busk
see also: Busk
Pronunciation
Busk
Proper noun
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see also: Busk
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bʌsk/
busk (plural busks)
- A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
- Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelical.
- (by extension) A corset.
- 1661, John Donne, "To his Mistress going to Bed":
- Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.
- 1661, John Donne, "To his Mistress going to Bed":
- French: busc
busk (plural busks)
- (obsolete) A kind of linen.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557:
- Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557:
busk (busks, present participle busking; past and past participle busked)
- (obsolete, transitive) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
- Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
- The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright / And busk'd them bold to battle and to fight.
- (obsolete) To go; to direct one's course.
- Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks.
busk (busks, present participle busking; 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.
- German: Straßenmusik machen
- Italian: suonare per strada
Busk
Proper noun
- A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
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