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 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, cum 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.