boskinessn.
/ˈbɒskɪnɪs/ The quality of being bosky.
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boskiness1844
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1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. iv. 106 Tangled..boskiness.
c1860 Imperial Gaz. Scotl. I. 222.
1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 68 A shadowy, secluded grove, with winding paths among its boskiness.
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n.1844- send to press
- send to school, college
- send to table
- send to the bottom of the harbour
- send to the devil
- send to the dogs
- send to the grass
- send to the hammer
- send to the pack
- send to the plantations
- send to the pot
- send to the press
- send to the right about
- send to the right rightabouts
- send to the showers
- send to the wall
- send to, wish at hanover
- send up
- send up a kite
- send up the wall
- send upstairs
- send word
- send-forth
- send-forth ceremony
- send-forth party