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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.]
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              Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
                                                    --Hamilton.
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     2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]
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              Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. --Skelton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Busked \Busked\, a.
     Wearing a busk. --Pollok.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Busked \Busked\, a.
     Wearing a busk. --Pollok.

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


  busked
     a.
     Wearing a busk.
     vb.
     (infl of en busk  ed-form)

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


  busked
     a.
     Wearing a busk.
     vb.
     (infl of en busk  ed-form)

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


  busked
     a.
     Wearing a busk.
     vb.
     (infl of en busk  ed-form)

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


  busked
     a.
     Wearing a busk.
     vb.
     (infl of en busk  ed-form)

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


  busked
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm b usk ed)

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