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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Bosses
     the projecting parts of a shield (Job 15:26). The Hebrew word
     thus rendered means anything convex or arched, and hence the
     back, as of animals.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Boss \Boss\ (b[o^]s; 115), n.; pl. Bosses (-[e^]z). [OE. boce,
     bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin;
     cf. OHG. b[=o]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[=o]zan, MHG. b[^o]zen,
     to beat. See Beat, and cf. Botch a swelling.]
     1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a
        knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different
        material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a
        buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection
        of a shield. See Umbilicus.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. (Arch.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection
        of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in
        other situations.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. [Cf. D. bus box, Dan. b["o]sse.] A wooden vessel for the
        mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the
        laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. --Gwilt.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. (Mech.)
        (a) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is
            keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
        (b) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A head or reservoir of water. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Boss \Boss\ (b[o^]s; 115), n.; pl. Bosses (-[e^]z). [OE. boce,
     bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin;
     cf. OHG. b[=o]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[=o]zan, MHG. b[^o]zen,
     to beat. See Beat, and cf. Botch a swelling.]
     1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a
        knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
  
     2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different
        material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a
        buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection
        of a shield. See Umbilicus.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     French n.
     (plural of fr bosse)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr bosser  2 s pres ind//sub)
     n.
     (plural of en boss)
     vb.
     (infl of en boss  s-verb-form)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (plural of en Bosse)
     Swedish n.
     (infl of sv Bosse  gen)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     n.
     (plural of en boss)
     vb.
     (infl of en boss  s-verb-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (plural of en Bosse)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     French n.
     (plural of fr bosse)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr bosser  2 s pres ind//sub)
     n.
     (plural of en boss)
     vb.
     (infl of en boss  s-verb-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (plural of en Bosse)
     Swedish n.
     (infl of sv Bosse  gen)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     French n.
     (plural of fr bosse)
     French vb.
     (inflection of fr bosser  2 s pres ind//sub)
     n.
     (plural of en boss)
     vb.
     (infl of en boss  s-verb-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (plural of en Bosse)
     Swedish n.
     (infl of sv Bosse  gen)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     Englanti n.
     (en-monikko b oss es)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses
     Franska n.
     1 (böjning fr subst boss)
     2 (böjning fr subst bosse)
     Franska vb.
     (böjning fr verb bosser)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bosses'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst boss)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (böjning sv subst Bosse)

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  Bosses
     n.
     (böjning sv subst Bosse)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bosses /bˈɒsɪz/
  الرّؤساء

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bosses /bˈɒsɪz/
  šéfové