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    busk
    [ verb ]
    play music in a public place and solicit money for it
    <verb.creation>
    three young men were busking in the plaza


    Busk \Busk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Busked} (b[u^]skt).] [OE.
    busken, fr. Icel. b[=u]ask to make one's self ready,
    rexlexive of b[=u]a to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th {Bound}.]
    1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. &
    Old Eng.]

    Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
    --Hamilton.

    2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]

    Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. --Skelton.


    Busk \Busk\ (b[u^]sk), n. [F. busc, perh. fr. the hypothetical
    older form of E. bois wood, because the first busks were made
    of wood. See {Bush}, and cf. OF. busche, F. b[^u]che, a piece
    or log of wood, fr. the same root.]
    A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other
    material, worn in the front of a corset.

    Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
    Is all that makes her thus angelical. --Marston.


    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 various
    households, an offering of green corn, including an ear
    brought from each of the four quarters or directions, is
    consumed, and medicine is brewed from snakeroot. On the
    second and third days the men physic with the medicine, the
    women bathe, the two sexes are taboo to one another, and all
    fast. On the fourth day there are feasting, dancing, and
    games.
    [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

    1. Busk said he will appeal.
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