A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1566-1618
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Busch, v.3 [f. Busch(e n.3 So Eng. bush from 17th c.] tr. To furnish (an axle-hole) with a bush.1566 Inv. Wardrobe 168.
Ane pair of new cannone quheillis buschit with bras 1566 Ib.
Ane auld cannone quheill buschit with brace [= brass] 1585 9th Rep. Hist. MSS. 193/1.
Ane pair of quheillis schod with irne and buschit with bras 1618 Montgomery Mem. 280.
For irne work … in banding, busching, and schoing thame [sc. wheels]
