BUSK
BUSK, noun A piece of steel or whale bone, worn by women to strengthen their stays; a word dependent on fashion.BUSK, noun A bush. [Not used.]BUSK, verb intransitive To be activ...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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BUSKET
BUSK'ET, noun In gardening, a grove, a compartment formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed, according to fancy.
BUSKIN
BUSK'IN, noun A kind of half boot, or high shoe, covering the foot and leg to the middle and tied underneath the knee, worn by actors in tragedy on the state. The buskins of the...
BUSKINED
BUSK'INED, adjective Dressed in buskins.
BUSKY
BUSK'Y, adjective Busky; wooded; shaded or overgrown with trees or shrubs; generally written bosky. [See Bush.]
BUSS
BUSS, noun [Latin basio.] A kiss; a salute with the lips.1. A small vessel, from 50 to 70 tons burthen, carrying two masts, and two sheds or cabins, one at each end; used in the...
BUST
BUST, noun [Latin bustum.] In sculpture, the figure of a person in relief, showing only the head, shoulders and stomach; ordinarily placed on a pedestal or console. In speaking ...
BUSTARD
BUST'ARD, noun The tarda, a species of fowl of the grallic order, and genus Otis. The fowl grows to the weight of 25 or 27 pounds, with a breadth of wing of six or seven feet. I...
BUSTLE
BUS'TLE, verb intransitive bus'l. [This word may be allied to busy, or to Latin festino.]To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion, often or usually with the ...
BUSTLER
BUS'TLER, noun bus'ler. An active stirring person.
BUSTLING
BUS'TLING, participle present tense bus'ling. Stirring; moving actively with noise or agitation.
BUSTO
BUST'O, noun A bust; sometimes perhaps used for a statue.
BUSY
BUSY, adjective biz'zy.1. Employed with constant attention; engaged about something that renders interruption inconvenient; as, a man is busy in posting his books.My mistress is...
BUSY-BODY
BUSY-BODY, noun biz'zy-body. [busy and body.]A meddling person; one who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others.
BUT
BUT, part. for butan.1. Except; besides; unless.Who can it be, but perjured Lycon?That is, removed, separated, excepted.Lycon being separated, or excepted, who can it be?And but...
BUT-END
BUT-END, noun [but and end.] The largest or blunt end of a thing; as the but-end of a musket or of a piece of timber. This word is tautological, but and end signifying the same ...
BUTCHER
BUTCH'ER, noun1. One who slaughters animals for market; or one whose occupation is to kill animals for the table. The word may and often does include the person who cuts up and ...
BUTCHER-BIRD
BUTCH'ER-BIRD, noun The shrike; a genus of birds, called Lanius. One species of this genus is called king-bird, from its courage in attacking hawks and crows.The king-bird is no...
BUTCHERLINESS
BUTCH'ERLINESS, noun A cruel, savage, butcherly manner.
BUTCHERLY
BUTCH'ERLY, adjective [from butcher.] Cruel; savage; murderous; grossly and clumsily barbarous.
BUTCHERS-BROOM
BUTCH'ER'S-BROOM, noun Ruscus; a genus of plants, called also knee-holly. It is used by butchers for brooms to sweep their blocks.
BUTCHERY
BUTCH'ERY, noun The business of slaughtering cattle for the table or for market.1. Murder, especially murder committed with unusual barbarity; great slaughter.2. The place where...
BUTLER
BUT'LER, noun A servant or officer in the houses of princes and great men, whose principal business is to take charge of the liquors, place, etc. Formerly, an officer in the cou...
BUTLERAGE
BUT'LERAGE, noun A duty of two shillings on every ton of wine imported into England by foreigners or merchant strangers. It was a composition for the privileges granted to them ...
BUTLERSHIP
BUT'LERSHIP, noun The office of a butler. Genesis 40:21.
BUTMENT
BUT'MENT, noun1. A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.2. The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the ex...
BUTSHAFT
BUT'SHAFT, noun [but and shaft.] An arrow to shoot at butts with.