busk

Meanings

1. To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport.
2. To sell articles such as obscene books in public houses etc.
3. To tack, cruise about.

1. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
2. A corset.

1. A kind of linen.

1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
2. To go; to direct one's course.

1. A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.

1. A surname.

1. A city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.

Etymology

Apparently from French busquer or Spanish buscar.