Bosmi'na, daughter of Fingal king of Morven (north-west coast of Scotland).—Ossian.

Bos'n Hill. In Poems by John Albee (1883) we find a legend of a dead Bos'n (boatswain) whose whistle calls up the dead on stormy nights when

The wind blows wild on Bos'n Hill,

But sailors know when next they sail

Beyond the hilltop's view,

There's one amongst them shall not fail

To join the Bos'n's crew.

Bossu (Réné le), French scholar and critic (1631-1680).

And for the epic poem your lordship bade

me look at, upon taking the length, breadth,