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▪ I. † bombase, v. Obs.
Also 6 bum-, boombas; pa. pple. bombast.
[f. bombace n.: stress orig. on the last, and afterwards on the first syllable.]
1. trans. To stuff with cotton-wool; to pad.
1558Will of R. Lee (Somerset Ho.), My doublett of sacke clothe that is bumbased. 1598Florio, Imbottire..to stuffe, to quilt, to bumbase.
b. fig. and transf. To stuff, pad.
1572Gascoigne Voy. Holland in Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. Ser. ii. (1849) 311 They march bumbast with buttered beer. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb., The camel..is bumbast upon the backe for bearing of burdens.
2. To stop (the ears) as with cotton-wool.
1583Stanyhurst æneid iv. 107 What reason him leadeth to my suite too boombas his hearing?
▪ II. bombase
variant of bombace n.
▪ III. bombase, -baze
variants of bumbaze. |