BACK-SEY, _s._
V. ~Sey~.
BACK-SET, _s._
1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, S.
2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one _back_ in any course, S.
_Wodrow._
Eng. _back_ and _set_.
BACKSPANG, _s._ A trick, or legal quirk, by which one takes the
advantage of another, after every thing seemed to have been settled in a
bargain, S.
_Back_ and _spang_, to spring.
_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._
1. To trace a report as far back as possible, S.
2. To cross-question; S.
_Back_ and _speir_, to examine.
V. ~Spere~, v.
BACK-SPEIRER, BACK-SPEARER, _s._ A cross-examinator, S.
_Cleland._
BACK-SPRENT, _s._ The back-bone, S.
_Back_, and S. _sprent_, a spring.
BADE, _pret._ of ~Bide~, q. v.
BADE, BAID, _s._
1. Delay, tarrying.
_Wallace._
2. Place of residence, abode.
_Sibbald._
BADDERLOCK, BADDERLOCKS, _s._ A species of eatable fucus, S.
_Lightfoot._
BADDOCK, _s._ Apparently the coal fish, or Gadus carbonarius, Aberd.
_Statist. Acc._
BADDORDS, _s. pl._ Low raillery.
_Ross._
BADLYNG, _s._ A low scoundrel.
_Scot. Poems Reprinted._
Franc. _baudeling_, a cottager.
BADNYSTIE, _s._ Silly stuff.
_Douglas._
Fr. _badinage_, id.
BADOCH, _s._ A marine bird of a black colour.
_Sibbald._
BADRANS, BATHRONS, _s._ A designation for a cat, S.
_Henrysone._
_To_ BAE, _v. n._ To bleat, S.
BAE, _s._ The sound emitted in bleating, S.
Fr. _bee_, id.
_To_ BAFF, _v. a._ To beat. S.
V. ~Beff~.
BAFF, BEFF, _s._ A stroke, a blow, S.
BAGENIN, _s._ Indelicate toying, Fife.
BAGATY, BAGGETY, _s._ The female of the lump, or sea-owl, a fish, S.
_Sibbald._
BAG-RAPE, _s._ A rope of straw, used in fastening the thatch of a roof,
Ang.
BAGREL, _s._ A child, Dumfr.
Su. G. _bagge_, puer.
BAY, _s._ The sound caused by the notes of birds.
_Douglas._
BAICH, BAICHIE, _s._ A child, Perths. C. B. _bachgen_, Teut. _bagh_,
puer.
_Polwart._
_To_ BAICHIE, _v. n._ To cough, S. B.
BAIKIE, BAKIE, _s._ The stake to which an ox or cow is bound in the
stall, Ang.
Sw. _paak_, a stake.
_S. Prov._
BAIKIE, BACKET, _s._ A square wooden vessel, for carrying coals to the
fire, S.
BAIL, BAILE, BAYLE, BALL, BELE, BELLE, _s._
1. A flame, or blaze of what kind soever.
_Barbour._
2. A bonfire.
_Sir Gawan._
3. A fire kindled as a signal.
_Douglas._
4. Metaph. the flame of love.
_Henrysone._
A. S. _bael_, Su. G. _baal_, a funeral pile, Isl. _baal_, a strong
fire.
BAYLE-FYRE, _s._ A bonfire.
A. S. _bael-fyr_, the fire of a funeral pile.
BAILCH, _s._ A very lusty person, S. B.
V. _Belch_.
_Ross._
BAILLE, _s._ A mistress.
_Wallace._
Fr. _belle_, id.
BAILLIE, BAILIE, _s._
1. A magistrate second in rank, in a royal borough, an alderman, S.
_Lyndsay._
2. The baron's deputy in a burgh of barony, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Fr. _Baillie_, an officer, L. B. _baliv-us_.
