope. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch. ] Figure; outline; show. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. ] Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D. bosch wood + bok buck. ] (Zool.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck. [ 1913 Webster ]