burnet2 (bernet)

[ vensis.-2. The common name of species of Poterium, an herbaceous genus of the natural order Rosacea. The common or garden burnet is Poterium San gui sorb a, also called salad -burnet. The great burnet is P. of ficin ale. Of pympurnolle [pimpernel] to speke thenke y zet And Englysh ycalled is burnet . MS. Sloane, 2457, f. 6. ( Hall i well .) burnet-moth (ber'net-môth), n. A moth of the genus Zygæna or Anthrocera ; one of the many moths of the family Zygænid a. The six-spotted burnet-moth is Z. or A. filipendulæ , a common European species, with six red spots on a dark ground; the larva is yellow, spotted with black. Z. or A. loti is another spe cies, the five-spotted burnet-moth. burnet-rose (ber'net-rōz), n. Same as burnet2. = LG. born (> G. brunne, G. brunnen, brunne , brunn = Icel. brunnr = Sw. brunn = Dan. brönd , a spring, fountain, burnettet, n. Same as burnet1 . well, Goth. brunna , a spring), prob. brin- burnettise, v. t. See burnettize. nan (pp. * brunnen ), etc., burn: see burn1 . Cf. burnettize (ber'net-īz), v . t .; pret. and pp. bur- = the similar origin of welll and torrent. Not connected with Gr. φρέαρ, a well.] A rivulet; a brook. [Scotch and North. Eng.] Follow the deer By these tall firs and our fast-falling burns . Tennyson, Gareth and Lynette. It occurs in various place-names, as Bannock burn , Black burn, etc. nettized, ppr. burnettizing. [ IMG:content-2773.png:[blocks in formation] That which I urge is of a burning zeal. Marlowe , Edward II., i. 4. Dryden. Like a young hound upon a burning scent. 3. Causing excitement, ardor, or enthusiasm; enchaining or demanding attention. The Johannean problem is the burning question of modern criticism on the soil of the New Testament. Schaff , Hist. Christ. Ch., I. § 84. =Syn. Blazing, flaming, scorching, fiery, hot. burning-bush (ber'ning-bush), n. 1. The emblem adopted by the Presbyterian churches of Scotland in memory of the persecutions of the seventeenth century, and bearing the legend "Nec tamen consumebatur" (yet not consumed), in allusion to Ex. iii. 2. [Usually two IMG:content-2774.png:[blocks in formation] See Euonymus. (b) The artillery-plant, Pilea serpyllifolia. (c) The plant Dictamnus Fraxinella, so called because its volatile secretions render the surrounding air inflammable in hot weather. burning-fluid burning-fluid (ber'ni (ber'ning-flöid), n. A very explosive illuminating liquid, consisting of a mixture of about 3 volumes of alcohol and 1 of camphene or purified turpentine-oil, burned in lamps specially constructed for the purpose, but superseded by petroleum after a few years' use. burning-gla (ber'ning-glas), n. A double convex lens of gla used to ignite combustible substances, melt metals, etc., by focusing upon them the direct rays of the sun. burning-house (ber'ning-hous), n. nace in which tin ores are calcined to sublime the sulphur from the pyrites; a kiln. burning-mirror (ber'ning-mir or), n. A concave mirror, usually of metal, used as a burning-gla . The power of a burning-mirror is consider ably greater than that of a burning-gla of equal extent and equal curvature. The fur burnish (ber'nish), v. [ G. brüniren ) (= Pr. bornir, brunir = Sp. bruñir, broñir = Pg. brunir, bornir = It. brunire ), polish, make brown, Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun. J. Cunning ham, Evening. The wide lake, edged with sand and gra , The regulations respecting it are given in detail in Leviti burridget (bur'ij), n. An older spelling of Was burnished to a floor of gla . cus i. and vi. 8-13. It represented the entire self-dedi- Emerson , Woodnotes, i. cation of the offerer to God, and was always preceded Burnish no bones with thy teeth, for that is vnseemely. Who doth the world so gloriously behold, That cedar-tops and hills seem burnish'd gold. I've seen a snake in human form... Burnish and make a gaudy show. (Num. xxviii. 3-8); (2) the sabbath burnt-offering (Num. xxviii. 9, 10); (3) certain specified burnt-offerings on ap- pointed feast-days (Num. xxviii. 