busk
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Is busk a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of busk?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, especially UK) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.UKespeciallyintransitive
2. (transitive, obsolete) To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.Examples: "The frothy orator, who busked his tales In quackish pomp of noisy words"obsoletetransitive
3. (nautical) To tack, cruise about.
noun (English)
1. (by extension) A corset.Examples: "Off with that happy busk, which I envie, / That still can be, and still can stand so nigh."broadly
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) A kind of linen.Examples: "Busk, a kind of table linen, occurs first in 1458, and occasionally afterwards."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive, Northern England, Scotland) To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.Examples: "Busk ye, busk ye, my bonny, bonny bride."; "The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright / And busk'd them bold to battle and to fight."Northern-EnglandScotlandtransitive
2. (Northern England, Scotland) To go; to direct one's course.Examples: "Ye might have busked you to Huntly-banks."Northern-EnglandScotland
Definition source: Wiktionary