bose
English
Verb
bose (third-person singular simple present boses, present participle bosing, simple past and past participle bosed)
- (usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground.
- 1974, Martin Jim Aitken, Physics and archaeology:
- This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.
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Related terms
- boser
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.sɛ/
Adjective
bose
- inflection of bosy:
- neuter nominative, vocative, and accusative singular
- nonvirile nominative, vocative, and accusative plural
Spanish
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