BROICE. Leg. _Broite_.
_Barbour._
_To_ BROIGH, _v. n._ To be in a fume of heat; to be in a state of
violent perspiration, and panting; Lanerks.
V. ~Brothe~, from which it is probably corr.
BROILLERIE, _s._ A state of contention.
V. ~Brulyie~.
_Godscroft._
Fr. _brouillerie_, confusion.
BROK, BROCK, BROKS, _s._ Fragments of any kind, especially of meat; S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Moes. G. _ga-bruko_, Alem. _bruch_, id. Hence also Germ. _brocke_,
a fragment.
_To_ ~Brok~, ~Brock~, _v. a._ To cut, crumble, or fritter any thing into
shreds or small parcels, S.
Apparently formed as a frequentative from _break_; if not
immediately from the _s._
BROKAR, _s._ A bawd, a pimp.
_Douglas._
This is merely a peculiar use of E. _broker_.
BROKYLL, _adj._ Brittle.
V. ~Brukyl~.
BROKITTIS, _s. pl._ The same with E. _Brocket_, a red deer of two years
old.
Fr. _brocart_, id.
_Douglas._
BRONCHED, _pret._ Pierced.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
Probably an error for _broched_, from Fr. _brocher_.
BRONDYN, _part. pa._ Branched.
_Houlate._
Fr. _brondes_, green boughs or branches.
BRONYS, BROUNYS, BROWNIS, _s. pl._ Branches, boughs.
_Douglas._
From the same origin with the preceding word.
_To_ BRONSE, _v. n._ To overheat one's self in a warm sun, or by sitting
too near a strong fire, S.
Isl. _bruni_, inflammatio, Moes. G. _brunsts_, incendium.
BRONT, _part. pa._ Burnt, S. _brunt_.
V. ~Bryn~, _v._
_Douglas._
BROO, _s._ Broth, juice, &c.
V. ~Bree~.
BROODIE, _adj._
1. Prolific; applied to the female of any species, that hatches or
brings forth many young; as, _a broodie hen_, S.
2. Fruitful, in a general sense, S.
_Z. Boyd._
BROOSE, _s._ A race at country weddings.
V. ~Bruse~.
BROSE, _s._ A kind of pottage made by pouring water or broth on meal,
which is stirred while the liquid is poured, S. The dish is denominated
from the nature of the liquid, as _water-brose_, _kail-brose_.
_Ross._
A. S. _ceales briu_, kail-broo, S.; _briwas niman_, to take pottage
or brose.
BROT, BROTACH, _s._ A quilted cloth or covering, used for preserving the
back of a horse from being ruffled by the _Shimach_, on which the
pannels are hung, being fastened to a pack-saddle; Mearns.
Isl. _brot_, plicatura.
_To_ BROTCH, _v. a._ To plait straw-ropes round a stack of corn, S. B.;
synon. _Brath_, q. v.
Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten.
BROTHE, _s._ "A great _brothe_ of sweet," a vulgar phrase used to denote
a violent perspiration, S.
The word may be radically the same with _froth_; or allied to Isl.
_braede_, _braedde_, liquefacio.
_To_ ~Brothe~, _v. n._ To be in a state of profuse perspiration, S.
_Chron. S. Poet._
BROTEKINS, BROTIKINS, _s. pl._ Buskins, a kind of half boots.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _brodequin_, Teut. _broseken_, a buskin.
BROUDSTER, _s._ Embroiderer.
V. ~Browdin~.
_Pitscottie._
Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider.
BROUKIT, BROOKED, BRUCKIT, BRUKET, _adj._ The face is said to be
_broukit_, when it has spots or streaks of dirt on it, when it is partly
clean and partly foul. A sheep, that is streaked or speckled in the
face, is designed in the same manner.
_Burns._
There can be no doubt that this is originally the same with
~Brocked~, ~Broakit~. We may add to the etymon there given, Dan.
_broged_, variegated; speckled, grisled.
BROW, _s. Nae brow_, no favourable opinion. "An ill _brow_," an opinion
preconceived to the disadvantage of any person or thing, S.
_Mary Stewart._
BROWDIN, BROWDEN, _part. pa._ Fond, warmly attached, eagerly desirous,
having a strong propensity, S. It often implies the idea of folly in the
attachment, or in the degree of it.
_Montgomerie._
"To _browden on_ a thing, to be fond of it. North." Gl. Grose.
It may be formed from Belg. _broed-en_, to brood, to hatch; all
creatures being fond of their young.
BROWDYN, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Wyntown._
C. B. _brod-io_, and Fr. _brod-er_, to embroider. Isl. _brydd-a_,
pungere, _brodd_, aculeus.
BROWDIN, _part. pa._ Expl. "clotted, defiled, filthy," Gl. Sibb.
_Chr. Kirk._
Teut. _brodde_, sordes.
BROWDYNE, _part. pa._ Displayed, unfurled.
_Barbour._
A. S. _braed-an_, to dilate, to expand.
BROWNIE, _s._ A spirit, till of late years supposed to haunt some old
houses, those, especially, attached to farms. Instead of doing any
injury, he was believed to be very useful to the family, particularly to
the servants, if they treated him well; for whom, while they took their
necessary refreshment in sleep, he was wont to do many pieces of
drudgery, S.
