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Wiktionary
BUSK, noun. A strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset to stiffen it.
BUSK, noun. (by extension) A corset.
BUSK, noun. (obsolete) A kind of linen.
BUSK, verb. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress.
BUSK, verb. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]
BUSK, verb. (intransitive) To solicit money by entertaining the public in the street or in public transport
BUSK, verb. (nautical) To tack, to cruise about.
BUSK, proper noun. A feast of first fruits among the Creek tribe of Native Americans, celebrated when the corn is ripe enough to be eaten.
Dictionary definition
BUSK, verb. Play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.