Buxeous

[From Lat. buxus, the box-tree.] Pertaining, or relating to, the box-tree. Buxine, ( buk's ine ,) n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the bark of box-wood, which contains nearly one per cent. of it. It has a bitter taste, is insoluble in water, but slightly soluble in alcoholic ether. It forms neutral salts with the acids. Buxom, ( bucks'um ,) a. [A.S. bocsum - bog a , anything curved, a bow, and termination sum, Eng. some .] Gay; lively; brisk; wanton; jolly; healthy; vigorous; corpulent; as, a buzom woman. "A daughter fair, So buzom , blithe, and debonnair." -Milton . -Originally, this word signified obedient or obsequious; and in the old form of marriage, the bride promised to be faithful and buzom to her husband. Bux'omly, adv. Briskly; lively; amorously. Bux'omne , n. State or quality of being buxom; liveline .