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Buss

Buss

a small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; used in the herring fishery. The dutch whalers and herring busses. (Macaulay)

Origin: cf. OF. Busse, pr. Bus, LL. Bussa, busa, g. Buse, D. Buis.


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