Part 1509

<hw>Bux"e*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>buxeus</ets>, fr. <ets>buxus</ets> the box tree.]</ety> <def>Belonging to the box tree.</def>

<h1>Buxine</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Bux"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An alkaloid obtained from the <spn>Buxus sempervirens</spn>, or common box tree. It is identical with <altname>bebeerine</altname>; -- called also <altname>buxina</altname>.</def>

<h1>Buxom</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Bux"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>buxum</ets>, <ets>boxom</ets>, <ets>buhsum</ets>, pliable, obedient, AS. <ets>b\'d3csum</ets>, <ets>b\'d4hsum</ets> (akin to D. <ets>buigzaam</ets> blexible, G. <ets>biegsam</ets>); <ets>b\'d4gan</ets> to bow, bend + <ets>-sum</ets>, E. <ets>-some</ets>. See <er>Bow</er> to bend, and <er>-some</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And <b>buxom</b> to his bands, is joy to see. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever <b>buxom</b> and obedient to the ordinance of it. <i>Foxe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.</def>

<blockquote>A daughter fair, So <b>buxom</b>, blithe, and debonair. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A parcel of <b>buxom</b> bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. <i>Tatler.</i></blockquote>

-- <wordforms><wf>Bux"om*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Bux"om*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Buy</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Buy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bought</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Buying</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>buggen</ets>, <ets>buggen</ets>, <ets>bien</ets>, AS. <ets>bycgan</ets>, akin to OS. <ets>buggean</ets>, Goth. <ets>bugjan</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to <i>sell</i>.</def>

<blockquote><b>Buy</b> what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. <i>B. Franklin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to <i>buy</i> pleasure with pain.</def>

<blockquote><b>Buy</b> the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. <i>Prov. xxiii. 23.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To buy again</col>. <cd>See <er>Againbuy</er>. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Chaucer</i>.</cd> -- <col>To buy off</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, <i>to buy off<i> conscience. <sd>(b)</sd> To detach by a consideration given; as, <i>to buy off<i> one from a party.</cd> -- <col>To buy out</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To buy off, or detach from.</cd> <i>Shak</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; <as>as, A <ex>buys out</ex> B</as>.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business.</cd> -- <col>To buy in</col>, <cd>to purchase stock in any fund or partnership.</cd> -- <col>To buy on credit</col>, <cd>to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day.</cd> -- <col>To buy the refusal</col> <cd>(of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.</cd></cs>

<h1>Buy</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Buy</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To negotiate or treat about a purchase.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>buy</b> with you, sell with you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Buyer</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Buy"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who buys; a purchaser.</def>

<h1>Buz</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Buz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. & n.</tt> <def>See <er>Buzz</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Buzz</h1> <Xpage=197>

<hw>Buzz</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Buzzed</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Buzzing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[An onomatop\'d2ia.]</ety> <def>To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.</def>

<blockquote>Like a wasp is <b>buzzed</b>, and stung him. <i>Longfellow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>However these disturbers of our peace <b>Buzz</b> in the people's ears. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>