bossingn.1
/ˈbɒsɪŋ/ The action of boss v.1:
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a. swelling.
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b. ornamenting with bosses.
c. (meaning obscure: see quot. 1520).
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c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 41 Bocynge or strowtynge, turgor.
1520 Chron. Eng. ii. f. 17/1 Two other wayes he made in bossynge through out the lande, the one is called Fosse, and that other Fosse dyke.
1583 E. Grindal Remains (1843) (modernized text) 459 I give..ten pounds towards the clasping, bossing, and chaining of the same [books].
d. In ceramics, the process of smoothing the surface of colour applied to pottery over a coating of boiled oil; also, the coating of oil used for this purpose.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [noun] > specific processes
fictilage1610
throwing1686
fritting1816
biscuiting1819
slapping1825
blunging1832
jigging1865
baking1868
bossinga1877
kaolinization1886
towing1892
jolleying1901
saggaring1901
mould-running1910
mullitization1939
double-dipping1940
Belgicization1942
prefiring1944
press-moulding1953
a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. Bossing, ground-laying the surface of porcelain in an unfinished state, to form a basis of adherence for the color... The bossing is a coat of boiled oil, to hold the color.
1879 E. C. Hancock Amateur Pottery & Glass Painter 49 When the oil has become somewhat set, so as to be ‘tacky’ to the finger, it is ready for the second process, called ‘bossing’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
bossingn.2
/ˈbɒsɪŋ/ U.S.
The practice of acting as a ‘boss’.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > direction
demeaning1429
stightlinga1500
direction1509
directing1530
amaining1553
government1556
demeanour1644
directory1647
directurea1677
bossing1864
masterminding1924
quarterbacking1938
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 23 Dec. They won't do a stroke of work if they can help it..They like ‘bossing’.
1884 Manch. Examiner 13 Aug. 5/4 The ‘bossing’ of railways is a practice not exclusively confined to the United States.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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