_Douglas._
Ruddiman seems to think that these spirits were called _Brownies_,
from their supposed "swarthy or tawny colour." They may be viewed as
corresponding with the _Swartalfar_, i. e. _swarthy_ or _black_ elves of
the Edda, as the _Liosalfar_, or white elves, are analogous to our
_Fairies_.
BROWST, BROWEST, _s._
1. As much malt liquor as is brewed at a time, S.
_Burrow Lawes._
2. Used metaph. to denote the consequences of any one's conduct,
especially in a bad sense. This is often called "an ill _browst_," S.
_Kelly._
Isl. _brugg-a raed_, invenire callida consilia; _brugga suik_,
struere insidias.
~Browster~, ~Browstare~, _s._ A brewer, S.
_Douglas._
A. S. _briw-an_, coquere cerevisiam; Teut. _brouw-en_, id.; Isl. eg
_brugg-a_, decoquo cerevisias. In the ancient Saxon, the termination
_ster_ affixed to a s. masculine, makes it feminine. Thus, _baecestre_
properly signifies _pistrix_, "a woman-baker." Somn.
_To_ BRUB, _v. a._ To check, to restrain, to keep under, to oppress, to
break one's spirit by severity, S. B.; allied perhaps to A. Bor. _brob_,
to prick with a bodkin, Gl. Grose.
BRUCHE, _s._
V. ~Broche~.
BRUCKIT, _adj._
V. ~Brocked~.
BRUCKLE, _adj._ Brittle.
V. ~Brukyl~.
BRUDERMAIST, _adj._ Most affectionate; literally, most brotherly.
_Dunbar._
BRUE. _s._
V. ~Bree~.
BRUGH, BROGH, BROUGH, BURGH, _s._
1. An encampment of a circular form, S. B.
In Lothian, encampments of the circular form are called _Ring-forts_,
from A. S. _hring_, orbis, circulus.
2. This name is also given to the stronger sort of houses in which the
Picts are said to have resided.
_Brand._
3. A borough. "A royal _brugh_;" "A _brugh_ of barony," as distinguished
from the other, S. B.
V. ~Burch~.
4. A hazy circle round the disk of the sun or moon, generally considered
as a presage of a change of weather, is called a _brugh_ or _brogh_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
A. S. _beorg_, _borh_, munimentum, agger, arx, "a rampire, a place
of defence and succour," Somner; _burg_, castellum, Lye. The origin is
probably found in Moes. G. _bairgs_, mons.
BRUICK, BRUK, _s._ A kind of boil, S.
_Gl. Complaynt._
An inflamed tumour or swelling of the glands under the arm is called a
_bruick-boil_, S. B., pron. as _brook_.
Isl. _bruk_, elatio, tumor; expl. of a swelling that suppurates.
_To_ BRUIK, BRUKE, BROOK, _v. a._ To enjoy, to possess.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
A. S. _bruc-an_, Franc. _gebruch-en_, Su. G. Isl. _bruk-a_, Belg.
_bruyck-en_, Germ. _brauch-en_, to use.
BRUKYL, BROKYLL, BROKLIE, _adj._
1. Brittle, easily broken, S.
_Kelly._
_Hamilton._
2. Metaph. used in relation to the unsettled state of political matters.
_Baillie._
3. It seems to signify soft, pliable, as applied to the mind.
_Wyntown._
4. Fickle, inconstant.
_Wallace._
5. Inconstant, as including the idea of deceit.
_King's Quair._
6. Weak, delicate, sickly, S. B.
7. Apt to fall into sin, or to yield to temptation.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Teut. _brokel_, fragilis, from _brok-en_, frangere; Sw.
_braeckelig_, id. Germ. _brocklicht_, crumbling.
~Bruckilness~, ~Brokilness~, _s._
1. Brittleness, S.
2. Apparently, incoherence, or perhaps weakness; used metaphorically.
_King's Quair._
BRUDY, _adj._ Prolific.
V. ~Broodie~.
_Bellenden._
BRULYIE, BRULYEMENT, _s._
1. A brawl, broil, fray, or quarrel, S.
_Ross._
2. Improperly used for a battle.
_Hamilton._
Fr. _brouiller_, to quarrel; Su. G. _bryl-la_, _foerbrilla_, to
embroil.
_To_ BRUND, _v. n._ To emit sparks as a flint does when struck.--_It's
brundin_, the fire flies from it, S. B.
Su. G. _brinn-a_, to burn.
~Brunds~, ~Brundis~, ~Brwndys~, _s. pl._
1. Brands, pieces of wood lighted.
_Wallace._
2. It seems to signify the remains of burnt wood, reduced to the state
of charcoal, and as perhaps retaining some sparks.
_Barbour._
3. The term is still commonly used in Ang., only with greater latitude.
A. S. _brond_ may be the origin; as in the second sense it merely
denotes a firebrand almost entirely burnt out.
BRUS, _s._ Force, _impetus_.
