† busketn.
Obsolete. rare.
1. A small bush or shrub; = bushet n.
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hawthorna700
hawthorn-treec1290
whitethorna1300
haw-treec1325
albespyne?a1425
thorn-tree1483
mespilus1548
may-branch1560
quickthorn1571
hedge-bush1576
busket1579
May-bush1579
Neapolitan medlar1597
azarole1658
pyracanth1664
white bush1676
Glastonbury thorna1697
quick1727
evergreen thorn1731
blackthorn1737
whitethorn1788
oriental medlar1797
haw1821
May-haw1840
Maythorn1844
May1848
pear thorn1848
pink thorn1852
aronia thorn1882
scarlet thorn1882
black haw1897
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. May 10 To gather May buskets [Gloss. Buskets, a diminutive, little bushes of hauthorne].
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cespuglio, a bush, a shrub..a bramble, or a busket.
2. = bosket n.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > wood or assemblage of trees or shrubs > [noun] > planted, cultivated, or valued > coppice or grove
hurst822
grove889
wood bough?c1225
wood lay?c1225
wood lind?c1225
wood rise?c1225
spring1396
firth?a1400
berwec1440
spring?c1475
grovet1504
coppice1538
copsewood1543
sherwood1562
hewt1575
copse1578
grove-crop1582
berrie1591
low wood1591
spinney1597
spinet1604
spring wood1607
roughet1616
oart1690
toft1706
under-grove1731
bosket1737
busket1803
1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 127 Wend thy way Thro' yonder buskets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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