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Burst (bûrst), v. t. 1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.
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My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak.
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2. To break. [Obs.]
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You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Shak.
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He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso).
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3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall.
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Coloq. Bursting charge . See under .
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Burst, n. 1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.
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Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving.
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2. Any brief, violent exertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.
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3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [R.] “A fine burst of country.” Jane Austen.
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4. A rupture or hernia; a breach.
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Bursten (�), p. p. of , v. i. [Obs.]
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Burster (bûrstẽr), n. One that bursts.
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Burstwort (�), n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.
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Burt (bûrt), n. (Zoöl.) See . [Prov. Eng.]
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Burthen (�), n. & v. t. See . [Archaic]
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Burton (�), n. [Cf. OE. & Prov. E. bort to press or indent anything.] (Naut.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended to a hook block in the bight of the running part.
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Burundi Burundian adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Burundi; as, the Burundi capital.
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2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Burundian people; as, the Burundian population.
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Burundian n. a native or inhabitant of Burundi.
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burunduki n. a terrestrial Siberian squirrel (Eutamius asiaticus or Eutamius sibiricus).
Syn. -- baronduki, baranduki, barunduki.
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Bury (bĕrr�), n. [See 1st .] 1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's; -- used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury, Shrewsbury.
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2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]
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To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England. Miege.
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Bury (�), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried (�); p. pr. & vb. n. Burying (�).] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. baírgan. √95. Cf. .] 1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.
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And all their confidence
Under the weight of mountains buried deep. Milton.
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2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.
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Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Matt. viii. 21.
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I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. Shak.
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3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.
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Give me a bowl of wine
In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. Shak.
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Coloq. Burying beetle (Zoöl.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larvæ feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. -- Coloq. To bury the hatchet , to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace.
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Syn. -- To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.
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{ Burying ground, Burying place }. The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.
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Bus (�), n. [Abbreviated from omnibus.] An omnibus. [Colloq.]
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busbar, bus-bar n. an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits.
Syn. -- busbar, bus.
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Busby (bŭzb�), n.; pl. Busbies (bĭz). (Mil.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.
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Buscon (�), n. [Sp., a searcher, fr. buscar to search.] One who searches for ores; a prospector. [U.S.]
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Bush (bụsh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. būskr, būski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain; if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a case. Cf. , , , a case.] 1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.
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☞ This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush.
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2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
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To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.
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3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.
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4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.
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If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak.
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5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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Coloq. To beat about the bush , to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. -- Coloq. Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See , 1. -- Coloq. Bush buck , or Coloq. Bush goat (Zoöl.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. -- Coloq. Bush cat (Zoöl.), the serval. See . -- Coloq. Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Coloq. Bush dog . (Zoöl.) See . -- Coloq. Bush hammer . See in the Vocabulary. -- Coloq. Bush harrow (Agric.) See under . -- Coloq. Bush hog (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochœrus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog. -- Coloq. Bush master (Zoöl.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; -- called also surucucu. -- Coloq. Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. -- Coloq. Bush shrike (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America. -- Coloq. Bush tit (Zoöl.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits California.
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Bush (bụsh), v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. “The bushing alders.” Pope.
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Bush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bushed (bụsht); p. pr. & vb. n. Bushing.] 1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.
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2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.
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Bush, n. [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.] 1. (Mech.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. Knight.
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☞ In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States.
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2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow.
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Bush, v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.
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bush baby, bushbaby (bụshbāb�), n. 1. any of several agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus Galago with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; -- called also galago.
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bushbuck n. 1. antelope with white harnesslike markings and twisted horns.
Syn. -- guib, Tragelaphus scriptus.
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Bushboy (�), n. See .
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bushed (bụsht), pred. adj. very tired from exertion.
Syn. -- all in(predicate), beat(predicate), dead(predicate), dead tired(predicate), knocked out(predicate).
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Bushel (bụshĕl), n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. pyxis. Cf. .] 1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts.
