Bushido
‖Bu″shi′do′ (bo͞o″shē′dō′), n. [Jap. bu military + shi knight + dō way, doctrine, principle.] The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knigh...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Bushiness
Bush″i‐ness (�), n. The condition or quality of being bushy.
Bushing
Bush″ing, n. [See 4th Bush.] 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.2. (M...
Bushless
Bush″less (�), a. Free from bushes; bare.O'er the long backs of the bushless downs.Tennyson.
Bushman
Bush″man (�), n.; pl.Bushmen (�). [Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush.] 1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living p...
Bushment
Bush″ment (�), n. [OE. busshement ambush, fr. bush.] 1. A thicket; a cluster of bushes. Raleigh.2. An ambuscade. Sir T. More.
Bushranger
Bush″ran′ger (�), n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.
Bushwhacker
Bush″whack′er (�), n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight.W. Irving.2. A guerrilla; a...
Bushwhacking
Bush″whack′ing, n. 1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. T. Flint.2. The crimes or warf...
Bushy
Bush″y (�), a. [From 1st Bush.] 1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving.2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood...
Busily
Bus″i‐ly (�), adv. In a busy manner.
Business
Busi″ness (�), n.; pl.Businesses (�). [From Busy.] 1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest...
Businesslike
Busi″ness‐like′ (�), a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.
Busk
Busk (bŭsk), n. [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 lo...
Busk (2)
Busk, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Busked (bŭskt).] [OE. busken, fr. Icel. būask to make one's self ready, rexlexive of būa to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th Bound.] 1. To prepare; to make ...
Busk (3)
Busk (bŭsk), n. Among the Creek Indians, a feast of first fruits celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten. The feast usually continues four days. On the first day the...
Busked
Busked (�), a. Wearing a busk. Pollok.
Busket
Bus″ket (�), n. [See Bosket, Bouquet.] 1. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. Spenser.2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
Buskin
Bus″kin (�), n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin.] 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.The hunted red deer's u...
Buskined
Bus″kined (�), a. 1. Wearing buskins.Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn.Pope.2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. “The buskined stage.” Milton.
Busky
Bus″ky (�), a. See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n.Shak.
Buss
Buss (�), n. [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.] A kiss...
Buss (2)
Buss (bŭs), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Bussed (bŭst); p. pr. & vb. n.Bussing.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. “Nor bussed the milking maid.” Tennyson.Kissing and bussing...
Buss (3)
Buss, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. büse, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; — used in the herring fishery.The Dutch whaler...
Bust
Bust (bŭst), n. [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See Bushel.] 1. A piece of ...
Bustard
Bus″tard (bŭs″tẽrd), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin. 10, 22; “proximæ iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Græcia ωτ...
Buster
Bus″ter (bŭs″tẽr), n. Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. Bartlett.