locus secretior in penetralibus domus; Kilian. Belg. _binnen gaan_, to
go within, S. _to gae ben_; _binnen brengen_, to carry within, S. _to
bring ben_.
BEN-END, _s._
1. _The ben-end of a house_, the inner part of it, S.
2. Metaph., the best part of any thing; as, _the ben-end of one's
dinner_, the principal part of it, S. B.
BEN-HOUSE, _s._ The inner or principal apartment, S.
BENNER, _adj._ A comparative formed from _ben_. Inner, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
BENMOST is used as a superlative, signifying innermost.
_Ferguson._
Teut. _binnenste_ is synon.
BEN-INNO, _prep._ Within, beyond, S. B.
_Journal Lond._
From _ben_, q. v. and A. S. _inne_, or _innon_, within; Alem.
_inna_; Isl. _inne_, id.
~There-ben~, _adv._ Within, in the inner apartment, S.
V. ~Thairben~.
BEND, _s._
1. Band, ribbon, or fillet; pl. _bendis_.
_Douglas._
"_Bend_, a border of a woman's cap, North.; perhaps from _band_," Gl.
Grose.
2. It is used improperly for a fleece.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bend_, _baende_, Moes. G. _bandi_, Germ. _band_, Pers.
_bend_, vinculum.
_To_ BEND, _v. n._ To drink hard; a cant term, S.
_Ramsay._
BEND, _s._ A pull of liquor, S.
_Ramsay._
BENDER, _s._ A hard drinker, S.
_Ramsay._
BENE, _v. subst._ Are.
_Bellenden._
Chaucer, _ben_, id. from _beon_, third p. pl. subj. of the A. S.
substantive verb.
BENE is also used for _be_.
_King's Quair._
BENE, BEIN, BEYNE, BIEN, _adj._
1. Wealthy, well-provided, possessing abundance, S.
_Henrysone._
This is perhaps the most common sense of the term, S. Thus we say,
_A bene_ or _bein farmer_, a wealthy farmer, one who is in easy, or even
in affluent circumstances; _a bein laird_, &c.
2. Warm, genial. In this sense it is applied to a fire, S.
_Douglas._
3. Pleasant.
_Douglas._
4. Happy, blissful, S.
_Ferguson._
5. Splendid, showy.
_Wallace._
6. Good, excellent in its kind.
_Dunbar._
7. Eager, new-fangled. People are said to be _bein_ upon any thing that
they are very fond of, Loth. In this sense _bayne_ occurs in O. E.
Isl. _bein-a_ signifies to prosper, to give success to any
undertaking. _Bein_, as allied to this, signifies hospitable; _beine_,
hospitality, hospitis advenae exhibita beneficentia. G. Andr. mentions
the v. _beina_, as signifying, hospitii beneficia praestare. _Beini_,
hospitality, liberality.
BENELY, BEINLY, _adv._ In the possession of fulness, S.
_L. Scotland's Lament._
BENE, _adv._ Well; _full bene_, full well.
_Douglas._
This word is most probably from Lat. _benè_, well.
BENJEL, _s._ A heap, a considerable quantity; as "a _benjel_ of coals,"
when many are laid at once on the fire, S. B. _Bensil_, however, is used
in the same sense in the South and West of S.
V. ~Bensell~.
BENK, BINK, _s._ A bench, a seat. It seems sometimes to have denoted a
seat of honour.
_Kelly._
Dan. _benk_, Germ. _bank_, scamnum; Wachter.
BENN, _s._ A sash.
V. ~Bend~.
_Statist. Acc._
BENORTH, _prep._ To the northward of; _besouth_, to the southward of, S.
_Wyntown._
BENSELL, BENSAIL, BENT-SAIL, _s._
1. Force, violence of whatever kind, S.
_Douglas._
2. A severe stroke; properly that which one receives from a push or
shove, S.
3. "A severe rebuke," Gl. Shirr. "I got a terrible _bensell_;" I was
severely scolded, S.
4. _Bensil of a fire_, a strong fire, South and West of S.
It is not unlikely that the word was originally _bent-sail_, as
alluding to a vessel driven by the force of the winds.
_To_ BENSEL, _v. a._ To bang, or beat, Gl. Sibb. "_Bensel_, to beat or
bang. Vox rustica, Yorksh." Gl. Grose.