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☞ The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 181/2 inches in internal diameter and eight inches in depth. The standard bushel measures, prepared by the United States Government and distributed to the States, hold each 77.6274 pounds of distilled water, at 39.8° Fahr. and 30 inches atmospheric pressure, being the equivalent of the Winchester bushel. The imperial bushel now in use in England is larger than the Winchester bushel, containing 2218.2 cubic inches, or 80 pounds of water at 62° Fahr.
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2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.
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Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? Mark iv. 21.
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3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples.
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☞ In the United States a large number of articles, bought and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom. For some articles, as apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel.
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4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]
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The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden.
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5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th .
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Bushel (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busheled (?), p. pr. & vb. n. Busheling.] [Cf. G. bosseln.] (Tailoring) To mend or repair, as men's garments; to repair garments. [U. S.]
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Bushelage (�), n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]
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Bushelman (�), n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [Local, U.S.]
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Bushet (�), n. [See .] A small bush.
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Bushfighter (�), n. One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman.
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Bushfighting (�), n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.
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Bushhammer (�), n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.
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Bushhammer, v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.
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Bushido (b�shēdō), n. [Jap. bu military + shi knight + dō way, doctrine, principle.] The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan.
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Unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country. Inazo Nitobé.
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Bushiness (�), n. The condition or quality of being bushy.
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Bushing, n. [See 4th .] 1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.
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2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called a thimble. See 4th .
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Bushless (�), a. Free from bushes; bare.
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O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson.
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Bushman (�), n.; pl. Bushmen (�). [Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st .] 1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.
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2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.
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Bushment (�), n. [OE. busshement ambush, fr. bush.] 1. A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Obs.] Raleigh.
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2. An ambuscade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.
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Bushranger (�), n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.
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bushwhack v. t. to lie in ambush for, lie in wait for.
Syn. -- ambush, scupper, lie for, waylay, lurk, ambuscade.
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bushwhack v. i. 1. to live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
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2. to cut one's way through the woods or bush.
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Bushwhacker (�), n. 1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [U.S.]
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They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving.
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2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] Farrow.
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Bushwhacking, n. 1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. [U.S.] T. Flint.
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2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]
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Bushy (�), a. [From 1st .] 1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. “Bushy eyebrows.” Irving.
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2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.
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Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton.
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Busily (�), adv. In a busy manner.
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Business (bĭznĕs), n.; pl. Businesses (bĭznĕsĕz). [From .] 1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.
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Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke ii. 49.
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2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. “The business of instruction.” Prescott.
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3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.
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It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus.
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4. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.
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The daughter of the King of France,
On serious business, craving quick despatch,
Importunes personal conference. Shak.
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What business has the tortoise among the clouds? L'Estrange.
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5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.
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It was a gentle business, and becoming
The action of good women. Shak.
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Bestow
Your needful counsel to our business. Shak.
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6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.
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7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Coloq. To do one's business , to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- Coloq. To make (a thing) one's business , to occupy one's self with a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To mean business , to be earnest. [Colloq.]
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Syn. -- Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement; employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession; vocation; office; duty.
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Businesslike (bĭznĕslīk), a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient.
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2. serious and purposeful.
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Businessman (bĭznĕsmăn), a. a person employed in a business at a managerial level, especially an executive or proprietor. This term is seldom applied to technical specialists, unless they are part of upper management.
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businesswoman n. a female businessman.
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Busk (bŭsk), n. [F. busc, perh. fr. the hypothetical older form of E. bois wood, because the first busks were made of wood. See , and cf. OF. busche, F. bûche, 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.
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Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall,
Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.
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Busk (bŭsk), 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.
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Busk, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busked (bŭskt).] [OE. busken, fr. Icel. būask to make one's self ready, rexlexive of būa to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th .] 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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Busked (�), a. Wearing a busk. Pollok.
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busker n. a person who entertains people for money in public places (as by singing or dancing). [Chiefly British]
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Busket (�), n. [See , .] 1. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. [Obs.] Spenser.
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2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [R.]
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Buskin (�), n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See .] 1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.
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The hunted red deer's undressed hide
Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.
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2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.
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Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here,
No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.
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Buskined (�), a. 1. Wearing buskins.
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Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.
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2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. “The buskined stage.” Milton.
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Busky (�), a. See , and 1st , n. Shak.
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Buss (�), n. [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.] A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak.
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