BAILLIERIE, _s._
1. The extent of a bailie's jurisdiction, S.
_Wodrow._
2. The extent of a sheriff's jurisdiction.
_Acts Ja. I._
BAYNE, BANE, _adj._
1. Ready, prepared, S. B.
_Wallace._
2. Alert, lively, active.
_Wallace._
Isl. _bein-a_, expedire.
BAYNLY, _adv._ Readily, cheerfully.
BAYNE, "_Forte_, a kind of fur," Rudd.
_Douglas._
BAIR, BAR, _s._ A boar.
_Barbour._
A. S. _bar_, Germ. _baer_, Lat. _verr-es_, id.
BAIRD, _s._ A poet or bard.
_Acts Ja. VI._
C. B. _bardh_, Gael. Ir. _bard_.
BAIRMAN, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Reg. Maj._
E. _bare_, nudatus.
BAIRN, BARNE, _s._ A child, S.
_Douglas._
Moes. G. _barn_, a child, from _bair-an_, ferre, gignere, A. S.
_bearn_.
BAIRNHEID, BARNEHEID, _s._
1. The state of childhood.
_Inventories._
2. Childishness.
_Dunbar._
BAYRNIS-BED, _s._ The matrix.
_Complaynt S._
BAIRNLY, _adj._ Childish, S.
Sw. _barnslig_, puerilis.
BAIRNLINESS, _s._ Childishness, S.
BAIRN-TYME, BARNE-TEME, _s._ Brood of children, S.
_Houlate._
A. S. _bearn-team_, liberorum sobolis procreatio.
BAIRNS-PART _of_ ~Gear~, that part of a father's personal estate to
which his children are entitled to succeed, and of which he cannot
deprive them by any testament, or other gratuitous deed to take effect
after his death, S.
_Stair._
BAIRNS-PLAY, _s._ The sport of children, S.
_Rutherford._
BAIRNS-WOMAN, _s._ A dry nurse, S.
BAIS, _adj._ Having a deep or hoarse sound.
Fr. _bas_, E. _base_.
_Douglas._
BAISDLIE, _adv._ In a state of stupefaction.
V. ~Bazed~.
_Burel._
BAISE, _s._ Haste, expedition, S. B.
Su. G. _bas-a_, citato gradu ire.
_To_ BAISS, _v. a._ To sew slightly, S.
Fr. _bast-ir_, E. _baste_.
_To_ BAIST, _v. a._ To overcome, S. B.
Isl. _beyst-a_, ferire.
BAIST, _s._ One who is struck by others, especially in the sports of
children, S. B.
BAISTIN, _s._ A drubbing, S.
BAIT, _s._ A boat.
V. ~Bat~.
_To_ BAYT, _v. a._ To give food to.
_Barbour._
Isl. _beit-a_, to drive cattle to pasture, _beit_ pasture.
_To_ BAYT, _v. n._ To feed.
_Gl. Sibb._
BAITTLE, _adj._ Denoting that sort of pasture, where the grass is short
and close, Selkirks.
Isl. _beitinn_, fit for pasture.
BAIVEE, _s._ A species of whiting.
_Sibbald._
BAK, BACKE, BAKIE-BIRD, _s._ The bat or rearmouse, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _nattbacka_, id.
BAKE, _s._ A small cake, a biscuit, S.
_Burns._
BAKGARD, _s._ A rear-guard.
_Wallace._
BAKIE, _s._ The black-headed gull, Orkn.
BAKIE, _s._ The name given to one kind of peat, S.
_Ess. Highl. Soc._
E. _bake_, to knead.
BAKIE, _s._ A stake.
V. ~Baikie~.
BAKIN-LOTCH, _s._ A species of bread.
_Evergreen._
BAKSTER, BAXSTER, _s._ A baker, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
A. S. _baecestre_, a woman-baker.
BAL, BALL, the initial syllable of a great many names of places in
Scotland.
Ir. Gael. _baile_, _ball_, a place or town; Su. G. Isl. _bol_, id.
domicilium, sedes, villa, from _bo_, _bo-a_, _bu-a_, to dwell, to
inhabit.
