bosselé, -e, adj., bruised (metal); (bot.) bunched; embossed.
bosseler (bos-lé), v.a., to dent; to emboss.
bosselure (bos-lur), n.f., embossment.
bosser, v.a., (nav.) to stopper.
bossette, n.f., (arch., man.) boss, stud.
bossoir, n.m., (nav.) cat-head; bow.
bossu, -e, n. and adj., hunchback; hunchbacked, humpbacked, deformed, uneven, crooked, tortuous. — par-devant; pigeon-breasted. Rire comme un —; to split one’s sides with laughter.
bossuer, v.a., to bruise, to dent, to batter.
se bossuer, v.r., to get bruised, dented.
bostangi, n.m., (—s) soldier of the Turkish militia.