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In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
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n.
A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called.
a.
Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
n.
A small projecting boss or bracket, on the under side of the hinged seat of a church stall (see Stall). It was intended, the seat being turned up, to give some support to a worshiper when standing. Called also misericordia.
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Ornamented with bosses; studded.
n.
A small plate or boss of shining metal; something brilliant used as an ornament, especially when stitched on the dress.
n.
To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails.
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A rudimental antler of a young male of the red deer.
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An ornamented or painted ball or boss fastened at each end of the stick on which manuscripts were rolled.
n.
Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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A boss, or rounded elevation, or a corresponding depression, in a palate, disk, or membrane; as, the umbo in the integument of the larvae of echinoderms or in the tympanic membrane of the ear.
a.
Embossed; also, bossy.
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The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.
v. t.
To ornament with bosses; to stud.
n.
A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a nodule; a boss or projection.
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The rule or practices of bosses, esp. political bosses.
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A kind of nail with a large head, used chiefly for ornament; an ornamental knob; a boss.
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