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buss

  [buhs]
–noun, verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
kiss.
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Origin:
1560–70; perh. b. obs. bass kiss and obs. cuss kiss (c. G Kuss; r. ME, OE coss (c. ON koss))
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buss   (bŭs)   
tr. & intr.v.   bussed, buss·ing, buss·es
To kiss.
n.  A kiss.

[Possibly blend of obsolete bass (akin to French baiser) and obsolete cuss (akin to Middle English kissen, to kiss; see kiss), or from Scottish Gaelic bus, lips, mouth; see puss2.]
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buss 
"a kiss," 1570, like Welsh and Gael. bus "kiss, lip," Fr. baiser "kiss" (from L. basiare), Sp. buz, Ger. dial. buss probably of imitative origin.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this,
We busse our wantons, but our wives we kisse.
[Robert Herrick, "Hesperides," 1648]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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