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†BUSTEOUS, BUSTYIOUS, adj. Fierce; powerful; rough. [′bʌstjəs]Sc. 1806 R. Jamieson Pop. Ballads I. 245:
And clatterin hooves and busteous taunts Brast on their startit ear.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 144:
Sae clos'd wi' bustyious bang and baff, Clerk Diston and Freir Tullidaff.
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