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boast

Squash
a stroke in which the ball is hit on to one of the side walls before hitting the front wall
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boast

[bōst]
(engineering)
To shape stone or curve furniture roughly in preparation for finer work later on.
To finish the face of a building stone by cutting a series of parallel grooves.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

boast

To dress or shape stone roughly, usually with a broad chisel.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Yet the DUP openly and boastfully displays its homophobia, ignores the democratic wishes of MLAs, ignores the views of the people of Northern Ireland, and gets away with it.
Most everyone has quite rightly characterized it as insensitive, and the Ink corporate office has called it an inadvertent and ill-advised joke, but make no mistake: When they put that sign out there they did so with pride; they were boastfully taking some small measure of credit for cleaning up the 'hood, as it were.
Muslim cattle traders and dairy farmers are periodically lynched in the name of cow protection and the gruesome murders, committed often in broad daylight, are recorded in videos and boastfully posted on social media where unbridled majoritarianism is celebrated in offensive language and images.
The skyline is peppered with red-tile roofs, majestic spires and towers built by boastfully rich merchants.
Turning to Merkel, the SPD leader accused the chancellor of "boastfully promising" full employment while not telling voters how she wanted to achieve this.
Trump's latest self-inflicted spy scandal was the disclosure this week that he had boastfully revealed to Russian visitors his knowledge of highly classified reports about threats by Daesh (ISIS) to attack planes with undetectable bombs hidden in laptops.
It was hugely embarrassing to the regime, as it was boastfully launched on thenation's major holiday.
Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, the Minister of Information, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Board Chairman of the Public Authority for Sports, accompanied the racer during His Highness the Amir's audience Addressing His Highness the Amir during the audience, Minister Sheikh Salman boastfully stated that the champion Al-Mutairi and the other Kuwaiti athletes took part in the Riot competitions for special needs, "the Flag of Kuwait ..
Mobile phone technology was boastfully introduced in Pakistan in the late 90s.
In this election cycle, Trump has boastfully and repeatedly told us how wealthy he is, how incredibly rich and successful he has been (despite his multiple business bankruptcies).
There is no mention of Q 8:47 with reference to the Makkans, who had come forth from their dwellings boastfully and to be seen by men, or of the Prophet's address to the dead disbelievers, or of the presence of the angels.
Ali boastfully called himself 'The Greatest' but brilliantly lived up to that billing, and his great rival Foreman described the sense of "losing a piece" of himself while reflecting on the life of his long-term friend.
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