sb. Obs. exc. dial. [? corruption of BASS sb.2; but cf. Du. bos bottle of straw.] A seat consisting of or resembling a bundle of straw; a hassock.

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1695.  Westmacott, Script. Herb., 179. Bull-Rushes make Bosses and Bed-mats best.

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1727.  Swift, Gulliver, IV. ii. Round which they sat on their haunches upon bosses of straw.

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1841.  S. C. Hall, Ireland, I. 83. The family sit on stools and bosses (the boss is a low seat made of straw).

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