BENSHAW, BEANSHAW, _s._ A disease, apparently of horses.
_Polwart._
Formed perhaps from A. S. _ban_, Teut. _been_, os, and _hef_,
elevatio; q. the swelling of the bone.
BENSHIE, BENSHI, _s._ Expl. "Fairy's wife."
_Pennant._
It has been observed, that this being, who is still reverenced as
the tutelar daemon of ancient Irish families, is of pure Celtic origin,
and owes her title to two Gaelic words, _Ben_ and _sighean_, signifying
the head or chief of the fairies. But it seems rather derived from Ir.
Gael. _ben_, _bean_ a woman, said by Obrien to be the root of the Lat.
_Venus_, and _sighe_, a fairy or hobgoblin.
BENT, _s._
1. A coarse kind of grass, growing on hilly ground, S. Agrostis
vulgaris, Linn. Common hair-grass.
2. The coarse grass growing on the sea-shore, S. denoting the Triticum
juncium, and also the Arundo arenaria.
_Lightfoot._
3. The open field, the plain, S.
_Douglas._
4. To _gae to the bent_, to provide for one's safety, to flee from
danger, by leaving the haunts of men; as it is also vulgarly said, _to
tak the cuntrie on his back_.
_Henrysone._
Teut. _biendse_; Germ. _bintz_, _bins_, a rush, juncus, scirpus; a
_binden_, vincire, quia sportas, sellas, fiscellas, et similia ex juncis
conteximus; Wachter.
BENTY, BENTEY, _adj._ Covered with bent-grass, S.
_Monroe's Iles._
_To_ BER _on hand_.
V. ~Bear~.
BERBER, _s._ Barberry, a shrub.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gol._
L. B. _berberis_, Sw. id.
BERE, _s._ Noise; also, To ~Bere~.
V. ~Beir~.
BERE, _s._ Boar.
V. ~Bair~.
_Douglas._
BERE, _s._ Barley.
_Wyntown._
BERGLE, BERGELL, _s._ The wrasse, a fish, Orkn.
_Barry._
The first syllable of its name is undoubtedly from Isl. _berg_, a
rock. Had it any resemblance to the eel, we might suppose the last from
_aal_, q. the _rock eel_.
BERHEDIS, _s. pl._ Heads of boars.
V. ~Bere~.
_Gawan and Gal._
BERIT, _imperf._
V. ~Beir~, _v._
_To_ BERY, BERYSS, BERISCH, _v. a._
To inter, to bury.
_Douglas._
A. S. _byrig-an_, id. Junius says that A. S. _byrig-an_ is
literally, tumulare. It may, however, be supposed that the primitive
idea is found in Isl. _birg-ia_, Franc. _berg-an_, to cover, to hide,
to defend.
BERIIS, _s._ Sepulture.
A. S. _byrigels_, sepultura. _Birielis_ is accordingly used by
Wiclif for tombs.
BERYNES, BERYNISS, _s._ Burial, interment.
_Barbour._
A. S. _byrignesse_, sepultura.
BERY BROUNE, a shade of brown approaching to red.
_Gawan. and Gol._
We still say, "as brown as a _berry_," S. A. S. _beria_, bacca.
BERLE, _s._ Beryl, a precious stone.
_Houlate._
From this _s._ Doug. forms the adj. _beriall_, shining like beryl.
BERLY, _adj._ Apparently, strong, mighty.
_Henrysone._
This word is the same, I suspect, with E. _burly_, strong. If
_berly_ be the ancient word, either from Germ. _bar_, vir illustris; or
from _baer_, ursus; especially as Su. G. _biorn_, id. was metaph. used
to denote an illustrious personage.
BERN, BERNE, _s._
1. A baron.
_Wallace._
2. It is often used in a general sense, as denoting a man of rank or
authority; or one who has the appearance of rank, although the degree of
it be unknown.
_Gawan and Gol._
3. A man in general.
_Douglas._
A. S. _beorne_, princeps, homo, Benson; "a prince, a nobleman, a man
of honour and dignity," Somner. _Bern_, as denoting a man, in an
honourable sense, may be from A. S. _bar_, free, or Lat. _baro_, used by
Cicero, as equivalent to a lord or peer of the realm.
