buss

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They had arrived in a "buss," which they had hired for the occasion.

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  1. transitive and intransitive verb To kiss.
  2. noun A kiss.

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  • I imagine the fans will argue long and hard about whether a prolonged and passionate buss is an appropriate act for a show about death, but I let out a gleeful gasp when those two embraced in that —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • We waited for a herring-buss coming towards us, and spoke to her. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
  • We wished we were in the buss, for then we might have been in the Maes that evening, as she had a good wind. —  Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680
  • And now, old girl, you've just got to give the man whose done it all a hug and a buss, and then we'll come along Cobbler" Horn started back in dismay. —  The Golden Shoemaker or 'Cobbler' Horn
  • He is already quite a favourite with the men, who call him Oily-buss, much to his own amusement; and he has excited their admiration and respect by his shooting, having twice on the way up shot a goose on the wing Not an unusual exhibition of skill among fur-traders," said Stanley; "but I suppose your men are not much used to the gun. —  Ungava
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  1. Possibly blend of obsolete bass (akin to French baiser) and obsolete cuss (akin to Middle English kissen, to kiss; see kiss), or from Scottish Gaelic bus, lips, mouth; see puss2.

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  1. Of uncertain origin; cf. German dial. (Bavarian) bussen (= Swedish dial, pussa), kiss, later G. bus (used by Luther) = Swedish puss, a kiss. Cf. Spanish Portuguese buz, a kiss of reverence, = Provencal bus, a kiss; cf. Spanish buz, Wall, buze, lip. These forms are prob. unconnected with Middle English basse, a kiss, late Middle English basse, kiss: see bass. Cf. Turkish bus, Persian būsa, Hind, bosa, a kiss.
  2. from buss, v.
  3. from Middle English busse (cf. Dutch buis = Middle Low German buse, butze = OHO. būzo, Middle High German būze, German büse = Icelandic būssa, buza), from Old French busse, buse = Spanish buzo = Provencal bus, a kind of boat, from Middle Latin bussa, buscia, a kind of boat, also a box; one of the numerous forms of buxida, properly accusative of buxis, also (L.) buxus, a box: see boist, box, bush, boss, bushel, etc.
  4. E, dial. variant of busk.
 

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