To control.
1867.
| “Sence I have bossed the business here,” says he, | |
| “No fairer load was ever seen by me.” | |
J. R. Lowell, ‘Fitz-Adam’s Story.’ |
1871. It takes a man to boss this deestrick.—E. Eggleston, ‘The Hoosier School-master,’ p. 12.
1909. Mrs. Upham supervises the running of fifty gold and silver mines, bossing three hundred workmen.—Leslie’s Weekly, Jan.
