busk
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “busk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French busc, by dissimilation (from buste) from Italian busto.
Noun
busk (plural busks)
- A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
- Marston
- Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelical.
- Marston
- (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":
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Etymology 2
Etymology unknown
Noun
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:
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Etymology 3
From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask
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.
- Hamilton
- Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
- Fairfax
- The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright / And busk'd them bold to battle and to fight.
- Hamilton
- (obsolete) To go; to direct one's course.
- Skelton
- Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks.
- Skelton
Etymology 4
Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.
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.
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.
Noun
busk c (singular definite busken, plural indefinite buske)
Declension
References
- “busk” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare with Danish busk, Swedish buske, Icelandic búskur, English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch.
Noun
busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural busker, definite plural buskene)
Derived terms
References
- “busk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. See above for comparisons,
Noun
busk m (definite singular busken, indefinite plural buskar, definite plural buskane)
Derived terms
References
- “busk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *buskaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Compare Old Saxon busk, Old English busc, bysc, Old Norse buskr.
Pronunciation
Noun
busk m
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