Chapter Burchardise to Busby of B by Brewer's Phrase & Fable

Bury the Hatchet Let by-gones be by-gones. The “Great Spirit” commanded the North American Indians, when they smoked the calumet or peacepipe, to bury their hatchet, scalping-knives, and war-clubs in the ground, that all thought of hostility might be buried out of sight.

“It is much to be regretted that the American government, having brought the great war to a conclusion, did not bury the hatchet altogether.”- The Times.

“Buried was the bloody hatchet;
Buried was the dreadful war-club;
Buried were all warlike weapons,
And the war-cry was forgotten;
Then was peace among the nations.”
Longfellow: Hiawatha, xiii.

Burying Cremation. The Parsees neither bury or burn their dead, because they will not defile the elements (fire and earth). So they carry their dead to the Tower of Silence, and leave the body there to be devoured by vultures. (See Nineteenth Century, October, 1893, p. 611.)

Burying at Cross Roads (See Cross-Roads .)

Bus A contraction of Omnibus. Of course, Omnibi, as a plural, though sometimes used, is quite absurd.

Busby (A). A frizzled wig. Doctor Busby, master of Westminster school, did not wear a frizzled wig, but a close cap, somewhat like a Welsh wig. (See Wigs .)

Busby The tall cap of a hussar, artillery-man, etc., which hangs from the top over the right shoulder.