† bombasev.

Forms: Also 1500s bumbas, boombas; past participle bombast.

Etymology: < bombace n.: stress originally on the last, and afterwards on the first syllable.

Obsolete.

a. transitive. To stuff with cotton-wool; to pad.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > stuff or pad

bombase1558

bombast1565

baste1577

1558 Will of Roger Lee (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/41) f. 166^v My doublett of sacke clothe that is bumbased.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Imbottire..to stuffe, to quilt, to bumbase.

b. figurative and transferred. To stuff, pad.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > with fullness > stuff

stuffc1450

to bulk out?1529

bolster1530

bombase1573

embolster1631

1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Ee^v They march bumbast with butterd beare.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 126^v The Camell..is bumbast vpon the backe for bearing of burdens.

2. To stop (the ears) as with cotton-wool.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > listen to > restrain from hearing > plug the ears

bombase1582

solder1702

wad1876

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 What reason hym leadeth to my suite too boombas his hyring?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	bombase
释义	† bombasev. Forms: Also 1500s bumbas, boombas; past participle bombast. Etymology: < bombace n.: stress originally on the last, and afterwards on the first syllable. Obsolete. 1. a. transitive. To stuff with cotton-wool; to pad. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > stuff or pad bombase1558 bombast1565 baste1577 1558 Will of Roger Lee (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/41) f. 166^v My doublett of sacke clothe that is bumbased. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Imbottire..to stuffe, to quilt, to bumbase. b. figurative and transferred. To stuff, pad. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] > distend > with fullness > stuff stuffc1450 to bulk out?1529 bolster1530 bombase1573 embolster1631 1573 G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Ee^v They march bumbast with butterd beare. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 126^v The Camell..is bumbast vpon the backe for bearing of burdens. 2. To stop (the ears) as with cotton-wool. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > hear [verb (transitive)] > listen to > restrain from hearing > plug the ears bombase1582 solder1702 wad1876 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iv. 77 What reason hym leadeth to my suite too boombas his hyring? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > see also also refers to : † bombacebombasen. < v.1558 see also
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† bombasev.

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