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V. ~Lare~, _v._ and _s._

BUIR, Leg. Leuir.

_Wallace._

BUISE, _To shoot the buise._

_Cleland._

Apparently, _to swing_, to be hanged; perhaps from Ital. _busco_, the shoot of a tree.

BUIST, _s._ A part of female dress, anciently worn in S.

_Maitland Poems._

Fr. _busq_, or _buste_, plated body, or other quilted thing, worn to make or keep the body straight. Ital. _busto_, stays or boddice.

BUIST, BUSTE, BOIST, _s._

1. A box or chest, S. _Meal-buist_, chest for containing meal.

_Acts Ja. II._

2. A coffin; nearly antiquated, but still sometimes used by tradesmen, Loth.

O. Fr. _boiste_, Arm. _bouest_, a box.

_To_ ~Buist~ _up_, _v. a._ To inclose, to shut up.

_Montgomerie._

~Buist-maker~, _s._ A coffin-maker, Loth.; a term now nearly obsolete.

BUISTY, _s._ A bed, Aberd.

_Gl. s.h.i.+rr._ used perhaps for a small one, q. a little box.

V. ~Booshty~.

BUITH, _s._ A shop.

V. ~Bothe~.

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