{"def":{"short":"probably cotton (of some sort)","long":["byssus, a costly, fine white linen cloth made in Egypt"]},"deriv":"from an unused root (of the same form) meaning to bleach, i.e., (intransitive) be white","pronun":{"ipa":"buːt͡sˤ","ipa_mod":"but͡s","sbl":"bûṣ","dic":"boots","dic_mod":"boots"}}