Boss

·noun A head or reservoir of water.

II. Boss ·noun A swage or die used for shaping metals.

III. Boss ·vt To ornament with bosses; to Stud.

IV. Boss ·noun A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

V. Boss ·noun Any protuberant part; a round, swelling part or body; a knoblike process; as, a boss of wood.

VI. Boss ·noun The enlarged part of a shaft, on which a wheel is keyed, or at the end, where it is coupled to another.

VII. Boss ·noun 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.

VIII. Boss ·noun A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

IX. Boss ·noun 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.