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   Bosom (bo͝ozˈŭm; 277), n. [AS. bōsm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. bōsm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.]
   1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
   
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   You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.
   
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   2. Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, “an ample bosom”.
   
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   3. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
   
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   Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know
   
   Wherefore they do it. Shak.
   
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   If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job xxxi. 33.
   
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   4. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
   
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   Within the bosom of that church. Hooker.
   
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   5. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, “the bosom of the earth”. “The bosom of the ocean.”  Addison.
   
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   6. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, “the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom”.
   
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   He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. Ex. iv. 6.
   
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   7. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]  Shak.
   
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   8. A depression round the eye of a millstone.  Knight.
   
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   bosom, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the bosom.
   
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   2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, “a bosom friend”.
   
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   bosom, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bosomed (-ŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n. Bosoming.]
   1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
   
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   Bosom up my counsel,
   
   You'll find it wholesome. Shak.
   
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   2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
   
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   To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. Pope.
   
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