Chiefly dial. Forms: 1 bósiʓ, bósih, 7 bousie, bowzey, boosey. [OE. bósiʓ, bósih: see BOOSE sb.] An ox- or cow-stall, a crib; = BOOSE.

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c. 950.  Lindisf. Gosp., Luke xiii. 15. An eʓhuelc iuer on symbeldoeʓ ne unbindeð [he] woxo his oððe assald of bósih.

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c. 975.  Rushw. G., ibid. Oxo his oððe easald of bosʓe.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, I. 612. Præsepia [i. a Crib, Cratch, Bowzey, or Manger]. Ibid., II. 285. They must be tied vp sure vnto their bousies.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, II. ix. § 9. Boosey, the place where the Cow is tyed.

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1777.  Brand, Pop. Antiq. (1849), I. 30. What is termed the boosy.

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1847.  G. Soane, New Curios. Lit. (1849), I. 19, note. Boosy … in the northern counties … is more generally applied to the upper part of the stall where the fodder lies.

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