Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Busked"

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.


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