[W/K] :: Boss

  Boss \Boss\ (b[o^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bossed (b[o^]st); p.
     pr. & vb. n. Bossing.] [OE. bocen, fr. OF. bocier. See the
     preceding word.]
     To ornament with bosses; to stud.
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  Boss \Boss\, n. [D. baas master.]
     A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a
     political dictator. [Slang, U. S.]
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  Boss \Boss\ (b[o^]s; 115), n.; pl. Bosses (-[e^]z). [OE. boce,
     bose, boche, OF. boce, boche, bosse, F. bosse, of G. origin;
     cf. OHG. b[=o]zo tuft, bunch, OHG. b[=o]zan, MHG. b[^o]zen,
     to beat. See Beat, and cf. Botch a swelling.]
     1. Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a
        knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.
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     2. A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different
        material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a
        buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection
        of a shield. See Umbilicus.
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     3. (Arch.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection
        of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in
        other situations.
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     4. [Cf. D. bus box, Dan. b["o]sse.] A wooden vessel for the
        mortar used in tiling or masonry, hung by a hook from the
        laths, or from the rounds of a ladder. --Gwilt.
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     5. (Mech.)
        (a) The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is
            keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.
        (b) A swage or die used for shaping metals.
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     6. A head or reservoir of water. [Obs.]
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  boss
       adj : exceptionally good; "a boss hand at carpentry"; "his brag
             cornfield" [syn: brag]
       n 1: a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to
            leave early you have to ask the foreman" [syn: foreman,
             chief, gaffer, honcho]
       2: a person responsible for hiring workers; "the boss hired
          three more men for the new job" [syn: hirer]
       3: a person who exercises control and makes decisions; "he is
          his own boss now"
       4: a leader in a political party who controls votes and
          dictates appointments; "party bosses have a reputation for
          corruption" [syn: party boss, political boss]
       5: a circular rounded projection or protuberance [syn: knob]
       v : raise in a relief; "embossed stationary" [syn: emboss, stamp]

  334 Moby Thesaurus words for "boss":
     A per se, Big Brother, OK, ace, ace-high, administrator, anaglyph,
     ascendant, at the head, auditor, bad, bang-up, bas-relief,
     big cheese, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boatswain, bonzer,
     bow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bully, bump, bunch, burl,
     but good, button, bwana, cacique, cahot, cameo, cameo glass,
     capital, cavo-rilievo, champion, chaperon, chase, chef, chief,
     chieftain, chine, church dignitary, clump, coarsen, cock, colophon,
     command, commander, commanding, comptroller, concavity, condyle,
     control, controller, controlling, convex, convexity, cool, corking,
     crackerjack, cut glass, dactylogram, dactylograph, dandy, dean,
     delicious, dent, dint, direct, director, dominant, dominate,
     domineer, dowel, ducky, ear, ecclesiarch, elder, emboss,
     embossment, employer, excrescence, fab, famous, fine,
     fine and dandy, fingerprint, first-rate, flange, flap,
     floor manager, floorman, floorwalker, footmark, footprint,
     footstep, foreman, fossil footprint, fugleman, gaffer, gall,
     ganger, gear, general, genius, glyph, glyptograph, gnarl, goodman,
     governing, governor, granulate, great, groovy, guru, handle, head,
     headman, heavy, hegemonic, hegemonistic, hierarch, high relief,
     higher-up, hill, himself, honcho, horripilate, hot, hump, hunch,
     hunky-dory, husband, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression,
     imprint, in ascendancy, in charge, in chief, in the ascendant,
     indent, indentation, indention, inspector, intaglio,
     intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, jam-up, jog, joggle,
     just dandy, keen, keep in order, keynoter, kingpin, knob, knot,
     knur, knurl, laureate, leader, leading, liege, liege lord, lip,
     loop, lord, lord it over, lord paramount, low relief, lump,
     man higher up, manage, manager, managing director, marvy, mask,
     master, mean, medal, medallion, mole, monitor, mountain, neat,
     nevus, nifty, nobby, noncommissioned officer, nonpareil, nub,
     nubbin, nubble, okay, order about, out of sight, overlook,
     overlord, overman, oversee, overseeing, overseer, owner, pad,
     padrone, papilloma, paragon, paramount, paterfamilias, patriarch,
     patron, paw print, pawmark, peachy, peachy-keen, peg, pimple,
     plaquette, policy maker, predominant, predominate, prepollent,
     preponderant, preponderate, prepotent, president, prevalent, prexy,
     principal, print, proctor, prodigy, proprietor, pug, pugmark,
     quarterback, rabbi, raise, regnant, regulating, regulative,
     regulatory, reigning, relief, relievo, rib, ride herd on, ridge,
     ring, ringleader, ripping, rough, rough up, roughen, ruler, ruling,
     rum, run, sachem, sahib, scrumptious, sculptured glass, seal,
     seigneur, seignior, senior, shoulder, sigil, signet, sirdar,
     slap-up, slave driver, smashing, solid, something else, sovereign,
     spiffing, spiffy, spine, stamp, stand over, standard-bearer, star,
     starets, step, straw boss, stud, stunning, style, subforeman,
     super, superintend, superintendent, superior, superman, superstar,
     supervise, supervising, supervisor, supervisory, supreme, survey,
     surveyor, swell, tab, take care of, take charge, taskmaster,
     teacher, the greatest, the most, thumbmark, thumbprint, top,
     top dog, tough, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, vestige,
     virtuoso, visitor, wale, wart, welt, wizard
  
  

  BOSS
       Basic OS Software for BASIC (OS, BASIC)
       
       

  BOSS
       
          Bridgport Operating System Software.  A derivative of the ISO
          1054 numerical machine control language for milling, etc.
       
       

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