busk, buss (Icel. búask, old reflexive of búa, make ready, from the participle of which comes boun, so that busk and boun are of the same origin and equivalent). 1. make ready, buske you, III, 73, 340. busk and boune, II, 24, 5; III, 434, 22. buske yee, bowne yee, III, 91, 5. the[y] buske them bowne, he buskes him bowne, III, 285, 26, 38. they busked and made them bowne, III, 284, 2. 2. dress, deck. busk and mak yow braw, II, 23, E 5. busk the bride, II, 104, 16, 18; 105, 10, 11; 106, 11. p. p. busket, III, 433, 3. weel-busked hat, IV, 199, 9: decorated. buskit wi rings, V, [203] a. busk on you the flowers, II, 465, 3: put on as ornaments. buskit fire wi leaves, II, 411, 10: set about. busk your ship roon (with feather beds), IV, 381, 8, cf. 10: wrap, sheathe. 3. betake oneself, go. I wol me buske ouer the salte see: III, 59, 56. See buskit.
buske, III, 97, 12: bush.
busker, III, 252, 16: corrupt; testament in other copies.
buskit, -et, III, 433, 3: dressed, buskit his bow in her hair, I, 131, 15: furnished, strung. See busk.
buss, I, 130, 16; II, 133, 8; III, 3, 6;5, D 7; 6, 6: bush.
buss, IV, 510, 4; 513 a, 1: busk, make ready, dress. See busk.
busshement, III, 71, 301: ambuscade.
busting, n., V, [301] b, 3: padding or the like used to improve the figure.
but, prep., without: I, 16, 6; 420, 9, 10; 430, 3; III, 161, 30; IV, 41 b; 326, 16; 329, A, b after 12.
but, III, 267, 20; 268, 17; 270, 16; 272, 20; 274, 33: towards the outer apartment or kitchen, without, out. gae butt the house and bid her come ben, V, [115], 6. he wood her butt, he wood her ben, I, 56 f., C 2, 14; cf. V, 219, 10. but it speaks, V, [306], 6: out speaks.