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† buste, bust Obs. Also 4 Sc. bouste. [var. of boist n.] A box, esp. for containing ointments, drugs, confectionery, etc. Cf. boist, boost, buist.a 1225 Ancr. R. 226 He haueð so monie bustes ful of his letuaries. c 1375 ? Barbour St. Magdalena 111 A bouste of precius vngument. c 1450 Henryson Mor. F...
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boist
▪ I. † boist, n. Obs. Forms: 3–5 boist(e, 4–7 boyste. Also 3 buste, 5 bust; 4, 6 bost, 6–7 boost(e; 4 bouste; 5 buist, buyste, 9 Sc. buist. See boost, buist, bust. [ME. boiste, a. OF. boiste ‘box’, in Pr. bostia, repr., through late L. bossida, boxida, buxida, L. pyxida, a. Gr. πυξίδα, acc. of πυξίς...
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boost
▪ I. † boost, n.1 Obs. Also 4–6 north. bost. A var. of boist, box, pyx. Cf. the forms bouste, buist.a 1300 Cursor M. 14003 A bost [v.r. boist] sco has o smerles nummen. 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 351 Tua bostis of gude wyne. 1570 Levins Manip. 222 A Booste, boxe, pixis. 1651 Calderwood Hist. Kirk...
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