busca

1 busca, ~ia [(? )], ~us [OF busche; (?) infl. by boscus] , wood, esp. firewood. c1180 dedi eis ‥ in bosco meo ‥ buschiam quantam unus equus potest portare Melrose I 135; 1189 concedimus ‥ ij carretas errantes singulis diebus in bosco de S. ad deferendam ~am (Ch. Godstow) MonA IV 364; 1196 in custamento palorum et closture et busche Pipe 60; 1200 debent iiij s. de quadam flota ~ie Pipe 174; 1202 pistor poterit ‥ in quolibet quarterio lucrari ‥ in ~a iij d. (Assisa Panis) M. Par. Maj. II 481; 1205 c carretatas de bona bosca fentecia Cl 56b; 1217 de illis qui ‥ veniunt ‥ ad ~am meremium, corticem vel carbonem emendum (Ch. Forest) StRealm I 21; 1225 xl carectatas de sicca buscha in foresta de Clarendon’ ad ardendum in castro Sar’ Cl 32b; 1234 wdewardus ‥ habebit mortuam ~am, scilicet seckillones Cust. Glast. 57; s1244 de qualibet scut[a] descendente in dicta Ripa [Regine] cum ~a sive blado capiendus est j d. MGL I 239; 1250 de providencia ~e et carbonis: ‥ quod ‥ carbonem et †boscam sufficientes venire faciant Cl 386; 1266 ~am ‥ ad minam plumbi ‥ comburendam Cl 204; 1276 villata de Eton’ [Berks] solebat dare tolnetum †buste [? l. busce] navium Hund. I 18; 1283 [iij carectatas] †brusee [MS.: busce] Cal. IPM II 289; paratum sibi [sc. camerario] debet esse quicquid pro corpore suo fuerit necessarium, viz. cibus, potus, ~a [v. l. †busta] et candela Fleta 71; ad prosternendum et ‥ asportandum buschiam Domerh. Glast. 569; 1313 in carbone et †~o Rec. Leic. I 285; 1358 v centum de ~a vocata kunchewode Pat 284 m. 24; 1364 vendicio ~e: ‥ de talwode ‥ et de ‥ ~a fracta (MinAc) Banstead 340.

2 †busca, , or ? f. l for bussellus. 1317 dum modo †~a ordei vendatur pro xv d. (Gild R. Andover) Gild Merch. II 312.