bosk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bosk
1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk ( e ) < Old Norse buskr bush 1
Example Sentences
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Benech scampered joyfully up a muddy incline toward the center of the bosk.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2015
We were on our way to Versailles to see how things were coming along at the bosk.
From The New Yorker • May 30, 2015
Over bourn and bosk and dingle, Over rivers, over rills, Runs the sad subservient Echo Toward the dim blue distant hills!
From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George
Sometimes about the painted kioskThe mimic soldiers strut and stride,Sometimes the blue-eyed brigands hideIn the bleak tangles of the bosk.
From Ballad of Reading Gaol by Wilde, Oscar
Sometimes about the painted kiosk The mimic soldiers strut and stride, Sometimes the blue-eyed brigands hide In the bleak tangles of the bosk.
From Charmides and Other Poems by Wilde, Oscar
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