BERN, _s._ A barn, a place for laying up and threshing grain.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _bern_, id. Junius supposes that this is comp. of _bere_,
barley, and _ern_, place, q. "the place where barley is deposited," Gl.
Goth.
BERSIS, _s._ "A species of cannon formerly much used at sea. It
resembled the faucon, but was shorter, and of a larger calibre," Gl.
Compl.
_Complaynt S._
Fr. _barce_, _berche_, "the piece of ordnance called a base;" Cotgr.
pl. _barces_, _berches_.
BERTH, _s._ Apparently, rage.
_Wyntown._
Isl. and Sw. _braede_, id.
BERTHINSEK, BIRDINSEK, BURDINSECK. _The law of Berthinsek_, a law,
according to which no man was to be punished capitally for stealing a
calf, sheep, or so much meat as he could carry on his back in a sack.
_Skene._
A. S. _ge-burthyn in saeca_, a burden in a sack; or from
_ge-beor-a_, portare.
BERTYNIT, BERTNYT, _pret._ and _part. pa._ Struck, battered.
_Wallace._
This is evidently the same with ~Brittyn~, q. v.
BESAND, BEISAND, _s._ An ancient piece of cold coin, offered by the
French kings at the mass of their consecration at Rheims, and called a
_Bysantine_, as the coin of this description was first struck at
_Byzantium_ or Constantinople. It is said to have been worth, in French
money, fifty pounds _Tournois_.
_Kennedy._
_To_ BESEIK, _v. a._ To beseech, to entreat.
_Douglas._
A. S. _be_ and _sec-an_, to seek; Belg. _ver-soek-en_, to solicit,
to entreat; Moes. G. _sok-jan_, to ask, used with respect to prayer.
BESY, _adj._ Busy.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _bysi_, Belg. _besigh_, id.; allied perhaps to Teut. _byse_
turbatus, _bijs-en_, violento impetu agitari.
BESYNES, _s._ Business.
_Wyntown._
BESYNE, BYSENE, BYSIM, _s._ Expl. "whore, bawd," Gl. Sibb.
V. ~Bisym~.
BESCHACHT, _part. pa._
1. Not straight, distorted, Ang.
2. Torn, tattered; often including the idea of dirtiness, Perths. The
latter seems to be an oblique use.
V. ~Shacht~.
_To_ BESLE, or BEZLE, _v. n._ To talk much at random, to talk
inconsiderately and boldly on a subject that one is ignorant of, Ang.
Belg. _beuzel-en_, to trifle, to fable; Teut. _beusel-en_, nugari.
BESLE, BEZLE, _s._ Idle talking, Ang.
Belg. _beusel_, id.
BESMOTTRIT, _part. pa._ Bespattered, fouled.
_Douglas._
A. S. _besmyt-an_, maculare, inquinare; Belg. _besmodder-en_, Germ.
_schmader-n_, _schmatter-n_, to stain, S. to _smadd_, Su. G. _smitt-a_.
BESOUTH, _prep._ To the southward of.
V. ~Benorth~.
BEST, _part. pa._ Struck, beaten.
V. ~Baist~.
_Barbour._
BEST, _part. pa._ Perhaps, fluttering, or shaken.
_Barbour._
Isl. _beyst-i_, concutio.
BEST, _s._ "Beast, any animal not human," Gl. Wynt.
_Wyntown._
The term is still used in this general sense, S. pronounced q.
_baist_. S. B.
BEST-MAN, _s._ Brideman; as _best-maid_ is bride-maid; from having the
_principal_ offices in waiting on the bride, S.
BESTIAL, (_off Tre_) _s._ An engine for a siege.
_Wallace._
It seems uncertain, whether this word be formed from Lat.
_bestialis_, as at first applied to the engines called _rams_, _sows_,
&c., or from Fr. _bastille_, a tower; L. B. _bastillae_.
BESTIALITÉ, _s._ Cattle.
_Complaynt S._
L. B. _bestialia_, pecudes; Fr. _bestail_.
BESTREIK, _part. pa._ Drawn out; _gold bestreik_, gold wire or twist.
_Burel._
Teut. _be-streck-en_, extendere.
BESTURTED, _part. pa._ Startled, alarmed, afrighted, S.