BALAS, _s._ A sort of precious stone, said to be brought from _Balassia_
in India.
Fr. _balais_, bastard ruby.
BALAX, _s._ A hatchet, Aberd.
Isl. _bolyxe_, Su. G. _baalyxa_, a large axe.
BALBEIS, _s. pl._ Halfpence.
V. ~Babie~.
_Maitland Poems._
BALD, BAULD, _adj._
1. Bold, intrepid, S.
_Wyntown._
2. Irascible, S.
_Douglas._
3. Pungent to the taste, or keenly affecting the organ of smelling, S.
4. Keen, biting; expressive of the state of the atmosphere, S.
_Davidson._
5. Certain, assured.
_Henrysone._
6. Used obliquely, bright; as "a _bald_ moon."
_Kelly._
A. S. _bald_, _beald_, Su. G. Alem. Germ. _bald_, audax.
_To_ BALD, _v. a._ To embolden.
_Douglas._
BALDERRY, _s._ Female-handed orchis, a plant, S.
_Lightfoot._
BALK and BURRAL, a ridge raised very high by the plough, and a barren
space of nearly the same extent, alternately, S. B.
V. ~Bauk~, _s._
_Statist. Acc._
BALDERDASH, _s._ Foolish and noisy talk, S. Isl. _bulldur_, stultorum
balbuties.
BALEN, _adj._ Made of skin.
V. ~Pauis~.
_Douglas._
Isl. Su. G. _baelg_, Germ. _balg_, a skin.
BALYE, _s._ A space on the outside of the ditch of a fortification,
commonly surrounded by strong palisades.
_Spotswood._
Fr. _bayle_, a barricado, L. B. _ball-ium_.
BALLANT-BODDICE, _s._ Boddice made of leather, anciently worn by ladies
in Scotland, S. B.
V. ~Balen~.
BALLINGAR, BALLINGERE, _s._ A kind of ship.
Fr. _ballinjier_.
_Wallace._
BALOW, _s._
1. A lullaby, S.
_Ritson._
2. A term used by a nurse, when lulling her child.
_Old Song._
Fr. _bas, là le loup_, "be still, the wolf is coming."
BAMULLO, BOMULLOCH, To _gar_ one _lauch_, _sing_ or _dance Bamullo_, to
make _one_ change one's mirth into sorrow, Ang. Perths.
C. B. _bw_ terror, Gael. _mula_, _mullach_, gloomy brows, q. "the
spectre with the dark eye-brows."
BANCHIS, _s. pl._ Deeds of settlement.
Ital. _banco_, a bank.
_Dunbar._
BANCOURIS, _s. pl._ Coverings for stools or benches.
Teut. _banckwerc_, tapestry; Fr. _banquier_, a bench-cloth.
_To_ BAN, BANN, _v. n._ Often applied in S., although improperly, to
those irreverent exclamations which many use in conversation, as
distinguished from cursing.
_A. Douglas._
BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture.
_Rutherford._
BAND, _s._ Bond, obligation, S.
_Wyntown._
_To mak band_, to come under obligation, to swear allegiance.
_Wallace._
BAND _of a hill_. The top or summit.
_Douglas._
Germ. _bann_, summitas, Gael. _ben_.
BANDKYN, _s._ A cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold, and the woof
silk, adorned with figures.
_Douglas._
L. B. _bandequin-us_.
BANDOUNE, BANDOWN, _s._ Command, orders.
V. ~Abandon~.
_Wallace._
Germ. _band_, a standard.
BANDOUNLY, _adv._ Firmly, courageously.
_Wallace._
BANDSTER, BANSTER, _s._ One who binds sheaves after the reapers in the
harvest-field, S.
_Ritson._
A. S. Germ. _band_, vinculum.
BANE, _s._ Bone, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _ban_, Alem. _bein_, id.
BANE, _King of Bane_, the same with _King of the Bean_, a character in
the Christmas gambols. This designation is given to the person who is so
fortunate as to receive that part of a divided cake which has a _bean_
in it; _Rex fabae_.
