Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BOAST
BOAST, n.
- Expression of ostentation, pride or vanity; a vaunting. Thou makest thy boast of the law. – Rom. ii.
- The cause of boasting; occasion of pride, vanity, or laudable exultation. Trial by peers is the boast of the British nation.
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