Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bossy

Bossy ({not transcribed}) , adjective

Ornamented with bosses; studded.

Bossy , noun

[Dim. from Prov. English boss in boss-calf, buss-calf, for boose-calf, prop., a calf kept in the stall. See 1st Boose.]

A cow or calf; -- familiarly so called. [United States]