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Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Bosh

/bäsh/ · IPA /bɑʃ/
01 n. Figure; outline; show.
  1. 1.
    Figure; outline; show.[Obs.]
02 n. Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.
  1. 1.
    Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug.[Colloq.]
03 n. One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boil…
pl. Boshes
  1. 1.
    One of the sloping sides of the lower part of a blast furnace; also, one of the hollow iron or brick sides of the bed of a puddling or boiling furnace.
  2. 2.
    The lower part of a blast furnace, which slopes inward, or the widest space at the top of this part.
  3. 3.
    In forging and smelting, a trough in which tools and ingots are cooled.