Germ. _besturz-en_, to startle; _besturzt seyn_, to be startled.
Ihre views Isl. _stird-r_, rigid, immoveable, as the root.
BESWAKIT, _part. pa._ Apparently, soaked, drenched.
_Dunbar._
Isl. _sock_, mergor, _saukv-a_, mergi.
_To_ BESWEIK, _v. a._ To allure; to beguile; to deceive.
A. S. _swic-an_, _beswic-an_, Isl. _svik-ia_. Alem. _bisuich-en_,
Su. G. _swik-a_, Germ. _schwick-en_, id.
BET, _pret._ Struck.
_Gawan and Gol._
A. S. _beat-an_, Su. G. _bet-a_; _tu bete_, thou hast struck.
BET, BETT, _pret._ and _part._ Helped, supplied.
V. ~Beit~.
BET, _part. pa._ Built, erected.
_Douglas._
This is a secondary and oblique sense of the _v._ _Beit_, q. v.
BET, _adj._ Better.
_King's Quair._
A. S. _bet_, Teut. _bat_, _bet_, melius, potius, magis; Alem. _bas_,
_baz_, melior, the compar. of _bat_, bonus. A. S. _bet-an_, emendare,
and the other synon. verbs in the Northern languages, have been viewed
as originating the term. _Bet_, indeed, seems to be merely the past
part., mended, i. e. made _better_.
BETANE, _part. pa._ Perhaps, inclosed.
_Barbour._
A. S. _betien-en_, _betyn-an_, to inclose, to shut up.
BETAUCHT, BETUK, Delivered, committed in trust; delivered up.
V. ~Betech~.
_To_ BETECH, BETEACH, _v. a._ To deliver up, to consign; _betuk_, pret.
_betaucht_, pret. and part. pa.
_Barbour._
Hence "the common Scots expression, _God I beteach me till_," Rudd.;
and that used by Ramsay, _Betootch-us-to_; i. e. Let us commend
ourselves to the protection of some superior being. O. E. _bitoke_,
committed; also _bitaughten_, _bitakun_, _bitauht_. A. S. _betaec-an_,
tradere, concedere, assignare, commendare; to deliver, to grant, to
assign or appoint, to betake or recommend unto; Somner. _Betaehte_,
tradidit.
BETHLERIS. Leg. ~Bechleris~. Bachelors.
_Houlate._
_To_ BETRUMPE, _v. a._ To deceive.
_Douglas._
_To_ BETREYSS, BETRASE, _v. a._ To betray.
_Barbour._
_Betrasit_, Douglas; _betraissed_, Wallace; _betraised_, Chaucer;
_betraist_, R. Brunne. Germ. _trieg-en_, _betrieg-en_; Fr. _trah-ir_,
id. _trahi-son_, treason.
BETWEESH, _prep._ Betwixt, S.
V. ~Atweesh~.
BEVAR, _s._ One who is worn out with age.
_Henrysone._
It is evidently from the same source with _Bavard_, adj. q. v. We
still say a _bevir-horse_ for a lean horse, or one worn out with age or
hard work; S.
BEVEL, _s._ A stroke; sometimes, a violent push with the elbow, S.
_Many._
This is a derivative from _Baff_, _beff_, q. v.
BEVEREN, BEVERAND, _part. pr._
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Perhaps from A. S. _befer-an_, circumdare; or as the same with
_beverand_, which Sibb. renders "shaking, nodding;" deriving it from
Teut. _bev-en_, contremere. This is a provincial E. word. "_Bevering_,
trembling. North." Gl. Grose.
BEVIE, (_of a fire_) _s._ A term used to denote a great fire; sometimes,
_bevice_, S.
Perhaps from E. _bavin_, "a stick like those bound up in faggots,"
Johnson. It is thus used in O. E.
BEVIE, _s._ A jog, a push, S. from the same source with _bevel_.
V. ~Baff~, _s._
BEVIS.
V. ~Bevar~.
BEUCH, _s._ (gutt.) A bough, a branch, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _boga_, _boh_, id. from _bug-an_, to bend.
BEUCHIT, _part. pa._ (gutt.) Bowed, crooked, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bug-an_, curvare.
BEUGH, _s._ (gutt.) A limb, a leg, Border.
