Busk
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A piece of steel or
whale bone, worn by women to
strengthen their stays; a word dependent on fashion.
Busk
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
A thin, elastic strip of metal,
whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a
corset.
Busk
[Verb transitive and intransitive]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. To prepare; to make ready; to
array; to dress.
2. To go; to direct one's course.
Busket
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
In gardening, a
grove, a
compartment formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed, according to fancy.
Busket
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.
Buskin
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. A kind of half
boot, or high
shoe, covering the foot and leg to the middle and
tied underneath the
knee, worn by actors in tragedy on the state. The buskins of the ancients had very thick soles, to raise the actors and actresses to the
stature of the persons they represented.
2. In classic authors, the word is used for tragedy.
Buskin
[Noun]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.
2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the
stature; -- worn by
tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the
tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.
Buskined
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Wearing buskins.
2.
Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy.
Busky
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
Busky; wooded; shaded or overgrown with trees or shrubs; generally written
bosky. [ See
Bush .]
