† ˈbuskle, v. Obs.
Also 6 buskel, buskill, 7 buskell.
[app. a frequentative of busk v.1; the senses correspond closely to senses of busk, and both verbs are in the early examples often accompanied by the ppl. adj. boun. See bustle v.]
1. trans. To ‘busk’, prepare, equip, attire. (Chiefly refl.)
| a 1555 Bradford Wks. 445 Buskel thyself, and make thee bowne to turn to the Lord. 1585 Pilkington Exp. Nehem. Wks. (1848) 352 They buskle and bowne themselves to this work. 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 117 Buskled in armes..them readie make The ten knights. |
2. intr. To prepare oneself; hence, to set out, start on a journey, address oneself to a task; to set to work (esp. hastily or promptly).
| a 1535 More Wks. (1557) 81 In what place..ye stand whan ye buskle forward. 1583 Stanyhurst æneid iii. (Arb.) 81 King Helenus..From towne to us buskling. 1594 Carew Tasso (1881) 53 The Campe to armes which buskelled. 1602 Warner Alb. Eng. xii. lxxvii. 313 Then buskling to his Sword cride Theeues. |
3. intr. To hurry about; to be in agitation or commotion, to bustle.
| 1545 Joye Exp. Dan. ii. (R.) Now began the bisshopes to busskle and bere rule. 1561 J. Awdelay Frat. Vacab. 15 This slouthfull knave wyll buskill and scratch when he is called in the morning. 1586 W. Warner Alb. Eng. i. vi. 22 In buskling vp and downe In Plutoes Pallace, to her ioy, Proserpine he found. 1642 Rogers Naaman 174 He buskells and takes on like a mad man. |
4. trans. To agitate, shake, toss; L. jactare. (Cf. brustle v.2 2, and bustle v. 5.)
| 1581 J. Studley Seneca's Hercules Œt. 189 He buskling vp his burning Mane, doth dry the dropping south. |