_Knox._
BANE-FYER, _s._ A bonfire, S.
_Acts Ja. VI._
Apparently corrupted from ~Bail-fire~.
BANEOUR, BANNEOURE, _s._ A standard-bearer.
_Barbour._
BANERER, _s._ Properly, one who exhibits his own distinctive standard in
the field, q. "the lord of a standard."
_Douglas._
Teut. _bander-heer_, _baner-heer_, baro, satrapa.
BANERMAN, _s._ A standard-bearer.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _banersman_, vexillifer.
BANES-BRAKIN, _s._ A bloody quarrel, "the breaking of bones," S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
_To_ BANG, _v. n._ To change place with impetuosity; as, to _bang up_,
to start from one's seat or bed; _to bang to the dore_, to run hastily
to the door, S.
_Ramsay._
Su. G. _baang_, tumult, Isl. _bang-a_, to strike.
_To_ BANG _out_, _v. a._ To draw out hastily, S.
_Ross._
BANG, _s._
1. An action expressive of haste; as, He _cam wi' a bang_, S.
_In a bang_, suddenly, S.
_Ross._
2. A great number, a crowd, S.
_Ramsay._
_To_ BANG, _v. n._ To push off with a boat, in salmon-fishing, without
having seen any fish in the channel, Aberd.
_Law Case._
BANGEISTER, BANGSTER, _s._
1. A violent and disorderly person, who regards no law but his own will.
_Maitland Poems._
2. A braggart, a bully, S.
_Ross._
3. A loose woman, Clydes.
Isl. _bang-a_, to strike, _bang-ast_, to run on one with violence.
BANGSTRIE, _s._ Strength of hand, violence to another in his person or
property.
From _Bangster_.
_Acts Ja. VI._
BANKERS, _s. pl._ Apparently the same with ~Bancouris~, q. v.
BANKROUT, _s._ A bankrupt.
_Skene._
Fr. _banquerout_, Ital. _bancorotto_, Teut. _banckrote_, id.
BANNOCK, BONNOCK, BANNO, _s._ A cake, baked of dough in a pretty wet
state, and toasted on a girdle, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Ir. _boinneog_, _bunna_, Gael. _bonnach_, a cake.
_Bear-bannock_, _s._ A cake of this description, baked of barley-meal,
S.
_Ritson._
BANNOCK-FLUKE, _s._ The name given to the genuine turbot, from its flat
form as resembling a cake, S.
_Stat. Acc._
BANNOCK-HIVE, _s._ Corpulence, induced by eating plentifully, S.
V. ~Hive~.
_Morison._
BANRENTE, _s._ A banneret.
_Acts Ja. I._
BANSTICKLE, _s._ The three-spined stickle-back, gasterosteus aculeatus,
Linn, S.
_Barry._
BANWIN, _s._ As many reapers as may be served by one _bandster_, S.
Fife, S. A.
A. S. _band_, vinculum, and _win_, labor.
BAP, _s._
1. A thick cake baked in the oven, generally with yeast, whether made of
oat-meal, barley-meal, flour of wheat, or a mixture, S.
_Ritson._
2. A roll, a small loaf of wheaten bread, of an oblong form, S.
BAR, _s._ The grain in E. called barley; _bar-meal_, barley-meal;
_bar-bread_, _bar-bannock_, &c. S. B.
Moes. G. _bar_, hordeum.
BAR, _s._ A boar.
V. ~Bair~.
_To_ BAR, _v. n._ To bar from bourdes, apparently to avoid jesting.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Fr. _barr-er_, to keep at a distance.
BARBAR, BARBOUR, _adj._ Barbarous, savage.
Fr. _barbare_, id.
_Kennedy._
BARBER, _s._ What is excellent in its kind, a low term, S.
Su. G. _baer-a_, illustrare.
BARBLES, _s. pl._ A species of disease.
