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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosh \Bosh\, 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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosh \Bosh\, n. [Turk.] Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosh \Bosh\, n.; pl {Boshes}. [Cf. G. b["o]schung 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 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bosh n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: {baloney}, {boloney}, {bilgewater}, {drool}, {humbug}, {taradiddle}, {tarradiddle}, {tommyrot}, {tosh}, {twaddle}]
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