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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.