_Evergreen._
Isl. _bog_, Alem. _puac_, Germ. _bug_, id. The term is applied both
to man and to other animals. Both Ihre and Wachter view _bug-en_, to
bend, as the origin; as it is by means of its joints that an animal
bends itself.
BEUGLE-BACKED, _adj._ Crook-backed.
_Watson._
A. S. _bug-an_, to bow; Teut. _boechel_, gibbus. Germ. _bugel_, a
dimin. from _bug_, denoting any thing curved or circular. It is
undoubtedly the same word that is now pronounced _boolie-backit_, S.
BEUKE, _pret. v._ Baked.
_Douglas._
A. S. _boc_, pret. of _bac-an_, pinsere.
BEULD, _adj._ Bow-legged, Ang.; q. _beugeld_ from the same origin with
_beugle_, in _Beugle-backed_, q. v.
BEW, _adj._ Good, honourable. _Bew schyris_, or _schirris_, good Sirs.
Fr. _beau_, good.
_Douglas._
_To_ BEWAVE, BEWAUE, _v. a._ To cause to wander or waver.
_Palice of Honour._
A. S. _waf-ian_, vacillare, fluctuare.
BEWIS, BEWYS, _s. pl._ Boughs.
V. ~Beuch~.
_Douglas._
BEWIS, _s. pl._ Beauties.
O. Fr. _beau_, beauty.
_Maitland Poems._
BEWITH, _s._ A thing which is employed as a substitute for another,
although it should not answer the end so well.
_Ramsay._
One who arrives, when the regular dinner is eaten, is said to get "only
a _bewith_ for a dinner," S.
From the subst. v. conjoined with the prep., q. what one must submit
to for a time.
_To_ BEWRY, _v. a._ To pervert, to distort.
_Douglas._
Teut. _wroegh-en_, torquere, angere.
BY, _prep._
1. Beyond, S.
_Pitscottie._
2. Besides, over and above.
_Pitscottie._
3. Away from, without, without regard to, contrary to.
_Wallace._
_By_, as thus used, is sometimes directly contrasted with _be_, as
signifying _by_ in the modern sense of the term. This may be viewed as
an oblique sense of _by_ as signifying _beyond_; perhaps in allusion to
an arrow that flies wide from the mark.
4. In a way of distinction from, S.
_Wallace._
BY, _adv._ When, after; q. by the time that.
_Pitscottie._
This idiom is very ancient, Moes. G. _Bi the galithun thai
brothrjus is_; _When_ his brethren were gone up.
BY-HAND, _adv._ Over, S.
V. ~Hand~.
BY-LYAR, _s._ A neutral.
_Knox._
From the _v_. _To lie by_, E.
BIAS, a word used as a mark of the superlative degree; _bias bonny_,
very handsome; _bias hungry_, very hungry, Aberd.
BIB, _s._ A term used to denote the stomach, Ang., borrowed, perhaps,
from the use of that small piece of linen, thus denominated, which
covers the breast or stomach of a child.
BYBILL, _s._ A large writing, a scroll so extensive that it may be
compared to a book.
_Detection Q. Mary._
The word occurs in a similar sense in O. E. As used by Chaucer,
Tyrwhitt justly renders it "any great book." In the dark ages, when
books were scarce, those, which would be most frequently mentioned,
would doubtless be the _Bible_ and _Breviary_. Or, this use of the word
may be immediately from L. B. _biblus_, a book, (Gr. βιβλος), which
occurs in this sense from the reign of Charlemagne downwards.
BICHMAN, _s._ Perhaps, for _buthman_, q. _boothman_, one who sells goods
in a _booth_.
_Dunbar._
In edit. 1508, it is _buthman_.
BYCHT.
V. ~Lycht~.
_Houlate._
BICK, _s._ A bitch; "the female of the canine kind," S.
A. S. _bicca_, _bicce_, id.; Isl. _bickia_, catella.
_To_ BICKER, BYKER, _v. a._ This _v_., as used in S., does not merely
signify, "to fight, to skirmish, to fight off and on," as it is defined
in E. dictionaries. It also denotes,
1. The constant motion of weapons of any kind, and the rapid succession
of strokes, in a battle or broil.
