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BUSSING
Verb
bussing
present participle of bus
present participle of buss
Noun
bussing (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of busing
Anagrams
• subsign
Source: Wiktionary
BUS
Bus, n. Etym: [Abbreviated from omnibus.]
Definition: An omnibus. [Colloq.]
BUSS
Buss, n. Etym: [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.]
Definition: A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak.
Buss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.]
Definition: To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the milking maid." Tennyson. Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. Herrick.
Buss, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. bĂĽse, D. buis.] (Naut.)
Definition: A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ACCURATE
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
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