Defn: The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses. [Slang,
U. S.]
BOSSY
Boss"y, a.
Defn: Ornamented with bosses; studded.
BOSSY Bos"sy, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. Prov. E. boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st Boose.]
Defn: A cow or calf; — familiarly so called. [U. S.]
BOSTON
Bos"ton, n.
Defn: A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; — said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war.
BOSTRYX
Bos"tryx, n. [NL.; irreg. fr. Gr. a curl.] (Bot.)
Defn: A form of cymose inflorescence with all the flowers on one side of the rachis, usually causing it to curl; — called also a uniparous helicoid cyme.
BOSWELLIAN
Bos*well"i*an, a.