Search the Dictionary

A marine fish of the genus Cottus; the sculpin.

A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]

A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers.

A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers.

A small stream. [Scot.]

Combustible. Cotgrave.

A small brook. [Scot.] Burns.

A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. "No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift." Southey.

intenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scot.]

or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. "The business of instruction." Prescott.

To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.] Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. Hamilton.

the leg. The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

he outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]

nusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.

A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott. The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.

A cow house. [N. of Eng.& Scot.]

cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin.]

A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.