A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

Bosken; see [Busken].

[ Bost], sb. boast, noise, MD, C3, PP; boost, C2; boste, PP; bostus, pl., H.

[ Bosten], v. to boast, PP; booste, NED.

[ Bosum], sb. bosom, S, W (John 13. 23); bosem, MD.—AS. bósm.

[ Bote], prep. and conj. without, except, unless, but, S, S2, PP; bot, CM, S2; bute, S; butt, S; boute, S, S2; buten, S; buton, S; Comb.: bote-ȝef, except that, unless, S2, C.—AS. be-úton (búton).

[ Bote], sb. remedy, succour, amendment, S, S2, C2, G, P; boote, S3, C, G. Phr.: to bote, to advantage, in addition, NED.—AS. bót; cp. Goth. bota.

[ Botelees], adj. without remedy, PP; bootelesse, useless, S3; botles, S2.

[ Botelere], sb. butler, Voc.; botiler, C; butler, S.

[ Botelle], sb. bottle, MD; botel, CM.—OF. boutelle, also botel.

[ Boterace], sb. buttress; boteras, Prompt.; butterace, SkD (p. 789); butteras, pl., SkD; buttrace, SkD; butteraces, SkD.—ME. boterace for OF. bouterets, i.e. (pillars) bearing a thrust, pl. of bouteret.