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BUSSIN, _s_ A linen cap or hood, worn by old women, much the same as _Toy_, q v West of S

Perhaps from Moes G _buss-us_, fine linen, Gr ?ss????, id

BUSSING, _s_ Covering

_Evergreen_

Perhaps from Germ _busch_, _fascis_, a bundle, a fardel

BUST, _s_ A box

V ~Buist~

BUST, BOOST, _s_ ”Tar mark upon sheep, commonly the initials of the proprietor's name,” Gl Sibb

Perhaps what is taken out of the tar-_bust_ or box

_To_ BUST, _v a_ To powder, to dust with flour, Aberd _Must_, synon

This _v_ is probably formed from _bust_, _buist_, a box, in allusion to the _meal-buist_

_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