buss1 (bus)

[Of uncertain origin; cf. G. dial. (Bav.) bu en (= Sw. dial. pu a ), ki , > G. bus (used by Luther) = Sw. pu , a ki . Cf. Sp. Pg. buz, a ki of reverence, = Pr. bus, a ki ; cf. Sp. buz, Wall. buze, lip. These forms are prob. unconnected with ME. ba e, a ki , late ME. ba e, ki : see ba 5. Cf. Turk. bus, Pers. būsa, Hind. bos a, a ki .] I. trans. To smack; ki ; salute with the lips. And bu thee as thy wife. Shak . , K. John, iii. 4. Ki ing and bu ing differ both in this, We bu our wantons, but our wives we ki . Herrick . II. in trans. To ki . Come, bu and friends, my lamb; whish, lullaby, What ails my babe, what ails my babe to cry? Quarles, Emblems, ii. 8. bu 1 (bus), n. [ Thou dost give me flattering bu es . Shak ., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 4.