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Chapter L: B. Bursar-ius, a scholar supported by a pension; Fr

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_boursier_, id. from L. B. _bursa_, an ark, Fr. _bourse_, a purse. _Bourse_ also signifies "the place of a pensioner in a college," Cotgr.

~Bursary~, ~Burse~, _s._ The endowment given to a student in a university, an exhibition, S.

_Statist. Acc._

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. _bussement_.

_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 rushing sound, as that of water spouting out, Tweedd.

_J. Nicol._

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish LanguageChapter L: B. Bursar-ius, a scholar supported by a pension; Fr

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