bosom sb. (“bosom multiplied” Cor. III. i. 130 prob. =the bosom of the many-headed monster, i.e. the people; “bisson multitude”†）
1.
“Abraham's ” (Luke xvi.
22)=Paradise R3 IV. iii.
38.
2.
fold or pocket in the
front part of a bodice, used for letters, &c.
Gent. I. ii. 111, Ham. II. ii. 112.
3.
seat of affection,
desire, passion=‘heart’ (freq.);
Lr. V. iii. 50
“the common ”
(= the affections of the populace); sometimes
= (i) repository of secrets
Meas. V. i. 10
“To lock it in the wards
of covert ,”
Cæs. V. i. 7
“I am in their
b-s,”
Lr. IV. v. 26
“you are of her ”
; (ii) desire, intimate thoughts
Meas. IV. iii. 143
“have your on this
wretch,”
Oth. III. i. 58
“To speak your
freely.”
4.
of things: (i)
surface
John IV. i. 3
“the of the
ground,”
Rom. I. iv. 102,
II. ii. 32
“the of the
air”
; (ii) enclosing walls (of a tower)
R2 V. i. 3
“whose flint ”
; (iii) depths, inmost recesses LLL. IV. iii. 32,
John II. i. 410
“this city's ,”
R3 I. i. 4
“the deep of the
ocean”
; cf.
H8 II. iv. 180
“the of my
conscience”
(=my inmost conscience).
