Chapter 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.

BUSSIN, _s._ A linen cap or hood, worn by old women, much the same as _Toy_, q. v. West of S.

Perhaps from Moes. G. _buss-us_, fine linen, Gr. βυσσινον, id.

BUSSING, _s._ Covering.

_Evergreen._

Perhaps from Germ. _busch_, _fascis_, a bundle, a fardel.

BUST, _s._ A box.

V. ~Buist~.

BUST, BOOST, _s._ "Tar mark upon sheep, commonly the initials of the proprietor's name," Gl. Sibb.

Perhaps what is taken out of the tar-_bust_ or box.

_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To powder, to dust with flour, Aberd. _Must_, synon.

This _v._ is probably formed from _bust_, _buist_, a box, in
allusion to the _meal-buist_.

_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To beat, Aberd. Isl. _boest-a_, id.

BUSTINE, _adj._ "Fustian, cloth," Gl.

_Ramsay._

Perhaps it rather respects the shape of the garment; from Fr. _buste_, "the long, small or sharp-pointed, and hard-quilted belly of a doublet;" Cotgr.

BUSTUOUS, BUSTEOUS, _adj._

1. Huge, large in size.

_Douglas._

2. Strong, powerful.

_Lyndsey._

3. "Terrible, fierce," Rudd.

4. Rough, unpolished.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _bus-a_, cum impetu ferri; Teut. _boes-en_, impetuose
pulsare.

~Bustuousness~, _s._ Fierceness, violence.

_Douglas._

BUT, _prep._ Without.

V. ~Bot~.

BUT, _adv._

1. Towards the outer apartment of a house, S.

_Dunbar._

2. In the outer apartment.

_Dunbar._

_To gae but_, to go forward, or into, the outer apartment; sometimes called the _but-house_, S. It is also used as a prep. _Gae but the house_, S.

V. ~Ben~.

A. S. _bute_, _buta_, Teut. _buyten_, extra, foras; forth, out of
doors.

BUT, _s._ The outer apartment of a house, S.

_Dunbar._

BUT, _prep._ Besides.

_Barbour._

A. S. _butan_, praeter.

BUT, _v. imp._ Expressive of necessity, S.

V. ~Boot~.

BUT, _s._ Let, impediment, S. This is merely the _prep._ used as a substantive.

BUT AND, _prep._ Besides.

V. ~Botand~.

BUTER, BUTTER, _s._ Bittern.

V. ~Boytour~.

BUTT, _s._

1. A piece of ground, which in ploughing does not form a proper ridge, but is excluded as an angle, S.

2. A small piece of ground disjoined from the adjacent lands.

Fr. _bout_, end, extremity. L. B. _butta terrae_, agellus.

3. Those parts of the tanned hides of horses which are under the crupper, are called _butts_, probably as being the extremities, S.

BUTWARDS, _adv._ Towards the outer part of a room, S. B.

_Ross._

BWNIST, _adj._ Uppermost.

_Dunbar._

From _boon_, contr. from _abone_, above, corresponding to modern
_boonmost_, uppermost, q. v. Belg. _bovenste_, id. from _boven_, above.

C

CA, CAW, _s._ A walk for cattle, a particular district, S. B.

V. ~Call~, ~Caw~, _v._

_Ross._

CA, _s._ A pass or defile between hills, Sutherl.

_Statist. Acc._

_To_ CAB, _v. a._ To pilfer, Loth.

CABARR, _s._ A lighter.

V. ~Gabert~.

_Spalding._

CABBACK, _s._ A cheese.

V. ~Kebbuck~.

CABBIE, KEBBIE, _s._ A box, made of laths, narrow at the top, used as a pannier for carrying grain on horseback; one being carried on each side of the horse; Sutherl.

_Statist. Acc._

CABBRACH, _adj._ Rapacious, laying hold of every thing, S. B.

_Ross._

CABELD, _adj._ Reined, bridled.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _kebel_, a rope.

CABIR, KABAR, KEBBRE, _s._

1. A rafter, S.

_Douglas_.

2. The same term is used to denote the transverse beams in a kiln, on which grain is laid for being dried, S.