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noun

Bouch, Bouche n.

A mouth. (Obs.)

An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bouch" Quotes from Famous Books

... bouche des bons esprits Apollon vous tient a mespris Troupe ignorance et trop hardie, Car vous prophanez ses beaux dons Et faites naistre des chardons Au milieu ...

— The English Novel in the Time of Shakespeare • J. J. Jusserand

... have been tried without success, and so it finally became necessary simply to separate the good from the bad corks by a practical and rapid operation. A simple examination does not suffice. Mr. Bouche has found that corks immersed in water finally became covered with brown spots, and, by analogy, in order to test corks, he immersed them in water for a fortnight or a month. All those that came out spotted were rejected. Under the prolonged action of moisture, ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 • Various

... that just as turtle-soup is to their worships, so is wild cat to golden eagles—a bonne bouche par excellence, so to say. They do not get it every day, or every month, for the matter of that—at least, not in these islands of enlightenment, for the wild cat shares with them the honor of being a martyr of Fate, and it is on the index ...

— The Way of the Wild • F. St. Mars

... this early center of coffee roasting in the south were: Thornton & Hawkins; Charles J. Bouche; H.N. Gage; A. Engelhard; and ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... "Oh, we have a bonne-bouche prepared for him, which he may not relish much more than you do those manacles on your legs," remarked the captain, as he left the worthy ...

— Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston