BURSIN, BURSTEN, _part. pa._

1. Burst, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. Overpowered with fatigue; or so overheated by exertion as to drop down dead, S.

BUS, _s._ A bush, S. _buss_.

V. ~Busk~.

_Douglas._

BUSCH, _s._ Boxwood, S. B.

_Douglas._

Belg. _bosse-boom_, _busboom_, Fr. _bouis_, _buis_, Ital. _busso_, id.

_To_ BUSCH, _v. n._ To lay an ambush; pret. _buschyt_.

_Wallace._

O. E. _bussed_.

_R. Brunne_.

Ital. _bosc-are_, _imbosc-are_, from _bosco_, q. to lie hid among bushes.

~Buschement~, _s._ Ambush.

_Wallace._

O. E. _buss.e.m.e.nt_.

_R. Brunne._

_To_ BUSE, BUST, _v. a._ To inclose cattle in a stall, S. B.

A. S. _bosg_, _bosig_, praesepe; E. _boose_, a stall for a cow, Johns.

_To_ BUSH, _v. a._ To sheathe, to inclose in a case or box, S.; applied to the wheels of carriages.

Su. G. Belg. _bosse_, a box or case of any kind.

BUSH, _interj._ Expressive of a rushing sound, as that of water spouting out, Tweedd.

_J. Nicol._

L. B. _bus-bas_, a term used to denote the noise made by fire-arms or arrows in battle.

_To_ BUSK, _v. a._

1. To dress, to attire one"s self, to deck, S.; _bus_, A. Bor. id.

_Douglas._

Germ. _butz-en_, _buss-en_, Belg. _bocts-en_, Su. G. _puts-a_, _puss-a_, ornare, decorare; Germ. _butz_, _buss_, ornatus; hence _butz frau_, a well-dressed woman.

2. To prepare, to make ready, in general, S.

_Sir Tristrem._

3. _v. n._ To tend, to direct one"s course towards.

_Gawan and Gol._

4. It sometimes seems to imply the idea of rapid motion; as equivalent to _rush_.

_Barbour._

~Busking~, _s._ Dress, decoration.

_Acts Ja. VI._

BUSK, _s._ A bush.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _buske_, Germ. _busch_, Belg. _bosch_, frutex. Ital.

_bosco_, wood.

BUSKENING, _s._

_Sir Egeir._

Apparently high-flown language, like that used on the stage; from E.

_buskin_, the high shoe anciently worn by actors.

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