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• Boss

  ·noun A head or reservoir of water. II. Boss ·noun A swage or die used for shaping metals. III. Bo...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• boss

  1) (Dutch, baas. Danish, bas, a master.) A master, an employer of mechanics or laborers. It probably...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Boss Alley

  1) South out of Thames Street to the Thames. In Queenhithe Ward (Agas, c. 1570-Boyle, 1799). Between...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boss Court

  North out of Upper Thames Street at 221 (P.O. Directory). In Queenhithe Ward, east of St. Peter's Hi...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• boss-cockie

  n. a slang name in the bush for afarmer, larger than a Cockatoo (see Cockatoo, n. 2), whoemploys ot...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• pannikin-boss

  or Pannikin-overseer ,n. The term is applied colloquially to a man on astation, whose position is ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Little Boss Alley

  In Thames Street (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boss Lane, Thames Street

  See Boss Alley. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boss of Water at Billingsgate

  Against Boss Alley (q.v.). Made about 1423 by the Executors of Richard Whittington (S. 17 and 210)....

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boss of Water at Paul's Wharf

  Made about 1423 by the executors of Richard Whittington. In Bosse Lane (S. 17, 364). In Queenhithe W...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Boss of Water, St, Giles' Cripplegate

  In the wall of the churchyard, made 1423 at the charges of Richard Whitington (S. 17, 303). Afterwa...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.