单词 | buss |
释义 | bussn.1 Now historical. 1. A type of large cargo ship designed for heavy loads. Now rare.Attested earliest in the context of naval fleets, where it was apparently used as a transport for troops and supplies.In later use perhaps similar in build and rig to the fishing vessels of sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] > of other construction or rig buss?a1400 fly-boat1583 caramoussal1587 penteconter1784 galliot1794 puffer1849 billyboy1855 York boat1864 smoke-jack1892 Panamax1972 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 169 Þei sauh fer in þe se A grete busse & gay. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 153 Busses þritti Charged with vitaile, with gode men & douhti. 1417 in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Normanniae in Turri Londinensi (1835) I. 324 Coggeship vocatur Marieknyght..busse vocatur Christofre de Andewarp. 1538 in Aberd. Regist. V. 16 (Jam.) Ane busche quhilk was takin be the Franchemen. 1589 W. Burrough in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations 447 They should receiue the same Busse, and lade in her their goods at Bildigh to be returned to Derbent. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 475/2 Thirteen Buces or Buscies, which had each of them three course of Sailes. 1670 J. Smith England's Improvem. Reviv'd iii. 257 There were about 20 Wafters, as they call'd them, which were Ships carrying about 30 Guns a piece, being the Convoys of the Fleet of Busses. 1765 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 202/1 One of his majesty's busses, and one of the petitioner's ships, were lost. 1847 Bentley's Misc. 22 516 [Richard I's] fleet..consisted of one hundred sail and fourteen busses. 1897 W. L. Clowes et al. Royal Navy I. vii. 101 The buss was a heavy and slower vessel, of great strength and capacity. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World (1988) ii. 80 Captain Churchill of the Canterbury buss, confronted with a complaint from one of his men, denied it, and shot himself. 2. A two- or three-masted fishing boat of various sizes, used esp. in the North Sea herring fishery. See also herring-buss n.In quot. 1794 identified more closely with a fly-boat (fly-boat n.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > other sailing vessels balinger1391 caliphe1393 buss1471 mahonnet1524 flute1567 mahone1572 shallopa1578 prahu1582 caïque1666 bullenger1670 hogboat1784 mistico1792 water-manikin1796 mistic1828 sailing-packet1842 sharpie1860 tjalk1861 botter1880 scow schooner1885 scow sloop1885 ghoster1886 sailing-trawler1891 sharp1891 skiff1891 palari1936 gulet1986 1471 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1471/5/10 That certain lordis..ger mak or get schippis, buschis and uthir gret pynk botis witht nettis and al abilyementis ganing tharfor for fyschinge. 1580 R. Hitchcock Pollitique Platt sig. f.i The Flemminges sets out of Flanders Hollande and Sealande yearely (at Bartholmewtide) fower or fiue hundreth Busses, to fishe for Heringes. 1664 Keymer's Observ. Dutch Fishing in Phenix (1721) I. 223 The 2000 Busses..are employ'd only to take Herrings about Baughamness in Scotland, etc. 1690 J. Child Disc. Trade i. 23 A Dutch-man will be content to employ a Stock of 5 or 10000l, in Burses. 1749 Wealth Great Brit. in Ocean 37 The vessels that go upon this fishery, are buches, or busses, of the burthen of 70 to 100 tons. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 239 Buss, a Dutch fishing-vessel with three short masts, each in one piece. On each is carried a square-sail, and sometimes a topsail above the mainsail. [A plate is given.] 1808 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. V. 390 The fishing fleet was often attended by certain vessels, called yaugers, that carried, salt, casks, and victuals, to barter with the busses for their herrings. 1867 Q. Rev. Apr. 317 The..fishery has seen year by year the number of its busses decrease. 1941 N. M. Gunn Silver Darlings xv. 301 Rob ventured the first comment. ‘She's a Dutch buss.’ 1980 P. O'Brian Surgeon's Mate ix. 285 Many fishermen, English and Dutch..haunted those perilous banks in their shallow-draught doggers, schuyts, busses, howkers, and even bugalets. 2000 D. Kirby & M.-L. Hinkkanen Baltic & North Seas v. 85 Vessels were..designed for specific tasks, such as the Dutch herring-fishing buss, or the cod-fishing hoeker. Compounds C1. General attributive and objective, as buss fishery, buss fishing, etc. ΚΠ 1580 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 226 The busse chest in the Alarie. 