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