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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Busche, Bush(e, n.1 [ME. busse (1330), OF. busse, Du. buis, etc.] A species of cargo-vessel or fishing-vessel; a buss.1428 Edinb. B. Rec. 4.
Of ilk creare, busche, berge, and ballinger, v s. 1471 Acts II. 100/1.
That certain lordis … ger mak or get schippis, buschis, and vther gret pynk botis, witht nettis & al abilȝementis ganing tharfor for fyschinge 1493 Ib. 235/1.
Anent the greit … ryches, that is tint in fault of schippis and buschis to be disponit for fischeing 1530 Aberd. B. Rec. I. 136.
For payment of the saidis frutis he had assignit to him the gudis in the great busche of Abirdene 1557–8 Edinb. Old Acc. I. 241.
At the incuming of viij buscheis tane be Franschemen 1569-73 Bann. Memor. 208.
Thair is a guid number of schipis at Dover-raid, … whilkis hes taken mony of the buscheis and thair wachteris 1610 Crim. Trials III. 101.
Ȝe tuik … ane Flemische busche, out of the quhilk busche ȝe tuik fyve Flemyngis 1625 Conv. Burghs III. 181.
The saids commissioners … inhibits … the said factouris from being awners of anie ships or bushes that treds to Scotland 1636 Rep. Maxwell Stuart Mun. 35.
The Hollanders busches have their randevous … in Orknay 1692 Conv. Burghs IV. 595.
Ane bush … was wraked in this harbourattrib. 1629 Red Bk. Menteith II. 89.
If there had beene a bushe fishing erected in Scotland 1630 Acts V. 226/2.
Concerning the bushe fishing 1692 Misc. Burgh Rec. Soc. 129.
Four bush boats lyeing wrack at the full sea
