boskn.

/bɒsk/

Forms: Also Middle English boske, (1800s bosque, rare).

Etymology: The early Middle English bosk(e was a variant of busk, bush n.¹; bosk and busk are still used dialectally for bush n.¹; but the modern literary word may have been evolved < bosky adj.¹

†1. A bush. Obsolete exc. dialect.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > shrub or bush

shrub972

bosk1297

bushc1315

treec1350

scrub1398

boce1482

shrag1552

virgult?1553

tod1563

risp1567

bush-tuft1586

frutex1664

scrub-tree1749

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 547 Hii houede vnder boskes.

c1300 Prov. Hendyng xx Vnder boske shal men weder abide, quoþ Hendyng.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 322 Boþe boskez & bourez & wel bounden penez.

2. A thicket of bushes and underwood; a small wood.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush

shaw755

thicketa1000

thyvela1000

greavec1050

wood-shawc1275

boscagec1400

greenwood shawc1405

thickc1430

brakec1440

shaw of wood1462

queach1486

bush1523

tuft1555

bushment1587

bocage1644

cripple1675

virgult1736

bluffc1752

thick-set1766

sylvagea1774

thicket-maze1813

bosk1815

woodlet1821

rush1822

puckerbrush1867

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xvi. 196 Meantime, through well-known bosk and dell, I'll lead where we may shelter well.

1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 Blowing bosks of wilderness.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. ix. 82 Every bosk and dingle.

1878 H. Phillips Poems from Span. & Ger. 69 In a flowery bosque there flies a bird.

1885 Cent. Mag. Aug. 544/1 It is planted with pleasant little bosks and trim hedges.

Derivatives

† boske addre n. Obsolete lit. ‘bush-adder’: a viper, a serpent (Latin coluber).

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the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake)

addereOE

snakec1000

serpentc1305

boske addre1382

colubrec1480

culeuvre1481

ophidian1821

Joe Blake1927

the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > vipera berus (common viper)

adderOE

boske addre1382

blind-wormc1450

hagworm?c1475

colubrec1480

viper1526

long-worm1578

viper-worm1605

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. vii. 9 Tak thin ȝerde, and throw it bifore Pharao, and be it turned into a bosk eddre..The ȝerde..was turnyd into a boske addre.

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

单词	bosk
释义	boskn. /bɒsk/ Forms: Also Middle English boske, (1800s bosque, rare). Etymology: The early Middle English bosk(e was a variant of busk, bush n.¹; bosk and busk are still used dialectally for bush n.¹; but the modern literary word may have been evolved < bosky adj.¹ †1. A bush. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > characterized by habit > [noun] > shrub or bush shrub972 bosk1297 bushc1315 treec1350 scrub1398 boce1482 shrag1552 virgult?1553 tod1563 risp1567 bush-tuft1586 frutex1664 scrub-tree1749 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. 547 Hii houede vnder boskes. c1300 Prov. Hendyng xx Vnder boske shal men weder abide, quoþ Hendyng. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 322 Boþe boskez & bourez & wel bounden penez. 2. A thicket of bushes and underwood; a small wood. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > thicket, brake, or brush shaw755 thicketa1000 thyvela1000 greavec1050 wood-shawc1275 boscagec1400 greenwood shawc1405 thickc1430 brakec1440 shaw of wood1462 queach1486 bush1523 tuft1555 bushment1587 bocage1644 cripple1675 virgult1736 bluffc1752 thick-set1766 sylvagea1774 thicket-maze1813 bosk1815 woodlet1821 rush1822 puckerbrush1867 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles v. xvi. 196 Meantime, through well-known bosk and dell, I'll lead where we may shelter well. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess i. 17 Blowing bosks of wilderness. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. ix. 82 Every bosk and dingle. 1878 H. Phillips Poems from Span. & Ger. 69 In a flowery bosque there flies a bird. 1885 Cent. Mag. Aug. 544/1 It is planted with pleasant little bosks and trim hedges. Derivatives † boske addre n. Obsolete lit. ‘bush-adder’: a viper, a serpent (Latin coluber). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > [noun] > member of (snake) addereOE snakec1000 serpentc1305 boske addre1382 colubrec1480 culeuvre1481 ophidian1821 Joe Blake1927 the world > animals > reptiles > order Squamata (lizards and snakes) > suborder Ophidia (snakes) > types of snake > [noun] > family Viperidae (vipers) > genus Vipera > vipera berus (common viper) adderOE boske addre1382 blind-wormc1450 hagworm?c1475 colubrec1480 viper1526 long-worm1578 viper-worm1605 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Exod. vii. 9 Tak thin ȝerde, and throw it bifore Pharao, and be it turned into a bosk eddre..The ȝerde..was turnyd into a boske addre. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1297
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