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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Boss \Boss\ (b[o^]s; 115), n.; pl {Bosses} (-[e^]z). [OE. boce, bose, boche, OF boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin; cf OHG. b[=o]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[=o]zan, MHG. b[^o]zen, to beat See {Beat}, and cf {Botch} a swelling.] 1. Any protuberant part a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as a boss of wood. 2. A protuberant ornament on any work either of different material from that of the work or of the same as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See {Umbilicus}. From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bosses the projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the back as of animals.
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