boschn.1
/bɒʃ/, /bɔːʃ/, /bɔːs/, U.S. /bɔʃ/, /bɑʃ/Categories »
Used by the Dutch settlers in South Africa, and thence in combinations.
Compounds
bosch-bok n. an antelope of South Africa, the Bush-buck.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > antelope > [noun] > subfamily Tragelaphinae > genus Tragelaphus (tragelaph) > Tragelaphus scriptus (bush-buck)
guib1774
wood-goat1785
bosch-bok1786
harnessed antelopec1789
wood-deer1812
bush antelope1834
bush-buck1852
bush-goat1865
1786 G. Forster tr. A. Sparrman Voy. Cape Good Hope (ed. 2) I. 271 I saw and gave chase to the bosch-bok.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches 76 The boschbok oft would bound away.
bosch-man n. = bushman n. (the word used in Holland, however, is boschjesman).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Angolan1600
Angola1653
Malay1765
South African1806
Ngwaketsea1832
bushboya1834
Kapenaar1834
Transkeian1847
bosch-man1849
Natalian1850
burgher1879
Transvaaler1887
veldman1895
Rhodesian1897
Vaalpens1899
backvelder1911
plattelander1934
southwester1960
Zimbabwean1961
Zambian1963
Botswanian1966
Botswanan1967
Namibian1968
Ciskeian1973
Sowetan1974
1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 158 The degraded boschmen of creation.
bosch-vark n. a species of wild pig in South Africa.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > [noun] > group Suiformes (hippos and pigs) > family Suidae (swine) > genus Potamochoerus (African bush-pig)
wood-swine1785
Guinea hog1788
river hog1803
bosch-vark1834
bush-pig1840
bush-hog1854
red river hog1868
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches iii. 161 The boschvark, or wood-swine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
boschboshn.2
/bɒʃ/, U.S. /bɔʃ/, /bɑʃ/ An imitation of butter, otherwise called butterine n., usually consisting of oleomargarine with a small proportion of genuine butter.
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the world > food and drink > food > fat or oil > [noun] > vegetable oil or margarine
palm oil1625
vegetable oil1651
butter of mace1694
Negro-oil1753
sunflower oil1768
Galam butter1782
vegetable butter1790
vegetable fat1797
winter oil1811
butter substitute1834
red palm oil1836
butter oil1844
shea butter1847
palm butter1848
vegetable lard1859
palm-kernel oil1863
butterine1866
margarine1873
oleomargarine1873
bosch1879
oleo1884
oleo oil1884
vegetable shortening1892
Nucoline1894
almond butter1895
nut butter1896
Nutter1906
marge1919
Maggie Ann1931
sun oil1937
vanaspati1949
maggie1971
canola oil1982
1879 Echo 7 Apr. 3/4 It was known in the trade by the name of ‘bosh’.
1880 Daily News 26 Feb. 5/2 Oleomargarine..is generally sold in this country under the name of ‘butterine’, but it is also known commercially by the more expressive term ‘bosch’.
Derivatives
bosch butter n.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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