11-29, 39). There were also private burnt-offerings appointed for certain set times. Free-will burnt-offerings might be offered on any special solemn occasion. burnt-sacrifice (bėrnt's ak'ri-fis), n . Same as burnt-offering. burnt-stone (bėrnt's ton), n. An antique car- nelian such as are sometimes found in ancient ruins and have apparently been acted on by fire. They appear dull externally, but show a fine red color when held up to the light. They are much esteemed, bringing a high price, especially when ornamented by fine engraving. a poisonous species of sumac, found in south- ern Florida and the West Indies. Also called burrockt (bur'ok), n. [Origin uncertain.] A small weir or dam put in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish-traps are placed. burrough1t, n. An obsolete spelling of borough1 . bur-parsley (ber' pärs "li), n. The common burrough 2+, n. An obsolete spelling of burrow2 . name of Caucalis daucoides , an umbelliferous burrough3+ (bur'o), n. Same as borrow1, 1. plant with bristly bur-like carpels. It is fre- quently found in corn-fields with chalky soils IMG:content-2775.png:[blocks in formation] 4. In shoemaking , a polishing-machine which holds the shoe firmly while a heated steel tool is pre ed with force against the heel or sole, pre- viously moistened with a preparation of varnish. burramundi (bur-a-mun'di), n. Same as bar- burnoose, burnous (ber-nös' or bėr'nös), п. [Also written bernouse , burnouse , burnos , bour- nous ; burnous , bournous = Sp. albornoz = Pg. albernoz or albornoz , a kind of Moorish cloak, al , the (see al -2), + burn us , burnūs , a hooded cloak.] 1. An outer garment made of a coarse woolen fabric, worn by men in the Barbary States, throughout northwestern Afri- ca, and in Arabia. It differs from the aba in having a hood, and in being more commonly made of undyed wool, burr as-pipe (bur'as-pip), n. [ burr as ( bourras , ML. * borratius , borazius , coarse linen or canvas (cf. borratium , a coarse garment), borra , burr a , coarse hair, wool, etc.: see burrel ) + pipe .] A tube for holding lunar caustic or other corrosive substance. burrawang-nut (bur'a-wang-nut), n. [ wang , native name, + nut .] The Macrozamia spiral is , a cycadaceous plant of New South Wales. It yields a kind of arrowroot. bur-reed (ber'red), n . The common name of The ti ues of the plant are destroyed and replaced by an abundance of black dust-like spores. burnt-offering (bernt' of 'er-ing), n . An of- fering burnt upon an altar as a religious rite; specifically, in the Jewish ritual, an animal or animals of a prescribed kind, the whole of which, after ceremonial preparation, was burn- ed upon an altar; a holocaust. other offerings were burned, but the term is generally restricted to one that was entirely so, sometimes specifi- cally called a whole burnt - offering . This was the only of- fering of the ancient patriarchs, and is the only one men- tioned in the book of Genesis. Afterward it became one of the regular cla es of sacrifice under the Levitical law. narrow, reed-like leaves and bur-like heads of fruit. The floating bur-reed is S. angustifo- lium . See Sparganium . burrel (bur'el), n. [Also written burrell , early mod. E. also burel , borrel , borel , borel (see borell ), burel (= Pr. burel = Sp. buriel ), reddish; as a noun, burel , later bureau , a kind of coarse cloth (mod. F. bureau , a table, etc., > E. bureau , q. v.) (= Pr. burel = Sp. buriel = Pg. burel = It. burello = ML. burellus , burrell us , bu- rellum , burallus ), dim. of bure (ML. bura ), a kind of coarse cloth of a reddish or ru et color, burr a , coarse hair used for stuffing, etc., LL. burr a , a shaggy garment (also a cow with a red mouth or muzzle) (pl. burræ , trifles, jests); cf. birr us , a cloak of wool or silk (see birr us); burr us , later byrrus , red, prob. πυρρός , older πυρσός , red, flame-colored, usu- ally referred to πυρ = E. fire . Hence bolt , etc.] 1. A kind of coarse ru et cloth used in the middle ages. His white mantle was shaped with severe regularity, ac- cording to the rule of Saint Bernard himself, being com- posed of what was then called burrel cloth. 