English

Proper noun

Busk

1. A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bosk

Noun

Busk

1. bush

English

Noun

busk ‎(plural busks)

1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
   • Marston

     Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, / Is all that makes her thus angelical.

2. (by extension) A corset.
   • 1661, John Donne, "To his Mistress going to Bed":

     Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh.

Translations

Etymology 2

Etymology unknown

Noun

busk ‎(plural busks)

1. (obsolete) A kind of linen.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, Volume 4, p. 557:

     Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English busken, from Old Norse búask

Verb

busk ‎(third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)

1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.

   Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. — Hamilton.

   The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright

   And busk'd them bold to battle and to fight. — Fairfax.

2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]

   Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. — Skelton.

Etymology 4

Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.

Verb

busk ‎(third-person singular simple present busks, present participle busking, simple past and past participle busked)

1. (intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport
2. (nautical) To tack, cruise about.

Related terms

• busker

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

busk c (singular definite busken, plural indefinite buske)

1. bush

Declension

References

• “busk” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

busk

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare with Danish busk, Swedish buske, Icelandic búskur, English bush, Dutch bos, German Busch.

Noun

busk m ‎(definite singular busken, indefinite plural busker, definite plural buskene)

1. a bush or shrub

References

• “busk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse buskr, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. See above for comparisons,

Noun

busk m ‎(definite singular busken, indefinite plural buskar, definite plural buskane)

1. a bush or shrub

References

• “busk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *buskaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‎(“to grow”). Compare Old Saxon busk, Old English busc, bysc, Old Norse buskr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bus̠k/

Noun

busk m

1. bush

Descendants

• Middle High German: busch, bosch
  • German: Busch