_Wallace._
2. To fight by throwing stones; S.
3. To move quickly; S.
4. It expresses the noise occasioned by successive strokes, by throwing
of stones, or by any rapid motion; S.
C. B. _bicre_, a battle; "Pers. _pykar_." id. Gl. Wynt.
BICKER, BIKERING, _s._
1. A fight carried on with stones; a term among schoolboys, S.
2. A contention, strife, S.
_Baillie._
BICKER, BIQUOUR, _s._ A bowl, or dish for containing liquor; properly,
one made of wood; S.
_Evergreen._
Germ. _becher_; Isl. _baukur_, _bikare_; Sw. _bagare_; Dan.
_begere_; Gr. and L. B. βεικαρι, _baccarium_; Ital. _bicchiere_, patera,
scyphus.
_To_ BID, _v. a._
1. To desire, to pray for.
_Henrysone._
This sense is common in O. E.
2. To care for, to value.
_Douglas._
From the same origin with ~Bedis~, q. v.
_To_ BIDE, BYDE, _v. a._
1. To await, to wait for.
_Kelly._
2. To suffer, to endure. "He _bides_ a great deal of pain;" S.
Westmorel, id.
_Ross._
An oblique sense of Moes. G. _beid-an_, A. S. _bid-an_, expectare.
_To_ BIDE _be_, _v. n._ To continue in one state, S.
BIDINGS, _s. pl._ Sufferings.
V. ~Bide~, _v._
BY-EAST, towards the east.
V. ~Be~, _prep._
BIERDLY, BIERLY, _adj._
_Popular Ball._
It is viewed as the same with _Burdly_, q. v. But to me it seems
rather to signify, fit, proper, becoming, from Isl. _byr-iar_, _ber_,
decet, oportet.
BIERLING, _s._ A galley, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
BIG, BIGG, _s._ A particular species of barley, also denominated _bear_,
S. Cumb. id. barley.
_Statist. Acc._
Isl. _bygg_, hordeum, Dan. _byg_, Su. G. _biugg_, id.
_To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., Cumb., Westmorel., id.
_Wallace._
This word occurs in O. E. although not very frequently. A. S.
_bycg-an_, Isl. _bygg-ia_, Su. G. _bygg-a_, aedificare, instruere, a
frequentative from _bo_, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to
augment monosyllables in _o_; as _sugg-a_ from _so_, a sow.
BIGGAR, _s._ A builder, one who carries on a building.
_Acts Marie._
BIGGING, BYGGYN, BYGGYNGE, _s._ A building; a house, properly of a
larger size, as opposed to a cottage, S.
_Wallace._
_Biggin_, a building, Gl. Westmorel. Isl. _bigging_, structura.
BIGGIT, _part. pa._ Built.
This word is used in various senses, S.
_Biggit land_, land where there are houses or buildings, contrasted with
one's situation in a solitude, or far from any shelter during a storm,
S.
_Barbour._
_Weill biggit_, well-grown, lusty.
_Melvill's MS._
_A weill biggit body_ is one who has acquired a good deal of wealth, S.
B.
BIGGIT, _pret._ Perhaps, inclined.
A. S. _byg-an_, flectere.
_King Hart._
BIGLY, BYGLY, _adj._ Commodious, or habitable.
_Bludy Serk._
From A. S. _big-an_, habitare, and _lic_, similis.
BIGHTSOM, _adj._ Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity,
S. B.
_Morison._
Perhaps q. _buxom_, from A. S. _bocsum_ flexibilis; _byg-an_, to bend.
BIGONET, _s._ A linen cap or coif.
_Ramsay._
From the same origin with E. _biggin_, "a kind of coif, or linen-cap
for a young child;" Phillips. Fr. _beguin_. id.
BYGANE, BIGANE, BYGONE, _adj._
1. Past; S. The latter is mentioned by Dr Johnson as "a Scotch word."
_Acts Ja. I._
2. Preceding; equivalent to E. predeceased.
_Douglas._
BYGANES, BIGONES, used as _s. pl._ denoting what is past, but properly
including the idea of transgression or defect.
1. It denotes offences against the sovereign, or the state, real or
supposed.
_Baillie._
2. It is used in relation to the quarrels of lovers, or grounds of
offence give by either party, S.
