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BUSK
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
Etymology 1
Noun
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.
Etymology 2
Noun
busk
(obsolete) A kind of linen.
Etymology 3
Verb
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.
Etymology 4
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• Buks, skub
Etymology
Proper noun
Busk
A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
Anagrams
• 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
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