English English Dictionary

That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession.

That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.

of Business

In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.

To go; to direct one's course.

To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.

of Busk

Wearing a busk.

A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet.

A part of a garden devoted to shrubs.

A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.

A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.

Wearing buskins.

Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy.

See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n.

A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.

To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely.