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• Bodice — Bod ice, n. [This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. {Corset}, and see {Body}.] 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• bodice — 1560s, oddly spelled plural of BODY (Cf. body), name of a tight fitting Elizabethan garment covering the torso; plural because the body came in two parts which fastened in the middle …   Etymology dictionary

• bodice — bod|ice [ˈbɔdıs US ˈba: ] n [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: bodies, plural of body] 1.) the part of a woman s dress above her waist 2.) a tight fitting woman s ↑waistcoat worn over a ↑blouse in former times 3.) old use a piece of woman s underwear that …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• bodice — noun (C) 1 the part of a woman s dress above her waist 2 a tight fitting woman s waistcoat worn over a blouse in former times 3 old use a piece of woman s underwear that covered the upper part of her body; corset (1) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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• Basque — /bask/, n. 1. one of a people of unknown origin inhabiting the western Pyrenees regions in France and Spain. 2. their language, not known to be related to any other language. 3. (l.c.) a close fitting bodice, sometimes having an extension that… …   Universalium

• Basque — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French, ultimately from Latin Vasco member of a group of ancient peoples inhabiting the present Basque country Date: 1667 1. a member of a people inhabiting the western Pyrenees on the Bay of Biscay 2. the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary