buss

A small strong-built Dutch vessel with two masts, used in the herring and mackerel fisheries, being generally of 50 to 70 tons burden.

← busking × bust-head →

Buss
·noun A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. II. Buss ·vt To <<Kiss>>; ·esp. to kiss with a smack...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
buss
A kiss. This word, once of sufficient dignity to be used by our dramatic authors, has now become so ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
buss beggar
An old superannuated fumbler, whom none but beggars will suffer to kiss them. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
horse buss
A kiss with a loud smack; also a bite. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
herring-buss
A peculiar boat of 10 or 15 tons, for the herring fishery. (See buss.) ...

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