Obs. Also subosco. [f. SUB- 3 + It. bosco wood.] A jocular word for: The hair that grows upon the lower part of the face.
1579. G. Harvey, Letter-bk. (Camden), 61. The clippings of your thrishonorable mustachyoes and subboscoes.
1654. Gayton, Pleas. Notes, II. iii. 42. The boscos, and suboscos (I mean,) the dulapes and the jawy part of the face.
