busky, a.
(ˈbʌskɪ)
[f. busk, var. of bush n.1 + -y; cf. bushy, bosky.]
Bosky, bushy.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 99 Buskye, dumosus. 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, v. i. 2 The Sunne begins to peere Aboue yon busky hill. 1600 Tourneur Transf. Met. xlviii. Wks. II. 206 And sometimes nibble on the buskie root. 1606 J. Raynolds Dolarnys Prim. (1880) 71 Huge Tmolus..with buskey haire. c 1800 K. White Clift Gr. 272 Yon busky dingle. |