Bushire', Aboo

-SHEHR, ABOUSHEHR, (" Father of Cities,") a seaport town of Persia, prov. Fars, and excepting Ba ora, the principal port of the Persian Gulf, on the N.Ε. coast of which it is situated, 120 m. W.S.W. of Shiraz, and 255 S. by W. of Ispahan; Lat. 29° N.; Lon. 50° 48' E. It is built on a low, sandy spit of ground enclosing a deep bay or harbor, and is nearly surrounded by the sea. It was bombarded by the English in 1856. Estim. pop. 18,000. Bush'kill, in Pennsylvania, a post-township of North amp ton co. Bush River, in S. Carolina, a small stream flowing into Saluda River, in Newbury district. Bush's Mills, in W. Virginia , a post-office of Lewis co. Bush's Store, in Kentucky , a post-office of Laurel co. Bush'ville, in Georgia , a post-village of Franklin co., 109 m. N. of Milledgeville. Bush'ville, in New York , a post-office of Sullivan co. Bush'-whacker, n. One accustomed to beat about or travel through bushes; a raw countryman. A stout scythe or other instrument for cutting bush or bushes; a bush-scythe. ( Webster .) -A GUERILLA, q. v. (U. S.) Bush'-whacking, n. A word applied in the U. States to the action of travelling, or working a way through bushes; or, of pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. Bush'wick, in New York , formerly a township of King's co., now included in the limits of Brooklyn. Bush'y, a . Full of bushes; full of branches; thick and spreading like a bush. Coles co. Bushy Fork, in Illinois , a village in the N.E. of Bushy Fork, in North Carolina, a P. O. of Person co. Bus'ily, adv . In a busy manner; actively; earnestly. Busine , ( biz'nes ,) n. [From busy .] That which makes busy; employment; that which occupies the time, attention, and labor of men. Occupation; concern; serious engagement; affair; a point; something to be transacted. Trade; profe ion; office; calling. Busine burg, in Ohio , a post-office of Belmont co. Busine Corner, in low a , a P. O. of Van Buren co. Bu's iris, n. (Egypt. Myth.) A fabulous personage, of whose origin, exploits, and character the most contradictory accounts are given, some maintaining that he was a king of Egypt, others that the name signified only the tomb of OSIRIS, q . v. formation to Charles de Chambres, Comte de Montsorean, of an intrigue which B. carried on with his wife. The secret had been revealed to the king by his brother d'Anjou, to whom B. had jestingly written in one of his letters that he "had the game of the mighty master in his toils." Montsoreau compelled the wretched adul- tere to write a letter with her own hand, making an a ignation in the Château de Constancières, where the injured husband awaited B. with a numerous ambuscade of armed men, and, in spite of a most courageous resist ance, put him to death. 1579. Bu o'ra, in Turkey in Asia. See BASSORA. Bu 'ville, in Illinois , a village of Jefferson co., 12 m. W. by N. of Mount Vernon. Bus'sy, ROGER DE. See RABUTIN. Bust, n. [Fr. buste ; It. and Sp. bus to ; L. Lat. bustum, allied to uro , ustum , to burn, the place where a corpse is burned and buried. In this place the portrait of the deceased was placed in bas-relief.] The chest and thorax. ( Sculp.) The figure of a person in bas-relief (Fig. 74), showing only the head, shoulders, and breast. Bus'tamente. See GUERRERO. Bus'tamite, n. ( Min . ) A grayish-red variety of Rho- donite (or native silicate of manganese) occurring in ir- regularly disposed prismatic crystals. Bus'tard, n. ( Zool .) See OTIS. Bus'ter, n. Anything very large. - A spree. (Vulgar.) Busti, in New York , a post-township of Chautauqua co on Chautauqua Lake. Bustle, ( bust ) v.i. [A.S. brastlian , to crackle, to make a noise.] To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion. "Come, bustle, bustle, caparison my horse."-Shaks. -n. Hurry; great stir; rapid motion with noise and agitation; tumult. -An article of female attire; a BISHOP, q. v. Bus'tler, n . One who bustles; an active, stirring person. Bus'tleton, in Pennsylvania, formerly a village of Philadelphia co., 11 m. N.E. of the State-House; now included in the limits of Philadelphia city. Bus'y, a. [A.S. bys i , bysig; Goth. budum , budans , to order, to command.] Occupied; fully employed; ac- tively engaged. - Earnestly diligent; active. - Officious; meddling; bustling; troublesome. "They repulsed the proud enemy, still busy with them."-Knolles -v. a. To make or keep busy; to employ with constant attention; to keep engaged. (Used chiefly with the reciprocal pronoun.)