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† ˈbustuary, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. L. bustuārius pertaining to burning or the funeral-pyre.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the funeral pile; funereal. rare.
1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. lii, Ashes, into which the fuel of the funeral and bustuary fire hath been converted.
B. n. An incendiary.
1607J. King Serm. (Nov.) 25 The disloiall broode of Ignatius Loiola, the notorious Incendiaries, Bustuaries, of christian states. c1633T. Adams Wks. (1862) II. 32 (D.) They are the firebrands and bustuaries of kingdoms. Ibid. 157 (D.) Satan..is the great bustuary himself. |