_Polwart._
Fr. _barbes_, a white excrescence which grows under the tongue of a
calf.
BARBLYT, _part. pa._ Barbed.
_Barbour._
Fr. _barbele_, id.
_To_ BARBULYIE, _v. a._ To disorder, to trouble, Perths.
_Montgomery._
Fr. _barbouillé_, confusedly jumbled.
BARDACH, BARDY, _adj._
1. Stout, fearless, determined, S. B.
_Ross._
2. Irascible, contentious, and at the same time uncivil and pertinacious
in managing a dispute, S.
_R. Galloway._
Isl. _barda_, pugnax, _bardagi_, Su. G. _bardaga_, praelium.
BARDILY, _adv._
1. Boldly, with intrepidity, S.
2. Pertly, S.
BARDIE, _s._ A gelded cat, Ang.
BARDIS, _s. pl._ Trappings.
_Douglas._
Goth. _bard_, a pole-ax.
BARDYNGIS, _s. pl._ Trappings of horses.
_Bellenden._
BARDISH, _adj._ Rude, insolent in language.
_Baillie._
From _bard_, S. _baird_, a minstrel.
BARE, _adj._ Lean, meagre, S.
A. S. _bare_, _baer_, nudus.
_To_ BARGANE, _v. n._ To fight, to contend.
_Wallace._
Su. G. _baer-ia_, _beargh-a_, ferire, pugnare.
BARGANE, _s._
1. Fight, battle, skirmish.
_Barbour._
2. Contention, controversy, S. B.
_Ross._
3. Struggle, S. B.
_Ross._
BARGANER, _s._ A fighter, a bully.
_Dunbar._
BARGANYNG, _s._ Fighting.
_Barbour._
_To_ BARK, _v. a._ To tan leather, S.
_Chalmerl. Air._
Su. G. _bark-a_, decorticare, _barka hudar_, coria glabra reddere.
BARKER, _s._ A tanner, S.
Dan. _barker_, id.
_To_ BARKEN, _v. n._ To clot, to become hard; _part. pa. barknyt_.
_Douglas._
BARKING and FLEEING, a phrase used to denote one, who, especially from
prodigality, is believed to be on the eve of bankruptcy, S.
BARLA-BREIKIS, BARLEY-BRACKS, A game generally played by young people in
a corn-yard, S.
_Bannatyne MS._
Perh. q. _breaking_ the _barley_, or _parley_.
BARLA-FUMMIL, BARLA-FUMBLE, An exclamation for a truce by one who has
fallen down in wrestling or play.
_Chr. Kirk._
Fr. _parlez, foi melez_, "let us have a truce, and blend our
faith."
BARLEY, _s._ A term used in the games of children, when a truce is
demanded, S.
Fr. _parlez_, E. _parley_.
BARLEY-MEN.
V. ~Burlaw~.
BARLEY-BOX, _s._ A small box of a cylindrical form, now made as a toy
for children, but formerly used by farmers for carrying samples of
_barley_, or other grain to market, S.
BARLICHOOD, _s._ A fit of ill-humour, especially as the result of
intemperance, S.
_Ramsay._
From _barley_; as expressing the effect of any intoxicating
beverage.
BARME HORS, A horse without a saddle, Ang.
_Wyntown._
BARMY, _adj._
1. Volatile, giddy.
_Montgomery._
2. Passionate, choleric. "A _barmy_ quean," a passionate woman, S.
From E. _barm_, yeast.
BARMKYN, BERMKYN, _s._ The rampart or outermost fortification of a
castle.
_Wallace._
Fr. _barbacane_; or Teut. _barm_, a mound, with the termination
_kin_.
BARNAGE, _s._
1. Barons or noblemen, collectively viewed. Old Fr.
_Wallace._
2. A military company; including both chieftains and followers.
_Douglas._
BARNAT, _adj._ Native.
_Our barnat land_, q. the land of our _barnheid_ or nativity.
_Wallace._
BARNE, _s._ The same with _Barnage_.
