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{ ‖ } n. [ F. bouche mouth, victuals. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A mouth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of inferior officers or servants in a nobleman's palace or at court. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Bush, to line. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Same as Bush, a lining. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F., morsels, mouthfuls, fr. bouche mouth. ] (Cookery) Small patties. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ After Dr. Auguste Boucherie, a French chemist, who invented the process. ] To impregnate with a preservative solution of copper sulphate, as timber, railroad ties, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Debouched p. pr. & vb. n. Debouching. ] [ F. déboucher; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue. ] To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geog.) To issue; -- said of a stream passing from a gorge out into an open valley or a plain. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

The débouchés were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]