1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders,
and breast.
Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust
The faithless column, and the crumbling bust.
Pope.
2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the
person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.
Bustard
(Bus"tard) n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin.
10, 22; "proximæ iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Græcia 'wti`das."] (Zoöl.) A bird of the genus
Otis.
The great or bearded bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate
regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in Great Britain. The little bustard (O. tetrax)
inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species are known in Asia and Africa.
Buster
(Bus"ter) n. Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.
Bustle
(Bus"tle) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (-s'ld); p. pr. & vb.n. Bustling ] [Cf. OE. buskle, perh.
fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To
move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through
a crowd.
And leave the world for me to bustle in.
Shak.
Bustle
(Bus"tle), n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange bustle and disturbance in the world.
South.
Bustle
(Bus"tle), n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness
to the skirts; — called also bishop, and tournure.
Bustler
(Bus"tler) n. An active, stirring person.
Bustling
(Bus"tling) a. Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd.
"A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.
Busto
(||Bus"to) n.; pl. Bustoes [It.] A bust; a statue.
With some antick bustoes in the niches.
Ashmole.
Busy
(Bus"y) a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bhush to be active,
busy.]
1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with
serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.
Sir, my mistress sends you word
That she is busy, and she can not come.
Shak.
2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.
Busy hammers closing rivets up.
Shak.
Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart.
Addison.
