An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

V. [Lare], v. and s.

BUIR, Leg. Leuir.
Wallace.

BUISE, To shoot the buise.
Cleland.

Apparently, to swing, to be hanged; perhaps from Ital. busco, the shoot of a tree.

BUIST, s. A part of female dress, anciently worn in S.
Maitland Poems.

Fr. busq, or buste, plated body, or other quilted thing, worn to make or keep the body straight. Ital. busto, stays or boddice.

BUIST, BUSTE, BOIST, s.
1. A box or chest, S. Meal-buist, chest for containing meal.
Acts Ja. II.
2. A coffin; nearly antiquated, but still sometimes used by tradesmen, Loth.

O. Fr. boiste, Arm. bouest, a box.

To Buist up, v. a. To inclose, to shut up.
Montgomerie.

Buist-maker, s. A coffin-maker, Loth.; a term now nearly obsolete.