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BURSIN, BURSTEN, _part. pa._
1. Burst, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. Overpowered with fatigue; or so overheated by exertion as to drop down dead, S.
BUS, _s._ A bush, S. _buss_.
V. ~Busk~.
_Douglas._
BUSCH, _s._ Boxwood, S. B.
_Douglas._
Belg. _bosse-boom_, _busboom_, Fr. _bouis_, _buis_, Ital. _busso_, id.
_To_ BUSCH, _v. n._ To lay an ambush; pret. _buschyt_.
_Wallace._
O. E. _bussed_.
_R. Brunne_.
Ital. _bosc-are_, _imbosc-are_, from _bosco_, q. to lie hid among bushes.
~Buschement~, _s._ Ambush.
_Wallace._
O. E. _buss.e.m.e.nt_.
_R. Brunne._
_To_ BUSE, BUST, _v. a._ To inclose cattle in a stall, S. B.
A. S. _bosg_, _bosig_, praesepe; E. _boose_, a stall for a cow, Johns.
_To_ BUSH, _v. a._ To sheathe, to inclose in a case or box, S.; applied to the wheels of carriages.
Su. G. Belg. _bosse_, a box or case of any kind.
BUSH, _interj._ Expressive of a rus.h.i.+ng sound, as that of water spouting out, Tweedd.
_J. Nicol._
L. B. _bus-bas_, a term used to denote the noise made by fire-arms or arrows in battle.
_To_ BUSK, _v. a._
1. To dress, to attire one's self, to deck, S.; _bus_, A. Bor. id.
_Douglas._
Germ. _butz-en_, _buss-en_, Belg. _bocts-en_, Su. G. _puts-a_, _puss-a_, ornare, decorare; Germ. _butz_, _buss_, ornatus; hence _butz frau_, a well-dressed woman.
2. To prepare, to make ready, in general, S.
_Sir Tristrem._
3. _v. n._ To tend, to direct one's course towards.
_Gawan and Gol._
4. It sometimes seems to imply the idea of rapid motion; as equivalent to _rush_.
_Barbour._
~Busking~, _s._ Dress, decoration.
_Acts Ja. VI._
BUSK, _s._ A bush.
_Douglas._
Su. G. Isl. _buske_, Germ. _busch_, Belg. _bosch_, frutex. Ital.
_bosco_, wood.
BUSKENING, _s._
_Sir Egeir._
Apparently high-flown language, like that used on the stage; from E.
_buskin_, the high shoe anciently worn by actors.
