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busk

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Word definitions for busk in dictionaries

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He re-appears, gently strumming his 40-year-old acoustic guitar in the midst of the audience and proceeds to busk around the crowd!

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Busk \Busk\ (b[u^]sk), n. Among the Creek Indians, a feast of first fruits celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten. The feast usually continues four days. On the first day the new fire is lighted, by friction of wood, and distributed to the ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"strip of wood, whalebone, etc., used in corset-making," 1590s, probably from French busc (16c.), from Italian bosco "splinter," of Germanic origin (see bush (n.)).

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it. 2 (qualifier: by extension) A corset. Etymology 2 n. (context obsolete English) A kind of linen. Etymology 3 vb. 1 To prepare; to make ready; ...

Usage examples of busk.

He noted all of it down, and warned her, in a perfunctory manner, that she would have to purchase her permit to busk before the fourth day.

It might even be the same street Mathe had mentioned as a good place to busk at night.

It would let her save a few pennies, and in the winter when it was too cold to busk, she could stay inside, in a building that would, by necessity, be warmly heated.

There were plenty of free-lance whores out on the street, pretending to busk, with their permits stuck on their hats like anyone else.

Owan said they should reach Busk, the main town of the Isle of Thorold, within another two days.

The School of Busk was set above the main town, surrounded by a low wall that served as a demarcation rather than a barrier.

Unlike Innail and Norloch, the only Schools Maerad knew, Busk was not planned in concentric circlesthe geography of the island, steep and irregular, made this impossible.

Like everyone else in Busk, they all seemed to be involved in lively conversations and disputes.

Her hair was piled up on her head and held in place by silver combs and a length of silk, in a style worn by many Busk women, and she wore no jewelry apart from long silver earrings.

Nerili herself, were elegant: she eschewed the usual silk hangings, ubiquitous in Busk, and instead the stone walls were painted a pale blue, with a faint stenciling of birds in a deeper shade.

In Busk, for the first time, Maerad began to live the life of a normal Bard.

First Bard since the night she had arrived in Busk, and she felt apprehensive, as if she would not know what to say.

School and must not be made known within the town of Busk, aside from those here, who already know.

She would have liked to tell Hem what Busk was like, to describe its low stone buildings and cool gardens, and its cheerful, generous people.

The Busk Library, off the central square, was a labyrinthine building that stretched back deep into the rocky hill behind it.