busk
(verb) play music in a public place and solicit money for it; “three young men were busking in the plaza”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
busk (plural busks)
A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
(by extension) A corset.
busk
(obsolete) A kind of linen.
busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)
(obsolete, transitive) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
(obsolete) To go; to direct one's course.
busk (third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)
(intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport
(nautical) To tack, cruise about.
• Buks, skub
Busk
A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
• Buks, skub
Source: Wiktionary
Busk, n. Etym: [F. busc, perh. fr. the hypothetical older form of E. bois wood, because the first busks were made of wood. See Bush, and cf. OF. busche, F. bûche, a piece or log of wood, fr. the same root.]
Definition: A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset. Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.
Busk, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busked.] Etym: [OE. busken, fr. Icel. b to make one's self ready, rexlexive of b to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th Bound.]
1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.] Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. Hamilton.
2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
