/baw"steuhn, bos"teuhn/ , n.
1. a seaport in and the capital of Massachusetts, in the E part. 562,994.
2. ( l.c. ) a variety of whist, popular in the early 19th century, played by four persons with two packs of cards.
3. ( usually l.c. ) a social dance that is a modification of the waltz.