Buss
[bʌs]
Definition
(n.) A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack.
(v. t.) To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.
(n.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [Colloquial.] Kiss.
n. Kiss, smack.
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Definition
n. a rude or playful kiss a smack.—v.t. to kiss esp. in a rude or playful manner.
n. a small two-masted Dutch vessel used in the herring and mackerel fisheries.
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Examples
- Between thirty and forty years ago, before the establishment of the buss-bounty, 16s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During these eleven years, the whole number of barrels caught by the herring-buss fishery of Scotland amounted to 378,347. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- All accounts, however, I think, agree that the price has not been lowered in the home market in consequence of the buss-bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the year 1759, when the bounty was at fifty shillings the ton, the whole buss fishery of Scotland brought in only four barrels of sea-sticks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Bounty on each barrel brought in by the busses, as above ? 0 12 3? From which deduct 1s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Between thirty and forty years ago, before the establishment of the buss-bounty, 16s. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- During these eleven years, the whole number of barrels caught by the herring-buss fishery of Scotland amounted to 378,347. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- All accounts, however, I think, agree that the price has not been lowered in the home market in consequence of the buss-bounty. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In the year 1759, when the bounty was at fifty shillings the ton, the whole buss fishery of Scotland brought in only four barrels of sea-sticks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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