3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; — followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [Archaic] Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii.
BOAST
Boast, v. t. Etym: [Of uncertain etymology.]
1. (Masonry)
Defn: To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale.
2. (Sculp.)
Defn: To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.
BOAST
Boast, n.
1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. Reason and morals and where live they most, In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron.
2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, — sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. The boast of historians. Macaulay.
BOASTANCE
Boast"ance, n.