2. A silk mentioned in the schedule of Queen Elizabeth's wardrobe. Fairholt . -3. [Also bur- rel- pear , altered, in simulation of burrel (OF. burel, reddish), bury , bury - pear : see bury4 .] Same as bury4. burrel-fly (bur'el-fli), n. A kind of reddish gadfly, or breeze. burrellert (bur'el-ér), n. [Also written burril- ler ; burrel + -er1.] A maker of burrel; a cloth maker. burrel-shot (bur'el-shot), n. [ burrel (per- haps bourreler , torment) + shot . ] Small shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., put into cases, to be discharged from a cannon at short range; an emergency shot. burrhel (bur'el), n. [E. Ind.] A kind of wild sheep inhabiting the Him a lay as; Ovis burrhel of Blyth. Also barhal . burrhstone, n. See burstone . The incidence of forces is the same all around the Earth-worm as it burrows through the compact ground. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 250. 2. To lodge in a burrow; in a more general hide. sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place; The human vermin which... burrow among all phys- ical and among all moral pollution. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., x. burrower (bur'ō-er), n. 1. One who or that which burrows. Specifically-2. One of the fo orial aculeate Hymenoptera ; one of the Fo ores (which see). burr-pump, n. See bur - pump . burry (ber'i), a . [ bur1 , burr1 , + +-y1.] Full of burs; resembling burs: as, burry wo miphora is the source of myrrh, balm of Gilead, and other resins. Different kinds of gum elemi are obtained from species of Canarium , Bursera , and Protium . burseraceous (ber-se-ra shius), a. Belonging (ber-se-ra shius), to the natural order Burse race a . bursiculate (ber-sik'ū-lāt), a. [NL. bursicu- lat us , bursicula , dim. of ML. bursa , a purse, pouch: see burse , purse .] 1. Bursiform.-2. small pouch-like cavity. bursiform (ber'si-fôrm), a . [ bursa , purse, + L. orma , shape: see purse Pouch-like; saccate; saccular; ecular; vesicular. In pathol . , inflammation of a bursa. Burslem porcelain, pottery. See porcelain , IMG:content-2776.png:[blocks in formation] berstan for * brestan (pret. bærst , pl. burst on , pp. borsten ) = OS. brestan = OFries. bersta = D. MLG. bersten, barsten, borsten, LG. oriste, barsten = OHG. brestan, MHG. bresten, G. ber- sten = Icel. bresta = Sw. brista = Dan. briste , all orig. in trans., burst, break asunder; prob. allied to AS. brecan , E. break , etc. Cf. Ir. bri- sim , I break, Gael. bris , brisd , break: see bruise . The spelling with u instead of e is partly due to the pret. and pp. forms.] I. in trans. 1. To fly fly or break open as an effect of internal forces and IMG:content-2777.png:[blocks in formation] So they bryng the bolde kyng bynne the schippe burde, That nere he bristez for bale, one bede whare he lyggez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 805. No, no; my heart will burst , an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst . bursch (bürsh), n.; pl. burschen (bur's hen). [G., G. börse , a purse), burst upon us. ML. bursa , a purse: see burse and purse .] In Germany, a boy or lad; specifically, a student at a university, especially a corps-student. burse (bèrs), n. [F. bourse , a purse, bursary, exchange, stock exchange (see bourse ), bursa , a purse, a bag, a skin, βύρσα , a hide, skin: see purse , which is a doublet of burse .] 1. A bag; a pouch; a purse. Specifically-( a ) A bag used to cover a crown. (b) Eccles ., a receptacle for the corporal and chalice-cover. It is square and flat, made of cardboard covered with rich silk or cloth of gold, embroidered and studded with jewels, open on one side only, and placed over the chalice-veil when the sacred ve els are carried to the altar by the celebrant. 21. Anything resembling a purse; a vesicle; a pod. Holland .-3t. A bourse; an exchange: as, "merchants' burses ," Burton , Anat. of Mel., Το the Reader. Come then, my soul, approach this royal burse , And see what wares our great exchange retains. IMG:content-2778.png:[ocr errors] IMG:content-2779.png:[blocks in formation] We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. And every bird of Eden burst In carol, every bud to flower. To burst in, to force a way violently from without an in- closed place into it. To burst out, to force a way vio- lently from within outward. He made hym to falle on knees and handes to the erthe, that the blode braste o [ ute of his hjede. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 389. For had the pa ions of thy heart burst out , I fear, we should have seen decipher'd there More rancorous spite. Shak ., 1 Hen. VI., iv. 1. To burst up, to explode; hence, to fail; become bank- rupt. [Colloq. and vulgar.] Then you think... that if Lammle got time he wouldn't burst up ? II. trans. 1. To rend by force or violence (that which confines or retains); open sudden- ly and violently; cause to explode: as, to burst one's bonds; to burst a cannon. He fasten'd on my neck, and bellow'd out As he'd burst heaven. William Morris , Earthly Paradise, II. 176. 2t. To break, in general. You will not pay for the gla es you have burst ? Shak., T. of the S., Ind., i. =Syn. (v. i. and t.) 1. To split, separate, rend, tear. burst (bèrst), n. [ burst of applause; a burst of pas- sion; " burst of thunder," Milton , S. A., 1. 1651. Bursts of fox-hunting melody. IMG:content-2780.png:[blocks in formation] Bursera (ber'se-ra), n. [NL., named after Jo- achim Burser , a German botanist of the seven- teenth century.] The typical genus of the or- der Burse raceæ , small trees or shrubs of Mexico and tropical America. There are over 40 species, 5. A sudden opening to sight or view. [Rare.] with soft, brittle wood, yielding a fragrant resin which is used for varnish, incense, etc. Burse raceæ (bèr-se-rā'sē-ē), n. pl . [NL., Bur- sera + -aceæ .] A natural order of polypetalous 6. A spree. [Colloq.] exogens, shrubs or trees of warm countries, with compound dotted leaves. Very many abound in fragrant balsams or resins which have from early times been employed in medicine, fumigation, and perfumery. Species of Bos well i a yield olibanum or frankincense. Com- -2. To pre or indent. [Prov. Eng.] II.t in trans. To butt; thrust with the horns. Burton , as hornyd bestys, cornupeto, arieto. Prompt . Parv ., p. 56. Huloet. burtert, n. [ME. burter , burtare ; burt2 + -erl.] A butter; an animal that butts, or thrusts with IMG:content-2781.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2782.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2783.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2784.png:[blocks in formation] He was born bursten ; and your worship knows That is a pretty step to men's compa ion. IMG:content-2785.png:[blocks in formation] bury3 (ber'i), v. t.; pret. and pp. buried , ppr. burying . [Early mod. E. also bery (the form to which the mod. pron. belongs), berien , biryen , birien , buryen , burien , byrien , byrgan , var. byrigan , birgan , birigan , weak verb, bury, inter (a dead body) (= Icel. byrgja , close, shut, hide, veil), appar. orig. save or keep by covering or hiding, be organ (pret. bearh , pl. burg on , pp. borgen ), also ge - be organ , save, pro- tect, shelter, defend, keep, preserve, early ME. berzen = OS. gi - berg an = D. bergen = MLG. ber- gen , bargen , LG. bargen = OHG. berg an , MHG. G. bergen Icel. bjarga = Sw. berg a = Dan. bjerge = Goth. bairgan , ga - bairgan , keep, save: not known outside of Teut. Hence ult. bor- rowl, and (prob.) borough1 = burrow1 = buryl , etc.] 1. To deposit and inclose in a grave or tomb, as a dead body; consign to any final rest- ing-place after or as after death; entomb. I hadde leuer she hadde be biried all quyk than this Merlin (E. E. T. S.), iii. 468. IMG:content-2786.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] burying-ground (ber'i-ing-ground), n. A graveyard; a place appropriated to the sepul- ture of the dead; a churchyard or cemetery. burying-place (ber'i-ing-plās), n. Same as bu- rying -ground. bus, bu 3 (bus), n. [An abbr. of omnibus ; cf. cab, van3.] An omnibus, or public street-car- riage. [Colloq.] I'm a conductor now, but wouldn't be long behind a bus if it wasn't from nece ity. Mayhew. He proposed that they should go, per bu , a little way into the country. Dickens. busby (buz'bi), n. [Appar. after a proper name.] A military head-dre worn by hus- sars, artillerymen, and eng i- neers in the British army, con- sisting of a fur hat with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right side. The bag appears to be a relic of a Hungarian head-dre from which a long padded bag hung, and was at- tached to the right shoulder as a de- fense against sword-cuts. bush-babbler (bush'babʻler), n. A name ap- plied by writers on Indian and African birds to species of the genera Bradypterus , Cratero- pus , and other