Old Fr. _barnez_, nobility.
_Wallace._
BARNE, _s._ A child.
V. ~Bairn~.
BARNE, _s._ Apparently for _barme_, bosom.
_Douglas._
BARNS-BREAKING, _s._ Any mischievous or injurious action; in allusion to
the act of _breaking_ up a _barn_ for carrying off corn, S.
BARRACE, BARRAS, BARRES, BARROWIS, _s._
1. A barrier, an outwork at the gate of a castle.
_Wyntown._
2. An inclosure made of felled trees for the defence of armed men.
_Wallace._
3. Lists for combatants.
_Douglas._
Old Fr. _barres_, palaestra.
BARRAT, _s._
1. Hostile intercourse, battle.
_Wallace._
2. Contention, of whatever kind.
_Dunbar._
3. Grief, vexation, trouble.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. Isl. _baratta_, praelium.
BARRATRIE, _s._ The crime of clergymen who went abroad to purchase
benefices from the see of Rome for money.
_Acts Ja. I._
L. B. _baratria_, from O. Fr. _barat_, deceit.
BARREL-FERRARIS.
V. ~Ferraris~.
BARREL-FEVERS, _s. pl._ A term used by the vulgar, to denote the
disorder produced in the body by intemperate drinking, S.
BARRIE, _s._ A swaddling cloth of flannel, in which the legs of an
infant are wrapped for defending them from the cold, S.
BARTANE, _s._ Great Britain.
_Bannatyne Poems._
BARTANYE, BERTANYE, _s._ Britanny.
_Bellenden._
BARTIZAN, BERTISENE, _s._ A battlement on the top of a house or castle,
or around a spire, S.
_Statist. Acc._
O. Fr. _bretesche_, wooden towers used for defence, Ital.
_bertesca_.
BASE DANCE, A kind of dance, slow and formal in its motions.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _basse danse_.
_To_ BASH, _v. a._ To beat to sherds, Loth. _Smash_ synon.
Su. G. _bas-a_, to strike.
BASH, _s._ A blow, S. A.
_To_ BASH _up_, _v. a._ To bow or bend the point of an iron instrument
inwards, Loth.
BASING, BASSING, _s._ A bason; pl. _basingis_.
Fr. _bassin_, id.
_Bellenden._
BASS.
1. This term is used in S. for the inner bark of a tree.
2. A mat laid at a door for cleaning the feet; also, one used for
packing bales, S.
Teut. _bast_, cortex.
BASSIE, _s._ A large wooden dish, used for carrying meal from the
_girnal_ to the _bakeboard_, S. B.
_Ross._
Fr. _bassin_, a bason.
BASSIE, _s._ An old horse, Clydes. Loth.
V. ~Bawsand~.
BASSIL, _s._ A long cannon, or piece of ordnance.
_Pitscottie._
Abbrev. from Fr. _basilic_.
BASSIN, _adj._ Of or belonging to rushes.
_Douglas._
Teut. _biese_, juncus, scirpus; L. B. _basse_, a collar for
cart-horses made of flags.
BASSNYT, _adj._ White-faced.
V. ~Bawsand~.
_Gl. Sibb._
BASTAILYIE, _s._ A bulwark, a blockhouse.
_Bellenden._
Fr. _bastille_, a fortress, a castle furnished with towers.
BASTILE, BASTEL, _s._ A fortress, principally meant for securing
prisoners, South of S.
V. preceding word.
_Statist. Acc._
BASTOUN, _s._ A heavy staff, a baton.
Fr. _baston_, _baton_, id.
_Douglas._
BAT, _s._ A staple, a loop of iron, S.
BATAILL, _s._
1. Order of battle, battle-array.
_Barbour._
2. A division of an army, a battalion.
_Barbour._
3. It seems to signify military equipment.
_Barbour._
Fr. _bataille_, order of battle; also, a squadron, battalion, or
part of an army; deduced from Germ. _batt-en_, caedere, A. S.
_beatt-an_, id.
BATE, BAIT, _s._ A boat.
_Barbour._
A. S. Alem. Isl. and Su. G. _bat_; C. B. and Ir. _bad_, cymba.
BATHE, BAITH, BAYTH, BAID, _adj._ Both, S. ~Baid~ is the pron. of
Angus.
_Wyntown._
Moes. G. _ba_, _bai_, _bagoth_; A. S. _ba_, _buta_; Alem. _bedia_,
_bedu_, _beidu_; Isl. and Su. G. _bade_; Dan. _baade_; Germ. _beide_;
Belg. _beyde_; ambo.
BATIE, BAWTY, _s._ A name for a dog, without any particular respect to
species; generally given, however, to those of a larger size; S.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
Perhaps from O. Fr. _baud_, a white hound; _baud-ir_, to excite
dogs to the chace.
BATIE, BAWTIE, _adj._ Round and plump, applied either to man or beast,
Clydesd.
BATIE-BUM, BATIE-BUMMIL, _s._ A simpleton, an inactive fellow.
V. ~Blaitiebum~.
_Maitland P._
From _batie_ a dog, and _bum_, to make a humming noise. Teut.
_bommel_, a drone.
BATS, _s. pl._ The disease in horses called in E. the _bots_, S.
_Polwart._
Teut. _botte_, papula, a swelling with many reddish pimples that
eat and spread; Swed. _bett_, pediculi, from _bit-a_, mordere.
BATTALLING, BATTELLING, _s._ A battlement.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bastillé_, _batillé_, turriculis fastigiatus.
BATTAR-AX, _s._ A battle-ax.
_Dunbar._
Fr. _battre_, Ital. _battar-e_, to strike; also, to fight.
_To_ BATTER, _v. a._ To paste, to cause one body to adhere to another by
means of a viscous substance, S.
BATTER, _s._ A glutinous substance, used for producing adhesion, paste,
S.
_To_ BATTER, _v. a._ To lay a stone so as to make it incline to one
side, or to hew it obliquely; a term used in masonry, S.
Fr. _battre_, to beat.
BATTILL-GERS. "Thick, rank, like men in order of battle," Rudd. This,
however, may be the same with _baittle_, applied to grass that is well
stocked, South of S.
Teut. _bottel_, and _bottel-boom_, denote the arbutus, or wild
strawberry tree.
BATWARD, _s._ A boatman; literally, a boat-keeper.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _bat_, cymba, and _vard_, vigil, Swed. _ward_, custodia.
BAVARD, _adj._ Worn out, in a state of bankruptcy.
_Baiver_ and _baiver-like_, are used in S. to signify shabby in dress
and appearance.
V. ~Bevar~.
_Baillie._
Fr. _bavard_, _baveur_, a driveller; also, a babbler.
BAUBLE, _s._ A short stick, with a head carved at the end of it like a
_poupée_, or _doll_, carried by the fools of former times.
_Lord Hailes._
Fr. _babiole_, a toy, a gewgaw.
BAUCH, BAUGH, BAACH, (gutt.) _adj._
1. Ungrateful to the taste. In this sense _waugh_ is now used, S.
_Polwart._
2. Not good, insufficient in whatever respect, S. as "a _baugh_
tradesman," one who is far from excelling in his profession.
_Ramsay._
_Bauch-shod_, a term applied to a horse, when his shoes are much worn,
S.
3. Indifferent, sorry, not respectable, S.
_Ramsay._
4. Not slippery. In this sense ice is said to be _bauch_, when there has
been a partial thaw. The opposite is _slid_ or _gleg_, S.
Isl. _bag-ur_, reluctans, renuens; _bage_, jactura, nocumentum
(offals); _baga_, bardum et insulsum carmen.
BAUCHLY, _adv._ Sorrily, indifferently, S.
_Ramsay._
BAUCHNESS, _s._ Want, defect of any kind, S.