1615 R. Kayll Trade's Increase 42 Busse-fishing is more easy than any other kind of fishing. 1667 Direct. to Painter 37 Buss-Skippers..stamp to think Their Catching-craft is over. 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. v. 285 The establishment of the buss bounty. 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. v. 285 The great encouragement, which a bounty..gives to the buss fishery. 1813 Q. Rev. July 271 A lively picture is drawn of the bustle and activity which the Dutch herring buss fishery communicated. 1912 E. K. Chatterton Fore & Aft Craft iii. 53 The buss-ship as we here see her was square-rigged without topsails or topgallants. 1995 S. Schama Landscape & Memory 181 Shabby little buss boats awash in vinegar and putrid with herring. C2. ΚΠ 1784 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations (ed. 3) II. iv. v. 283 Two-thirds of the buss caught herrings are exported. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bussn.2 In later use chiefly archaic and regional. 1. A kiss, esp. a loud or vigorous one. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] kissc1000 bassc1450 baisier1477 swapa1566 buss1567 smouch1578 lip-lick1582 lip-clip1606 tuck1611 accolade1654 poguec1670 osculum1706 slobber1884 banger1898 snog1959 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 105 He that brings him home againe, A busse? yea not a busse alone doubtlesse shall haue. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. x. sig. Mm7 Euery Satyre first did giue a busse To Hellenore. 1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees sig. **2v The winged Citizens of mount Hymete..harmlesse busses gave him [sc. Plato]. 1685 W. Winstanley Poor Robin sig. Cvij v Three Kisses, four Busses, and five licks under the Snot gall. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer v. iv. 62 My dear Plume! Give me a Buss. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. vii. xiii. 117 He gave Jones a hearty Buss . View more context for this quotation 1805 W. Ioor Independence ii. 30 She is a sweet creature, that's for sartain; my old mouth waters for a buss when I see's her. 1865 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs (new ed.) 57 Let mammy have a buss. 1882 Ld. Tennyson Promise of May (1886) ii. 117 Gi'e us a buss fust, lass. 1917 Munsey's Mag. 60 699/1 Bristol roared to the one-eyed proxy: ‘Now give her a buss, man! 'Tis the last chance you'll have, for I'm going to turn her loose!’ 1996 Entertainm. Weekly 5 Apr. 96 Even after Maddie and David consummated the 1985–86 season with a passionate buss in a parking garage, viewers were not satisfied. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [noun] > action of kissing kissinga1300 bassing1546 lip-labour1582 bussing1583 smouching1583 slavering1607 lip-work1631 suaviation1656 deosculation1658 osculation1658 bussa1721 basiation1879 kissage1886 mugging1890 oscularity1926 snogging1945 smash-mouth1965 a1721 M. Prior Misc. Wks. (1740) II. 32 After much buss, and great grimace, Much chat arose. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bussv.1 Now Scottish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] yarec888 yarkc1000 graithc1175 readya1225 biredienc1275 to make yarec1290 forgraitha1300 adightc1330 buskc1330 purveyc1330 agraith1340 disposec1375 before-graithea1382 to forge and filec1381 to make readya1382 devisec1385 bounc1390 buss?a1400 address?a1425 parel?a1425 to get upc1425 providec1425 prepare1449 bakec1450 aready1470 arm?a1505 prevenea1522 get?1530 to get ready1530 to get ready1530 to set in readiness1575 apply1577 compose1612 predy1627 make1637 to dispose of1655 do1660 fallowa1764 to line up1934 prep1936 tee1938 ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) i. l. 936 Beside þe castelle bussed [ Lamb. busked] & spred, & Brutus sawe his men wele dight, Alle redy vnto þe fight. 2. transitive. To clothe, dress; to dress up, adorn. Also: spec. to dress (a fishing hook); to prepare (a fly).Now chiefly with reference to the annual Common Riding in Hawick, and similar festivals in other Scottish Border towns, at which an ancient ‘colour’ or flag is traditionally bussed with ribbons. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > dress fly duba1450 hackle1835 buss1882 undertie1894 1569 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 6 52 For heir to buis thair cleis and gargasis. c1570 Leg. Bp. St. Andrews in J. G. Dalyell Scotish Poems 16th Cent. (1801) II. 331 A cowe [i.e. scarecrow] bust in a biscops place. 1605 Tailors' Acct. Bk. 32 Blak plading to thir same hoissis to bus the hair vpoun. 1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Bus, to bus, to dress. 1818 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. Oct. 327 (Jam.) I'll buss my hair wi' the gowden brume. 1882 Hist. Berwickshire Naturalists' Club 9 No. 3. 562 Only the feathers to ‘buss flies’. 1901 R. Murray Hawick Characters 29 Cutler was in the act of bussing the hook with a fly. 2002 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 30 May 6 The Queen ‘bussed’ flags from six Borders festivals, a ceremony which involved attaching a ribbon to the burgh standard. Derivatives ˈbussed adj. ΚΠ 1811 A. Scott Poems 18 Wi' fly buss'd hook, an' fishing rod. 2009 Hawick News & Sc. Border Chron. (Nexis) 11 June To receive the ‘bussed’ Flag on Friday is something I won't forget. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bussv.2 Chiefly archaic and regional. 1. a. transitive. To kiss; to give a kiss or buss to. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > [verb (transitive)] kissc900 reachOE bassc1500 to lay on the lips1530 bussa1566 swap1577 smouch1588 lip1605 bause1607 suaviate1650 to pree a person's mouth1724 accolade1843 to give (someone) onec1882 to give (a person) some sugar1921 steups1967 a1566 R. Edwards Damon & Pithias (1571) sig. Gj Your wife now wyll busse you. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iii. iv. 35 I will thinke thou smil'st, And busse thee as thy wife. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. P6 Kissing and bussing differ both in this; We busse our Wantons, but our Wives we kisse. 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth V. 95 To every one that I did meet, I bravely Buss'd my Hand. 1767 ‘A. Barton’ Disappointment i. iii. 21 Buss me, my dear, and I'll tell you someting, dat will make you happy. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 105 You..Nor burnt the grange, nor buss'd the milking-maid. 1867 G. Meredith Vittoria II. xxix. 244 Up with your red lips, and buss me a Napoleon salute. 1927 S. Lewis Elmer Gantry xix. 268 He did not itch to get her in a corner and buss her. 1999 P. Straub Mr. X cxii. 393 Nettie sang out, ‘Happy Birthday!’ and bussed my cheek. b. transitive. figurative and in figurative contexts. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > be near to [verb (transitive)] > be in contact with toucha1350 meeta1400 to meet witha1400 raise1591 buss1609 taste1634 osculate1740 incidea1774 nuzzle1891 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iv. vii. 103 Yon towers, whose wanton tops do busse the clouds, Must kisse their owne feete. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iii. ii. 75 Thy Knee bussing the stones. View more context for this quotation 1891 F. Thompson Poems (1893) 42 Tanned maiden! with..a mouth too red for the moon to buss it. 2007 Fiddlehead Winter 61 Sam..really was six-ten and his head bussed the ceiling. 2. intransitive. To kiss. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > kiss > give or indulge in kisses [verb] bac1386 smick1541 smacker1598 basiate1623 buss1633 osculate1656 mug1822 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore ii. sig. F3 I asse pretty Lasse, come busse Lasse. 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes ii. viii. 93 Come busse and friends, my lambe. 1687 A. Behn Luckey Chance ii. ii. 23 Alas poor Pupsey—was it sick—look here—here's a fine thing to make it well again. Come buss, and it shall have it. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 171 I now forgive you heartily; let's buss, and be Friends. 1788 European Mag. & London Rev. Jan. 57/2 They get up, and play at hide and seek; And then they Buss, and then she's made a Wife. 1805 R. Anderson Ballads in Cumberland Dial. 53 Sae we buss'd, and I tuik a last luik at the fell. 1879 R. Browning Ned Bratts in Idyls I. 265 So blubbered we, and bussed, and went to bed. 2007 J. I. Gabbe LaRue's Maneuvers x. 260 In the faint glow of a single blue bulb hanging from a clothesline they bussed and fondled. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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