1. Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.
2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage." Milton.
BUSKY
Bus"ky, a.
Defn: See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n. Shak.
BUSS
Buss, n. Etym: [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov.
G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to
kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.]
Defn: A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak.
BUSS
Buss, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.]
Defn: To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the
milking maid." Tennyson.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our
wives we kiss. Herrick.
BUSS Buss, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. büse, D. buis.] (Naut.)
Defn: A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; — used in
the herring fishery.
The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.