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Boscage

BOSC'AGE, n. [Eng.bush.] 1. Wood; under-wood; perhaps, sometimes, lands covered with underwood; also, a thicket. 2. In old laws, food or sustenance for cattle, which is yielded by bushes and trees. 3. With pai...

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BOSC'AGE, n. [Eng.bush.]

1. Wood; under-wood; perhaps, sometimes, lands covered with underwood; also, a thicket.

2. In old laws, food or sustenance for cattle, which is yielded by bushes and trees.

3. With painters, a landscape, representing thickets of wood.

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