An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 132
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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.
4. Rough, unpolished.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bus-a_, c.u.m impetu ferri; Teut. _boes-en_, impetuose pulsare.
~Bustuousness~, _s._ Fierceness, violence.
_Douglas._
BUT, _prep._ Without.
V. ~Bot~.
BUT, _adv._
1. Towards the outer apartment of a house, S.
_Dunbar._
2. In the outer apartment.
_Dunbar._
_To gae but_, to go forward, or into, the outer apartment; sometimes called the _but-house_, S. It is also used as a prep. _Gae but the house_, S.
V. ~Ben~.
A. S. _bute_, _buta_, Teut. _buyten_, extra, foras; forth, out of doors.
BUT, _s._ The outer apartment of a house, S.
_Dunbar._
BUT, _prep._ Besides.
_Barbour._
A. S. _butan_, praeter.
BUT, _v. imp._ Expressive of necessity, S.
V. ~Boot~.
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