Busk
[bʌsk]
Definition
(verb.) play music in a public place and solicit money for it; 'three young men were busking in the plaza'.
Typed by Annette--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
(v. t. & i.) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
(v. t. & i.) To go; to direct one's course.
Editor: Meredith
Definition
n. the piece of bone wood or steel in the front of a woman's stays: a corset.—adj. Busked.
v.i. (naut.) to cruise along a shore to beat about: to seek.
v.t. or v.i. to prepare: to dress one's self.
Inputed by Harlow
Examples
- That how she was as handsome a lady, ma'am, as lived, no matter wheres, and a busk like marble itself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Hence, we can understand how it is that these organs graduate in some cases, as I am informed by Mr. Busk, into each other. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Mr. Busk, however, does not know of any gradations now existing between a zooid and an avicularium. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Checked by Elaine