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busked |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Busked \Busked\, a. Wearing a busk. --Pollok. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Busk \Busk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Busked} (b[u^]skt).] [OE. busken, fr Icel. b[=u]ask to make one's self ready, rexlexive of b[=u]a to prepare, dwell. Cf 8th {Bound}.] 1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.] Busk you busk you my bonny, bonny bride. --Hamilton. 2. To go to direct one's course. [Obs.] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. --Skelton.
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