Also 6 boos, 7–8 bosse. [? a. MDu. bosse, busse, mod.Du. bos, bus = BOX.] A plasterer’s tray, a hod.

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1542.  MS. Acc. St. John’s Hosp., Canterb., Bowht a trowell a boos and a syffe.

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1611.  Cotgr., Clifoire, a Plaisterers tray, or bosse.

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1677.  Moxon, Mech. Exerc. (1703), 248. A Bosse, made of Wood, with an Iron Hook, to hang on the Laths, or on a Ladder, in which the Labourer puts the Morter which the Tyler uses.

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1875.  Gwilt, Archit., Gloss.

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