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bosk
(bŏsk)n.
A small wooded area.
[Back-formation from bosky.]
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bosk
(bɒsk)n
literary a small wood of bushes and small trees
[C13: variant of busk bush1]
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bosk
(bɒsk)n.
a small wood or thicket, esp. of bushes.
[1250–1300; Middle English boske, variant of busk(e) < Old Norse buskr bush1]
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Bosk, Bosquet, Bosket, Boscage
a grove or plantation of shrubs or trees, 1737.Examples: bosk of flowers, 1878; of holly, 1833; of laurel, 1833; of shrubs, 1737; of trees, 1737; of wildernesses, 1847.
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