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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
                                                    --Hamilton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. --Skelton.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
           Is all that makes her thus angelical.    --Marston.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     Αγγλικά vb.
     παίζω μουσική στον δρόμο (για λεφτά)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the
  front of a corset to stiffen it.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A kind of linen.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive Northern England Scotland) To prepare; to make
  ready; to array; to dress.
     2 (lb en Northern England Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in
  the street or in public transport.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene
  books in public houses etc.
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     a bush or shrub
     Old High German n.
     bush

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Busk
     Saterland Frisian n.
     bush

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the
  front of a corset to stiffen it.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A kind of linen.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive Northern England Scotland) To prepare; to make
  ready; to array; to dress.
     2 (lb en Northern England Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in
  the street or in public transport.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene
  books in public houses etc.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Busk
     n.
     A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans,
  celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (place en city oblast/Lviv c/Ukraine)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the
  front of a corset to stiffen it.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A kind of linen.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive Northern England Scotland) To prepare; to make
  ready; to array; to dress.
     2 (lb en Northern England Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in
  the street or in public transport.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene
  books in public houses etc.
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     a bush or shrub
     Old High German n.
     bush

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Busk
     Saterland Frisian n.
     bush

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the
  front of a corset to stiffen it.
     n.
     (lb en obsolete) A kind of linen.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive Northern England Scotland) To prepare; to make
  ready; to array; to dress.
     2 (lb en Northern England Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in
  the street or in public transport.
     2 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene
  books in public houses etc.
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     a bush or shrub
     Old High German n.
     bush

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Busk
     Saterland Frisian n.
     bush

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     Englanti vb.
     esiintyä kadulla rahaa vastaan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     buskar

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]

  busk
     n.
     buskar

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:dan-eng ]

  busk /bˈʔusk/ 
  bush, shrub

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  busk //bʌsk// 
  банел
  stiffening strip in the front of a corset

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/
  hrát na ulici za peníze

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/ 
   [Br.] auf der Straße auftreten, Straßenkunst darbieten 
   see: street artist, busker, street artists, buskers
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/ 
  Straßenmusik machen
   see: busking
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/
  
  τραγουδώ στο δρόμο για λεφτά

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  busk //bʌsk// 
  plansetti
  stiffening strip in the front of a corset

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  busk //bʌsk// 
  esiintyä kadulla
  to solicit money by entertaining the public

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/
  1. keskeny fémlemez
  2. halcsont
  3. fûzô

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/
  osso di balena

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  busk /bʌsk/
  barbatana

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  busk /bʌsk/
  ballena

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  busk //bʌsk// 
  underhålla på gatan
  to solicit money by entertaining the public

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  busk /bˈʌsk/
  1. korseyi dik tutan kemik veya madeni balina.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  busk
  busk

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbəsk/

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 胸衣内的支撑物;妇女胸衣

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