short-winged and slender-billed oscine Pa eres , more or le related to the old-world warblers, or Sylviida . bush-bean (bush'ben'), n. An American name for beans that do not climb, or dwarf beans; the usual form of string-beans and wax-beans. bush-block (bush'blok), n. A block carrying a bushing. bushbok (bush'bok), n . Same as bushbuck . bushbuck (bush'buk), n. [ bush1 + buck1 , af- ter D. boschbok .] The name given to several species of the genus Tragelaph us , especially to T. sylvatic us , an antelope of Caffraria and Cape Colony, 4 feet long and 24 feet high, with triangular sub spiral horns. The male is dark sepia-brown and the female reddish-brown above; both are white below. Also called bush - goat . White-backed buscon (bus'kōn), n.; pl. bus- cones (bus-kōnēz). [ buscon , a searcher, buscar , OSp. boscar , seek (= Pg. bus- car It. buscare , search for, = F. busquer (Cotgrave), seek, shift, filch), prob. bosco , bush, thicket (Sp. bosque ), and thus lit. go through a thicket, beat the bush, as in hunting: see bush1 .] A miner who takes work as tribute, or who re- ceives as his pay a certain proportion of the ore obtained; a tributer. [Western U. S.] bush1 (bush), n. [ bu h , busch , bosch , as- sibilated form of busk , bosk (also in use), a bush, a thicket, = D. bosch , a wood, a forest, = MLG. busch, busk, LG. busk, būski (Haldorsen) = Sw. buske = Dan. busk , a bush, a shrub. Hence (from OHG.) ML. bus- cus, boscus , > OF. bos , F. bois (see bois ) bosc = a wood, thicket, bush. See busk2 , busk3 , bus- con , boscage , bosket , bouquet , ambush , ambuscade , etc.] 1. A thicket; a clump of shrubs or trees. Was in a busche , that no man mighte him see, For sore afered of his deth was he. Chaucer , Knight's Tale, 1. 659. 2. A shrub with branches; a thick shrub; tech- nically, a low and much-branched shrub. 3. A stretch of forest or of shrubby vegeta- tion; a district covered with brushwood, or shrubs, trees, etc.; a wide uncultivated tract of country covered with scrub: as, the bush was here very dense; to take to the bush (to become a bush -ranger): so used especially in Our first mile lay through the most exquisite tract of bush it has ever been my good fortune to behold in any land; groups of tall red or black pine mingled with fine trees of various sorts, matted by luxuriant creepers. The Century , XXVII. 923. 4. A branch of a tree fixed or hung out as a tavern sign. See ale - stake and ale - garland . Good wine needs no bush . Outward figures which hang as signs or bushes of their inward forms. Sir T. Browne , Religio Medici, ii. 2. Hence-5t. The tavern itself. bush-chirper (büsh'chèrpėr), (bus n. A book-name of African birds of the genus Eremomela , as E. flaviventris , the yellow-bellied bush-chirper. A book-name bush-creeper (búsh'krēpėr), of sundry African sylviine birds of the genus Thamnobia , as T. coryphe a , the coryphée bush- creeper. bush-dog (bush'dog), n. 1. A canine quadru- ped of South America, the Icticyon venatic us , or hunting-dog. See Icticyon .-2. A name of the lemuroid potto, Per odic tic us potto . bushed (busht), a. [ bush1 + -ed2.] -ed2.] Lost in the bush. IMG:content-2787.png:[graphic] II. trans. 1. To set bushes about; support with bushes or branched sticks: as, to bush peas.-2. To use a bush-harrow on: as, to bush a piece of wood.-3. To cover (seeds) by us- ing a bush-harrow: as, to bush in seeds. bush2 (bush), n. [ box2 , a box; all used also in the sense of bush2 .] 1. A lining of harder material let into an ori- fice to guard against wearing by friction; the perforated box or tube of metal fitted into cer- tain parts of machinery, as the pivot-holes of a clock, the center of a cart-wheel, etc., to re- Of a Lunden buschelle he shalle bake xx louys [loaves], I vndurtake. 2. A ve el of the capacity of a bushel. The Grand Signior. commonly weareth a vest of green, and the greatest Turbant in the Empire: I should not speake much out of compa e, should I say as large in compa e as a bushell . Sandys , Travels, p. 48. 3. An indefinitely large quantity. [Colloq.] bushet (büsh'et), n. [ bush1 + dim.