Crossword clues for busked
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Busk \Busk\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busked (b[u^]skt).] [OE. busken, fr. Icel. b[=u]ask to make one's self ready, rexlexive of b[=u]a to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th Bound.]
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To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.]
Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride.
--Hamilton. -
To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]
Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks.
--Skelton.
Busked \Busked\, a.
Wearing a busk.
--Pollok.
Wiktionary
Wearing a busk. v
(en-past of: busk)
Usage examples of "busked".
He and his companion busked themselves, putting on helm and byrnie, with furs above against the tearing cold.
The beuerage wat3 bro3t forth in bourde at that tyme, Thenne thay louelych le3ten leue at the last, Vche burne to his bedde busked bylyue.
And while they busked them he walked musing by the lip of that ravine, switching pebbles over the edge with his sword.
And on the fifteenth day of July was the fleet busked and boun in Tenemos Roads, and that great army of five thousand men-at-arms, with horses and all instruments of war, marched from their camp without Carcë down to the sea.
When word of the murders reached them, they knew it would not be long ere the men of the Danelaw came to put an end to them, and they busked the ships and themselves to sail.
Into the fjord the fleet steered, busked for battle, but no sign of enemy guards met their eyes.
XX They spent no more than two days resting in the cave before Skafloc busked himself to go.
Alle the hatheles that on horse schulde helden hym after Were boun busked on hor blonkke3 bifore the halle 3atez.
The watch stert up and drew their weapons bright, And busked them bold to battle and to fight.
They might not connect the "Rune" that busked with the "Rune" that played at Amber's.
Thus the East laughed and whispered, and the tale, Telling itself anew In terms of living, labouring life, Took on the colours, busked it in the wear Of life that lived and laboured.