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126 Busy. What demands all ones time, or energy. Thus, It will busy all the time, i.e., take all the time. "It will busy all he can rise to pay it." "It will busy all he can do to finish it in time." Bysy is a Celtic Cornish word and means, diligent; and hesy, needful. But. Buttock of beef. But. To sprain, or put out of joint. But-gap. A hedge of pitched turf. Polwhele, Butt. A two-wheeled cart. This is a Celtic Cornish word still used in Devon and Cornwall. Butter and Eggs. The double yellow daffodils. Butter-dock. Burdock. Arctium lappa. Butty. A comrade, a " chum. W.T.A.P. Buzza, or BuSSa. A coarse earthenware pan, or jar. Buzzy, or Bussy milk. First milk after the cow has calved. Caaled. Called or cryed by the town cryer. Cab. A mess, anything wet, sticky, or dirty. Cab-a-rOUSe. This is in seamen's language, to pull together at a cable shouting and singing. (A gall or callous. H.R.c.) See Caperhouse. Cabby. Wet, or sticky and dirty. Cabbed, Cabbed up, Cabbled, or Cabagled. Terms used of anything which has been messed or dirtied by handling, &c.