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bosk
UK /bɒsk/ US /bɑsk/
noun 2
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3ADJ.
well-known
BOSK + NOUN
dell, i'll
PREP.
through
Definitions
noun
1
A bush.
2
A thicket; a small wood.
Meantime, through well-known bosk and dell, / I'll lead where we may shelter well.
[...] and so by town and thorpe, / And tilth, and blowing bosks of wilderness, / We gain'd the mother-city thick with towers, / And in the imperial palace found the king.
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Meantime, through well-known bosk and dell, / I'll lead where we may shelter well.
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[...] and so by town and thorpe, / And tilth, and blowing bosks of wilderness, / We gain'd the mother-city thick with towers, / And in the imperial palace found the king.
Wiktionary03
The enclosure was indeed little beyond that of a good-sized paddock – its boundaries were visible on every side – but swelling uplands, covered with massy foliage sloped down to its wild irregular tur
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