word of the day: boss
Miss Bianca and Bernard, two representatives of the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid Society have entered the salt mines in hopes of rescuing Teddy-Age-Eight (all they know of the boy is his name and age). Among the other features of the mine is a lake.
'[W]hat beauty!' murmured Miss Bianca. 'Oh, Bernard, observe the lake.'
The lake actually terminated their field of vision. Unrippled by any breath of air it gleamed like a silver shield, a low island in the center for boss. Round the edge, crusted salt formed elegant curlicues more delicate than the work of any jeweler.
definition (Merriam-Webster): a raised ornamentation (as on a belt or shield) : STUD
source:
Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines
by Margery Sharp
with illustrations by Garth Williams
1966. Little, Brown and Co., New York
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