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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

boss¹ / bôs; bäs/ inf. • n. a person in charge of a worker or organization: I asked my boss for a promotion union bosses. • v. [tr.] give (someone) orders in a domineering manner: plump old battle-axes bossing everyone around. • adj. excellent; outstanding: she's a real boss chick. DERIVATIVES: boss·y adj. boss² • n. a round knob, stud, or other protuberance, in particular: ∎ a stud on the center of a shield. ∎ Archit. a piece of ornamental carving covering the point where the ribs in a vault or ceiling cross. boss³ (also boss·y) • n. inf. a cow.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art | 2004 | | Copyright

boss (or roof boss). In Gothic architecture, an ornamental knob or projection at the intersection of ribs in a vault. Bosses were often elaborately decorated with carving (figurative, foliate, or heraldic), notably in England (where vaults tend to be lower than in Continental churches and therefore easier to see).

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IAN CHILVERS. "boss." The Oxford Dictionary of Art. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | | Copyright

boss formerly boce.
1. Carved convex block, often richly decorated, at the junction of vault-ribs, etc., in medieval architecture.

2. See boast 1.

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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "boss." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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boss

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

boss Discordant igneous intrusion that has roughly vertical sides and a subcircular outcrop, and an area of less than 25 km².

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "boss." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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boss

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

boss, the swell of the ship's hull around the propeller shaft and also the rounded hub of the propeller.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

boss1 protuberance. XIII. — OF. boce (mod. bosse) :- Rom. *bokja or *bottia, of unkn. orig.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

boss2 (orig. U.S.) master, employer. XIX. — Du. baas master, of unkn. orig.

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

boss •across, boss, Bros, cos, cross, crosse, doss, dross, emboss, en brosse, floss, fosse, gloss, Goss, joss, Kos, lacrosse, loss, moss, MS-DOS, Ross, toss •Laos •Áyios Nikólaos, chaos •Eos • Helios •Chios, Khíos •Lesbos • straw boss • Phobos • rooibos •extrados • kudos • reredos • intrados •Calvados • Argos • Lagos • logos •Marcos • telos •Delos, Melos •Byblos • candyfloss •tholos, Vólos •bugloss • omphalos • Pátmos •Amos, Deimos, Sámos •Demos • peatmoss • cosmos • Los Alamos • Lemnos • Hypnos • Minos •Mykonos • tripos • topos • Atropos •Ballesteros, pharos, Saros •Imbros • criss-cross • rallycross • Eros •albatross • monopteros • Dos Passos •Náxos • Hyksos • Knossos • Santos •benthos •bathos, pathos •ethos • Kórinthos

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BOSS

BOSS (bɒs) Bioastronautic Orbiting Space Station
• (South Africa) Bureau of State Security

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "BOSS." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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