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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Quotation dates: 1454-1455, 1538-1539, 1635
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Bosit, ppl. adj. [ME. bost; cf. Bos v.] a. Embossed. b. Rounded. —1454–5 Edinb. Chart. 79.
In the quhilk ile thare sal be made a brase for his lair in bosit werk 1538–9 Master of Works Accounts V. 28.
Ane bosit plet windo1635 Hist. Chapel Royal p. cxciii.
Twa square lychtis ... in bund, plet, and bosit irne werk
