Now arch. and dial. Also 6–7 busse. [app. an alteration of the earlier BASS sb.3; cf. also Sp. buz, Ger. dial. buss, which however may be only parallel onomatopœias.] A kiss, a smack.
1570. Turberv., Ladie Venus, &c. He that brings him home againe, A busse? yet not a busse alone doubtlesse shall haue.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., III. x. 46. Every satyre first did give a busse To Hellenore.
1634. J. Levett, Order. Bees, Pref. Poems. The winged Citizens of mount Hymete harmless busses gave him [Plato].
1706. Farquhar, Recruit. Officer, V. ii. My dear Plume give me a buss.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, VII. xiii. (1840), 100/1. He gave Jones a hearty buss.
1859. E. Waugh, Lanc. Songs, in Lanc. Gloss. (E. D. S.), 63. Let mammy have a buss.
1863. Sat. Rev., 368. Giving him a hearty buss upon each cheek.
1882. Tennyson, Prom. May, II. (1886), 117. Gi’e us a buss fust, lass.
b. Kissing.
1708. Prior, Mice. After much buss and great grimace Much chat arose.
