bust1 (bust)

1. A dialectal or vulgar form of burst.-2. Specifically, a spree: as, to go on a bust. [Colloq.] bust2 (bust), n. [Formerly also bus to ( chest and trunk, used in a similar manner.] 1. The chest, thorax, or breast; the trunk of the human body above the waist. It pre ed upon a hard but glowing bust Which beat as if there was a warm heart under. Byron, Don Juan, [xvi. 122. showing only the head, shoulders, and breast. The term may be applied to the head and neck only, or to the head and neck with the shoulders and breast, or to the head with the whole chest, or to the head, neck, breast, and shoulders, with the arms truncated above the elbow. bust3 (bust), v. t. [E. dial. var. of buist.] To put a tar-mark upon (sheep).