BUSSIN, _s._ A linen cap or hood, worn by old women, much the same as _Toy_, q. v. West of S.

Perhaps from Moes. G. _buss-us_, fine linen, Gr. ?ss????, id.

BUSSING, _s._ Covering.

_Evergreen._

Perhaps from Germ. _busch_, _fascis_, a bundle, a fardel.

BUST, _s._ A box.

V. ~Buist~.

BUST, BOOST, _s._ "Tar mark upon sheep, commonly the initials of the proprietor"s name," Gl. Sibb.

Perhaps what is taken out of the tar-_bust_ or box.

_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To powder, to dust with flour, Aberd. _Must_, synon.

This _v._ is probably formed from _bust_, _buist_, a box, in allusion to the _meal-buist_.

_To_ BUST, _v. a._ To beat, Aberd. Isl. _boest-a_, id.

BUSTINE, _adj._ "Fustian, cloth," Gl.

_Ramsay._

Perhaps it rather respects the shape of the garment; from Fr.

_buste_, "the long, small or sharp-pointed, and hard-quilted belly of a doublet;" Cotgr.

BUSTUOUS, BUSTEOUS, _adj._

1. Huge, large in size.

_Douglas._

2. Strong, powerful.

_Lyndsey._

3. "Terrible, fierce," Rudd.

4. Rough, unpolished.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _bus-a_, c.u.m impetu ferri; Teut. _boes-en_, impetuose pulsare.

~Bustuousness~, _s._ Fierceness, violence.

_Douglas._

BUT, _prep._ Without.

V. ~Bot~.

BUT, _adv._

1. Towards the outer apartment of a house, S.

_Dunbar._

2. In the outer apartment.

_Dunbar._

_To gae but_, to go forward, or into, the outer apartment; sometimes called the _but-house_, S. It is also used as a prep. _Gae but the house_, S.

V. ~Ben~.

A. S. _bute_, _buta_, Teut. _buyten_, extra, foras; forth, out of doors.

BUT, _s._ The outer apartment of a house, S.

_Dunbar._

BUT, _prep._ Besides.

_Barbour._

A. S. _butan_, praeter.

BUT, _v. imp._ Expressive of necessity, S.

V. ~Boot~.

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