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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1897
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¶BUSK, adj. Adorned, decked out.Bwk. 1897 R. M. Calder Poems 114:
The laird comes doon frae his castle ha', Wi' leddies, too, sae busk an' braw.
[A nonce usage from Busk, v., phs. thought of as a reduced form of buskt, pa.p.]
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