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bosk

(bŏsk)

A small wooded area.

[Back-formation from bosky.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bosk

(bɒsk)

literary a small wood of bushes and small trees

[C13: variant of busk bush¹]

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bosk

(bɒsk)

n.

a small wood or thicket, esp. of bushes.

[1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk(e) < Old Norse buskr bush¹]

Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage

a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.

Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.

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