† bosselln.
Obsolete.
The ‘print’ or ornamental medallion fixed in the bottom of a ‘mazer’ or drinking bowl: = boss n.1 3d.
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1495 Will of Johane Rogers formerly Mone (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/10) f. 239 Grete masser wt the Image of S. James in the bossell thereof.
1497 Will of Thomas Butside (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 109 A masser wt a turnyng bossell wt a brode bonde.
1498 Will of Thomas Johnson (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/11) f. 181 A grete maser conteyng a quarte and more wt A depe bonde of siluer ouergilt with a grete bossell of siluer.
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