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

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. bussement.

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.