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Pronunciation : Bosh
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. G. posse joke, trifle; It. bozzo a rough stone, bozzetto a rough sketch, s-bozzo a rough draught, sketch.]
Definition : Defn: Figure; outline; show. [Obs.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bosh
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Turk.]
Definition : Defn: Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Bosh
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Cf. G. b?schung a slope.]
Definition : 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.

Defn: 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.

pl. Boshes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913