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Busk  v. t. & v. i.  (past & past part. busked)  
1.
To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. (Scot. & Old Eng.) "Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride."
2.
To go; to direct one's course. (Obs.) "Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks."





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"Busk" Quotes from Famous Books



... "Busk, busk, and boune! Thou mount'st behind Upon my black barb steed: O'er stock and stile, a hundred mile, We ...
— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various
... had fortunately, we ought to say skillfully, come in contact with the steel busk, which at that period, like a cuirass, defended the chests of women. It had glided down it, tearing the robe, and had penetrated slantingly between the flesh and the ribs. Milady's robe was not the less stained with blood in ...
— The Three Musketeers • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... a witty wight, And had o' things an unco slight! Auld Reekie aye he keepit tight And trig and braw; But now they'll busk her like ...
— Penelope's Experiences in Scotland • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... be bonnie A little time while it is new! But when it's auld it waxeth cauld, And fadeth awa' like the morning dew. O wherefore should I busk my heid. Or wherefore should I kame my hair? For my true love has me forsook, And says he'll never ...
— The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 - Sorrow and Consolation • Various


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