_To_ BAUCHLE, BAWCHYLL, BACHLE, (gutt.) BASHLE, _v. a._
1. To wrench, to distort, to put out of shape; as "_to bauchle shoon_,"
to wear shoes in so slovenly a way as to let them fall down in the
heels, S.
_Journ. London._
2. To treat contemptuously, to vilify.
_Wallace._
_Bashel_ may be allied to Fr. _bossel-er_, to bruise.
Isl. _backell_, luxatus, valgus, shambling, _biag-a_ violare,
whence _biag-adr_ luxatus, membrorum valetudine violatus.
BAUCHLE, BACHEL, _s._
1. An old shoe, used as a slipper, S.
2. Whatsoever is treated with contempt or disrespect. _To mak a bauchle
of_ any thing, to use it so frequently and familiarly, as to shew that
one has no respect for it, S.
_Ferguson's Prov._
BAUGIE, _s._ An ornament; as, a ring, a bracelet.
_Douglas._
Teut. _bagge_ gemma; Isl. _baug-r_; Alem. _boug_, A. S. _beag_, Fr.
_bague_, Ital. _bagun_, annulus.
BAUK, BAWK, _s._
1. One of the cross-beams in the roof of a house, which support and
unite the rafters, S.
2. The beam by which scales are suspended in a balance, S.
Teut. _balck waeghe_, a balance. We invert the term, making it
_weigh-bauks_. Germ. _balk_, Belg. _balck_, Dan. _bielke_, a beam.
BAUK, BAWK, _s._ A strip of land left unploughed, two or three feet in
breadth, S.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. and C. B. _balc_, Su. G. _balk_, porca, a ridge of land
between two furrows; Isl. _baulkur_, lira in agro, vel alia soli
eminentia minor.
BAUKIE, _s._ The razorbill, Alca torda, Orkn.
_Barry._
BAUSY, _adj._ Big, strong.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _basse_, vir potens.
_To_ BAW, _v. a._ To hush, to lull.
_Watson._
Fr. _bas_, low.
V. ~Balow~.
BAW, _s._
1. A ball, used in play, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Money given to school-boys by a marriage company, to prevent their
being maltreated; as otherwise they claim a right to cut the bride's
gown, S. This is the same with _Ball money_, E.
V. ~Coles~.
Corr. from E. _ball_.
BAWAW, _s._ An oblique look, implying contempt or scorn, S. B.
_Ross._
BAWBIE, _s._ A half-penny.
V. ~Babie~.
BAWBURD, _s._ The larboard, or the left side of a ship.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bas-bord_; Isl. _batforda_, id.
BAWD, _s_. A hare, Aberd.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
A. S. Ir. and Gael, _miol_ denotes a beast of whatever kind, _miol
bhuide_, or _boide_, is a hare; also _patas_.
BAWD-BREE, _s._ Hare-soup, Aberd.
BAWDEKYN, _s._ Cloth of gold.
Fr. _baldachin_, _baldaquin_, _baudequin_, L. B. _baldachinum_,
tissue de fil d'or.
_To_ BAWME, _v. a._
1. To embalm.
Fr. _em-baum-er_.
_Wyntown._
2. To cherish, to warm.
_Douglas._
BAWSAND, BASSAND, BAWSINT, _adj._
1. Having a white spot on the forehead or face; a term applied to a
horse, cow, &c., S.
_Douglas._
2. It seems to be used as equivalent to brindled or streaked, S. A.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
Hence, it would seem, _bassie_, an old horse, S.
Fr. _balzan_, _balsan_, a horse that has a white mark on the feet;
deduced from Ital. _balzano_, and this from Lat. _bal-ius_, a horse
that has a white mark either on the forehead or feet. Germ. _blaesse_,
Su. G. _blaes_, a white mark on the forehead of a horse. Hence perhaps
E. _blazon_, and _blaze_.
BAWSY-BROWN, _s._ A hobgoblin; viewed as the same with Robin Goodfellow
of England, and _Brownie_ of S.