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BOISSES.

V. ~Boss~.

_Knox's Hist._

_To_ BOIST, BOAST, _v. a._ To threaten, to endeavour to terrify, S.

_Douglas._

C. B. _bost-io_, to vaunt one's self; _bost_, vaunting.

BOIST, BOST, _s._ Threatening, S.

_Wallace._

BOIT, _s._ A cask or tub used for the purpose of curing butcher-meat, or for holding it after it is cured; sometimes called a _beef-boat_, S.

_Ruddiman._

Germ. _b.u.t.te_; Ital. _botte_, id., whence E. _b.u.t.t_. Su. G.

_byttia_, situla, cupa; Teut. _botte_, id. dolium, orca, cupa.

_To_ BOK, BOCK, _v. a._

1. To vomit, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. To reach, to incline to puke, S.

3. To belch, (eructare) S.

A. Bor. _boke_, _bowk_, to nauseate, to be ready to vomit; _booac_, to reach, to keck, ibid. Perhaps from A. S. _bealc-an_, eructare. It however has greater resemblance of _puke_, to which no etymon has been a.s.signed.

BOK, BOCK, _s._ The act of reaching, S.

_Cleland._

BOKEIK, _s._ Bopeep, a game.

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