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Definition of Busket
1. n. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet.
Definition of Busket
1. Noun. (obsolete) A small bush. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A sprig or bouquet. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) Part of a garden devoted to shrubs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Busket
1. a little bush [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busket
Literary usage of Busket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"busket. Bosquet, Fr. A small bush, or branch, with flowers and foliage.
Witt Recreations, 1654. BUSK. A piece of wood or whalebone, worn down the front of ..."
2. The Place-names of Cumberland and Westmorland by Walter John Sedgefield (1915)
"busket Howe. Orton. ... orig. meant ‘grave-mound,' then a ‘gentle eminence or
mound,' EDD busket is prob. dial. busk, ‘bush,' and' head,' meaning highest ..."
3. Scotish Ballads and Songs by James Maidment (1859)
"THERE'S monie bra' Jockies and Jennies, Comes weel busket into the fair, Wi'
ribbons on their ... was busket, When Jockie was ty'd to his bride, ..."
4. Life Studies of Character by John Kelso Hunter (1871)
"I ha'e busket potato- bogles and ... A drunk body has no idea how helpless he
looks, even without being busket ; but if my master had not disfigured his ..."
5. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"I may chance to make him drinke in pipe wine, First come gentlemen. [Exit omnes.
Enter MISTRESSE FORD, with two of her men, and a great buch busket. Mis. ..."
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