_Morison._
3. It often denotes arrears, sums of money formerly due, but not paid,
S.
_Wodrow._
BIGS, Barbour, xix. 392. Pink. ed. Leg. ~Lugis~.
BIKE, BYKE, BEIK, _s._
1. A building, an habitation, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. A nest or hive of bees, wasps, or ants, S.
_Douglas._
3. A building erected for the preservation of grain; Caithn.
_Pennant._
4. Metaph. an association or collective body; S.
_Lyndsay._
_To skail the byke_, metaph. to disperse an assembly of whatever kind;
S.
Isl. _biik-ar_ denotes a hive, alvear; and Teut. _bie-bock_,
_bie-buyck_, apiarium, alvearium, Kilian. The Isl. word is probably
from Su. G. _bygg-a_, to build, part. pa. _bygdt_; q. something prepared
or built. There seems to be no reason to doubt that the word, as used
in sense 2, is the same with that denoting a habitation. For what is a
_byke_ or _bee-bike_, but a building or habitation of bees?
BYK, Apparently, an errat. for _byt_, bite.
_Dunbar._
BYKAT, BEIKAT, _s._ A male salmon; so called, when come to a certain
age, because of the _beak_ which grows in his under jaw; Ang.
BILBIE, _s._ Shelter, residence; Ang.
This, I apprehend, is a very ancient word. It may be either from
Su.G. _byle_, habitaculum, and _by_, pagus, conjoined, as denoting
residence in a village; or more simply, from _Bolby_, villa primaria;
from _bol_, praedium, and _by_, a village. Thus _bolby_ would signify a
village which has a _praedium_, or territory of its own, annexed to it.
BILEFT, _pret._ Remained, abode.
_Sir Tristrem._
A. S. _belif-an_, superesse, to remain; Alem. _bilib-en_, Franc,
_biliu-en_, manere; Schilter.
BILGET, _adj._ Bulged, jutting out.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bulg-ia_, to swell, whence Isl. _bylgia_, a billow. Or,
Isl. _eg belge_, curvo; _belgia huopta_, inflare buccas.
_To_ BILL, _v. a._ To register, to record.
_Bp. Forbes._
BILLIE, BILLY, _s._
1. A companion, a comrade.
_Minstrelsy Border._
2. Fellow, used rather contemptuously, S. synon. _chield_, _chap_.
_Shirrefs._
3. As a term expressive of affection and familiarity; S.
_Ramsay._
4. A lover, one who is in suit of a woman.
_Evergreen._
Still used in this sense, S. B.
5. A brother, S.
_Minstrelsy Border._
6. Apparently used in allusion to brotherhood in arms, according to the
ancient laws of chivalry.
_Minstrelsy Border._
7. A young man. In this sense it is often used in the pl. _The billies_,
or, _the young billies_, S. B.
It is expl. "a stout man, a clever fellow," Gl. Shirr.
8. Sometimes it signifies a boy, S. B. as synon. with _callan_.
_Ross._
It is probably allied to Su. G. Germ. _billig_, Belg. _billik_,
equalis; as denoting those that are on a footing as to age, rank,
relation, affection, or employment.
BILLIT, _adj._ "Shod with iron," Rudd. _Billit ax_.
_Douglas._
This phrase is perhaps merely a circumlocution for the _bipennis_, or
large ax.
V. ~Balax~.
BILTER, _s._ A child, Dumfr.; Isl. _pilter_, puellus.
BIN, _s._ A mountain, S. O.
_Galloway._
From Gael. _ben_, id., Lomond _bin_, being synon. with _Benlomond_.
BIND, BINDE, _s._
1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circumference. A barrel
of a certain _bind_, is one of certain dimensions, S.; hence _Barrell
bind_.
_Acts Ja. III._
2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.
_Acts Marie._
3. Metaph. to denote ability. "Aboon my _bind_" beyond my power. This is
often applied to pecuniary ability; S.
This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea of _binding_ a
vessel with hoops.
BINDLE, _s._ The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp
or of straw; S.
Su. G. _bindel_, a headband, a fillet, from _bind-as_, to bind.
Teut. _bindel_, ligamen.
BINDWOOD, _s._ The vulgar name for ivy, S.; Hedera helix, Linn.; pron.
_binwud_.