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/bəʊs/ · verb
(usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground..
This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.
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Bose means (usually archaeology) To strike the ground with an object in order to determine, from the resulting sounds, what lies underground..
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This criticism applies also to bosing in which the ground is thumped with a heavy rammer; over filled-in pits, tombs, […] Bosing is successful where the top-soil is thin and firm, with an unstratified rock such as chalk beneath.
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