English-Thai Dictionary

busk

VT แสดงละคร หรือ ดนตรี ใน ที่สาธารณะ  sa-daeng-la-kon-rue-don-tri-nai-ti-sa-ta-ra-na

 

buskin

N รองเท้าส้นสูง  การ แสดงละคร เศร้า โศร ก  karn-sa-daeng-la-korn-sao-sok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BUSK

n.A piece of steel or whale bone, worn by women to strengthen their stays; a word dependent on fashion.

 

BUSK

n.A bush. [Not used. ]

 

BUSK

v.i.To be active or busy.

 

BUSKET

n.A small bush, or a compartment of shrubs in a garden.

 

BUSKIN

n.A kind of half boot, or high shoe, covering the foot and leg to the middle and tied underneath the knee, worn by actors in tragedy on the stage. The buskins of the ancients had very thick soles, to raise the actors and actresses to the stature of the persons they represented. 1. In classic authors, the word is used for tragedy.

 

BUSKINED

a.Dressed in buskins.

 

BUSKY

a.Busky; wooded; shaded or overgrown with trees or shrubs; generally written bosky. [See Bush. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUSK

Busk, n. Etym: [F. busc, perh. fr. the hypothetical older form of E.bois wood, because the first busks were made of wood. See Bush, and cf. OF. busche, F. bûche, a piece or log of wood, fr. the same root. ]

 

Defn: A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset. Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.

 

BUSK

Busk, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busked. ] Etym: [OE. busken, fr. Icel.b to make one's self ready, rexlexive of b to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th Bound. ]

 

1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng. ] Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. Hamilton.

 

2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs. ] Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

 

BUSKED

BUSKED Busked, a.

 

Defn: Wearing a busk. Pollok.

 

BUSKET

Bus "ket, n. Etym: [See Bosket, Bouquet. ]

 

1. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [R.]

 

BUSKIN

Bus "kin, n. Etym: [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin. ]

 

1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

 

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy. Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

 

BUSKINED

BUSKINED Bus "kined, a.

 

1. Wearing buskins. Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.

 

2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage. " Milton.

 

BUSKY

BUSKY Bus "ky, a.

 

Defn: See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

busk

busk 1 |bəsk bəsk | ▶verb [ no obj. ] play music or otherwise perform for voluntary donations in the street or in subways: the group began by busking on Philadelphia sidewalks | (as noun busking ) : busking was a real means of living. • (busk it ) informal improvise. DERIVATIVES busk er noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French busquer ‘seek, ’ from Italian buscare or Spanish buscar, of Germanic origin. Originally in nautical use in the sense ‘cruise about, tack, ’ the term later meant ‘go around selling, ’ hence ‘go around performing ’ (mid 19th cent ).

 

busk

busk 2 |bəsk bəsk | ▶noun historical a stay or stiffening strip for a corset. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French busc, from Italian busco ‘splinter ’ (related to French bûche ‘log ’), of Germanic origin.

 

buskin

bus kin |ˈbəskin ˈbəskən | ▶noun chiefly historical a calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. • a thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. • (the buskin ) the style or spirit of tragic drama. DERIVATIVES bus kined adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (designating a calf-length boot ): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

busk

busk 1 |bʌsk | ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 play music in the street or other public place for voluntary donations: the group began by busking on Philadelphia sidewalks | (as noun busking ) : years of busking had taught him how to hold a crowd. 2 (busk it ) informal improvise. DERIVATIVES busker noun ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete French busquer ‘seek ’, from Italian buscare or Spanish buscar, of Germanic origin. Originally in nautical use in the sense ‘cruise about, tack ’, the term later meant ‘go about selling things ’, hence ‘go about performing ’ (mid 19th cent. ).

 

busk

busk 2 |bʌsk | ▶noun historical a stay or stiffening strip for a corset. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French busc, from Italian busco ‘splinter ’ (related to French bûche ‘log ’), of Germanic origin.

 

buskin

bus ¦kin |ˈbʌskɪn | ▶noun chiefly historical a calf-high or knee-high boot of cloth or leather. • a thick-soled laced boot worn by an ancient Athenian tragic actor to gain height. • (the buskin ) the style or spirit of tragic drama. DERIVATIVES buskined adjective ORIGIN early 16th cent. (designating a calf-length boot ): probably from Old French bouzequin, variant of brousequin, from Middle Dutch broseken, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

busk

busk /bʌsk /動詞 自動詞 ｟主に英 くだけて ｠大道芸をする .

 

busker

b ú sk er 名詞 C ｟主に英 くだけて ｠大道芸人 .

 

busking

b ú sk ing 名詞 U ｟英 ｠大道芸をすること .