Bosom \Bos"om\ (b[oo^]z"[u^]m), n. [AS. b?sm; akin to D. bozem,
Fries. b?sm, 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.
You must prepare your bosom for his knife. --Shak.
2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions,
affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness;
secret thoughts.
Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they
do it. --Shak.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my
iniquity in my bosom. --Job xxxi.
33.
3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Within the bosom of that church. --Hooker.
4. 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.
5. 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.
He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it
out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. --Ex. iv.
6.
6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.]
--Shak.
7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. --Knight.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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