Sc. dial. [f. BUIST sb.2]

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  trans. ‘To mark cattle or sheep with the proprietor’s distinctive mark’ (Jam.). Hence buisting-iron, -mark.

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1829.  Hogg, Sheph. Cal., I. 39. Adamson … with the buisting-iron which he held in his hand struck a dog.

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1853.  Johnston, Nat. Hist. E. Bord., I. 94. The sheep around recall it by their ‘beesting’ mark.

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1864.  Jeffrey, Hist. Roxburghsh., IV. viii. 261. Tar for buisting sheep.

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