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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Buskit, Busked, ppl. a. [f. Busk v.] Arrayed; put in order.a1605 Montg. Misc. P. iii. 43.
That buskit belly-blind Dings dounuards ay the duchtiest 1637 Rutherford Lett. (1671) 220.
Love … careth not for the world's busked and plaistered offers 1689 Foulis Acc. Bk. 112.
For 6 lynes and 12 buskit fishing houcks 1697 Ib. 208.
For 3 busked fishheucks
