Webster's Dictionary 1913

5833

Bustle

Bus″tle (bŭs″s'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bustled (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Bustling (-slĭng).] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -l...

5834

Bustle (2)

Bus″tle, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.A strange bustle and disturbance in the world.South.

5835

Bustle (3)

Bus″tle, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; — called also bishop, and tournure.

5836

Bustler

Bus″tler (bŭs″slẽr), n. An active, stirring person.

5837

Bustling

Bus″tling (bŭs″slĭng), a. Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. “A bustling wharf.” Hawthorne.

5838

Busto

‖Bus″to (�), n.; pl.Bustoes (�). A bust; a statue.With some antick bustoes in the niches.Ashmole.

5839

Busy

Bus″y (bĭz″zy̆), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bhūsh to be active, busy.] 1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or ...

5840

Busy (2)

Bus″y (bĭz″zy̆), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Busied (bĭz″zĭd); p. pr. & vb. n.Busying.] [AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy ...

5841

Busybody

Bus″y‐bod′y (–bŏd′y̆), n.; pl.Busybodies (–bŏd′ĭz). One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.And not only idle, but tattlers also and b...

5842

But

But (bŭt), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. būtan, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + ūtan outward, without, fr. ūt out. Primarily, būtan, as well as...

5843

But (2)

But (�), n. [Cf. But, prep., adv. & conj.] The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; — opposed to ben, the inner room.

5844

But (3)

But, n. [See 1st But.] 1. A limit; a boundary.2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt.But end, the larger or t...

5845

But (4)

But, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Butted; p. pr. & vb. n.Butting.] See Butt, v., and Abut, v.

5846

But-thorn

But″–thorn′ (�), n.(Zoöl.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).

5847

Butane

Bu″tane (�), n. [L. butyrum butter. See Butter.] (Chem.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

5848

Butcher

Butch″er (�), n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See Buck the an...

5849

Butcher (2)

Butch″er, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Butchered (�); p. pr. & vb. n.Butchering.] 1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.2. To murder, or kill, esp...

5850

Butcher's broom

Butch″er's broom′ (�). (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

5851

Butchering

Butch″er‐ing, n. 1. The business of a butcher.2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.That dreadful butchering of one another.Addison.

5852

Butcherliness

Butch″er‐li‐ness (�), n. Butchery quality.

5853

Butcherly

Butch″er‐ly, a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. “The victim of a butcherly murder.” D. Webster.What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly,This ...

5854

Butchery

Butch″er‐y (�), n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.] 1. The business of a butcher.2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity;...

5855

Butler

But″ler (�), n. [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.] An officer in a king's or a no...

5856

Butlerage

But″ler‐age (�), n.(O. Eng. Law) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; — so called because paid to the king's butler for the ...

5857

Butlership

But″ler‐ship, n. The office of a butler.

5858

Butment

But″ment (�), n. [Abbreviation of Abutment.] 1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or s...

5859

Butt

{ Butt, But } (�), n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. bōzan...