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Webster 1913 Edition

Buss

Buss

,
Noun.
[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.

Buss

(bŭs)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bussed
(bŭst)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bussing
.]
To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
“Nor bussed the milking maid.”
Tennyson.
Kissing and
bussing
differ both in this,
We
buss
our wantons, but our wives we kiss.
Herrick.

Buss

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
busse
, Pr.
bus
, LL.
bussa
,
busa
, G.
büse
, D.
buis
.]
(Naut.)
A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; – used in the herring fishery.
The Dutch whalers and herring
busses
.
Macaulay.

Webster 1828 Edition

Buss

BUSS

,
Noun.
[L. basio.] A kiss; a salute with the lips.
1.
A small vessel, from 50 to 70 tons burthen, carrying two masts, and two sheds or cabins, one at each end; used in the herring fishery.

BUSS

,
Verb.
T.
To kiss; to salute with the lips.

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