Obs. rare. [irreg. f. mod.L. bocium, f. F. boce: cf. BOSS sb.1, BOTCH sb.1] A glandular swelling in the neck.
1547. Boorde, Brev. Health, xlv. 22. Bocium or Nauta be the latin wordes. In English it is a swelling the which doth grow in the throte and in the necke … naturall bocions commonly chyldren hath … accidental bocions commeth to age or by myschaunce.