-et. Cf. bus- ket , bosket , and bouquet .] A thicket; a copse; a little wood. [Rare.] A bushet or wood on a hill, not far from the wayside. Ray , Remains, p. 251. bush-fighting (bush'fi"ting), n. A mode of fighting in which the combatants scatter and fire from behind the shelter of bushes or trees. bush-shrike (bush's hrik), n. A South American pa erine bird, of the of the family Formicariidæ and subfamily Thamnophilina ; an ant-thrush, espe- cially of the genus Thamnophilus . The bush-shrikes live among thick trees, bushes, and underwood, where they perpetually prowl about after insects and young and sickly birds, and are great destroyers of eggs. Numerous species bush-tailed (bush'tāld), a. Having the fea- thers of the tail arranged in the shape of a tuft, brush, or bush: applied to the Ratitæ , as os- triches, ca owaries, etc., as distinguished from ordinary fan-tailed birds. See cut under cas- sowary . bush-tit (bush'tit), n. An American oscine pas- serine bird, nus Psaltri- par us and family Pari- dæ . There are several species in the western United States and Mexico, as P. minimus and P. mela not is , notable for their diminutive stat- and the Bush -tit ( Psaltriparus mela not is). IMG:content-2788.png:[graphic] They were gallant bush - whackers and hunters of rac- coons by moonlight. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 353. 2. In the civil war in the United States, a federate side engaged in guerrilla warfare; a member of the irregular troops on the Con- guerrilla: a term applied by the Federal forces. -3. A short heavy scythe for cutting bushes. He [a sturdy countryman] is a graduate of the plough, and the stub-hoe, and the bushwhacker . IMG:content-2789.png:[blocks in formation] bush-lawyer (bush'layer), n. The common name in New Zealand of a species of bramble or blackberry, Rubus australis . bushman (bush'man), n.; pl. bushmen (-men). [ bush1 + man ; in second sense a translation of S. African D. Bosjesman .] 1. A woodsman; a settler in a new country, as in Australia.- 2. [ cap .] One of an aboriginal tribe near the Cape of Good Hope, similar but inferior to the Hottentots: so named by the Dutch of South Africa. Also called Bosjesman . bushmaster (bush'master), п. IMG:content-2790.png:[blocks in formation] bushwhacker .] 1. The action of pushing one's way through bushes or thickets; the hauling of a boat along a stream bordered by bushes by pulling at the branches. [U. S.] -2. The practice of attacking from behind bushes, as a guerrilla; irregular warfare carried on by bush- whackers. [U. S.] -3. The cutting of bushes with a bushwhacker. bushy (bush'i), a. [ bush1 + -y1. Cf. busky , bosky .] 1. Full of bushes; overgrown with shrubs. 2. Having many close twigs and branches; low and shrubby. Spenser; Bacon .-3. Re- sembling a bush; thick and spreading like a bush: as, a bushy beard. A short square-built old fellow, with thick bushy hair. Irving , Sketch-Book, p. 52. 4. In entom ., covered all round with long, erect hairs, as the antenne of many insects. busiheadt, n. [ME. bisyhed (= D. bezigheid ); adv . [ busily , bisili, bis i- liche , besiliche , busiliche , etc.; busy + -ly2 .] In a busy manner. (a) With constant occupation; active- ly; earnestly as, to be busily employed. How busily she turns the leaves. Shak ., Tit. And., iv. 1. (bt) Carefully; with care. Therfore the i don gret Worschipe thereto, and kepen it fulle besyly . Mandeville , Travels, p. 69. (c) With an air of hurry or importance; with too much curiosity; importunately; officiously. Dryden. busine (biz'nes), n. and a. [ busines , busynes , ynes, bisyne bisynes , bisynes , besines, -ne e, trouble, pains, labor, diligence, busy-ne ; busy + -ne . The notion that this word has any connection with F. besogne , OF. busoigne , work, busine , is en- tirel tirely erroneous.] I. n. 11. The state of being busy or actively employed; diligence; pains. By grete besyne e [tr. L. diligent i a ] of the writers of chronicles. Trevis a , tr. of Higden's Poly chronic on, I. 5. 21. Care; anxiety; solicitude; worry. Poverte is hateful good, and, as I ge e, A ful gret bringer-out of bisyne . IMG:content-2791.png:[blocks in formation] busk Haf thy thy helme of thy hede, & haf here thy pay; Busk no more debate then I the bede thenne, When thou wypped of my hede at a wap one. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2248. IMG:content-2792.png:[blocks in formation]