_Douglas._
Belg. _bruyssch-en_, to foam or roar like the sea; Su. G. _brus-a_,
sonare; De aquis cum impetu ruentibus aut fluctibus maris; Ihre.
BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _s. To ride the bruse_.
1. To run a race on horseback at a wedding, S., a custom still preserved
in the country. Those who are at a wedding, especially the younger part
of the company, who are conducting the bride from her own house to the
bridegroom's, often set off, at full speed, for the latter. This is
called, _riding the bruse_. He who first reaches the house is said to
_win the bruse_.
_Burns._
2. Metaph., to strive, to contend in whatever way.
_R. Galloway._
This means nothing more than riding for the _brose_, _broth_ or _kail_,
the prize of _spice-broth_ allotted in some places to the victor.
_To_ BRUS, BRUSCH, _v. a._ To force open, to press up.
_Wyntown._
Sicamb. _bruys-en_, premere, strepere.
_To_ BRUSCH, _v. n._ To burst forth, to rush, to issue with violence.
V. ~Brus~, _s._
_Wallace._
BRUSIT, _part. pa._ Embroidered.
_Houlate._
L. B. _brusd-us_, _brust-us_, acupictus; Du Cange.
~Brusury~, _s._ Embroidery.
_Douglas._
BRUSSLE, _s._ Bustle, Loth.
V. ~Breessil~.
A. S. _brastl-ian_, strepere.
_To_ BRUST, _v. n._ To burst.
_R. Bruce._
Teut. _brost-en_, _brusten_, Sw. _brist-a_, _id._
BRWHS, _s._ Apparently, the same with _Brus_.
_Wyntown._
_To_ BU, BUE, _v. n._ To low. It properly denotes the cry of a calf, S.
Lat. _boo_, _--are_, id.
BU, BOO, _s._
1. A sound meant to excite terror, S.
_Presb. Eloquence._
2. A bugbear, an object of terror, Ibid.
Belg. _bauw_, a spectre; C. B. _bo_, a hobgoblin.
~Bu-kow~, _s._ Any thing frightful, as a scarecrow, applied also to a
hobgoblin, S.
V. ~Cow~.
From _bu_, and _kow_, _cow_, a goblin.
~Bu-man~, _s._ A goblin; the devil, S. used as _Bu-kow_.
BUB, BOB, _s._ A. blast, a gust of severe weather.
_Douglas._
Allied perhaps to Isl. _bobbe_, malum, noxae; or E. _bob_, to beat,
as denoting the suddenness of its impulse.
BUBBLY, _adj._ Snotty, S. A. Bor.
~Bubblyjock~, _s._ The vulgar name for a turkey cock, S. synon.
_Polliecock_, S. B.
_Grose._
The name seems to have originated from the shape of his comb.
BUCHT, _s._ A bending; a fold.
V. ~Bought~.
_To_ BUCK, _v. n._ To push, to butt, Perths.
Alem. _bock-en_, to strike; Su. G. _bock_, impulsus.
_To_ BUCK _out_, _v. n._ To make a guggling noise.
BUCKER, _s._ A name given to a species of whale, West of S.
_Statist. Acc._
BUCKIE, BUCKY, _s._
1. Any spiral shell of whatever size, S.
_Muse's Threnodie._
_The Roaring Buckie_, Buccinum undatum, Linn. is the common great whelk.
Teut. _buck-en_, to bow, to bend; as this expresses the twisted form
of the shell.
2. A perverse or refractory person is denominated a _thrawn buckie_, and
sometimes, in still harsher language, a _Deil's buckie_, S.
_Ramsay._
~Buckie Ingram~, that species of crab denominated Cancer bernardus,
Newhaven.
~Buckie Prins~, A periwinkle; Turbo terebra, Linn. Also called
_Water-spouts_, Loth.
_To_ BUCKLE, _v. a._ To join two persons in marriage; used in a low or
ludicrous sense, S.
_Macneill._
~Buckle-the-beggars~, s. One who marries others in a clandestine and
disorderly manner, S.
BUCKTOOTH, _s._ Any tooth that juts out from the rest, S.
Sibb. derives this from _Boks_, q. v. Perhaps allied to Su. G.
_bok_, rostrum.
BUD, _s._ A gift; generally one that is meant as a bribe.
_Acts Ja. I._
C. B. _budd_, Corn. _bud_, profit, emolument. Or shall we view it
as formed from A. S. _bude_, obtulit, q. the bribe that has been
_offered_?
_To_ ~Bud~, ~Budd~, _v. a._ To endeavour to gain by gifts, to bribe.
_Pitscottie._
BUDGE, _s._ A kind of bill, used in warfare.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _bouge_, _boulge_, faucille, serpe; Roquefort.
BUFE, _s._ Beef, S. B.
Fr. _boeuf_, id. Isl. _bufe_, cattle; from _bu_, an ox.
_To_ BUFF, _v. n._ To emit a dull sound, as a bladder filled with wind
does, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
_It played buff_, S. It made no impression.
Belg. _boff-en_, to puff up the cheeks with wind; Fr. _bouff-er_,
id.
_To_ BUFF, _v. a. To buff corn_, to give grain half thrashing, S.
"The best of him is _buft_," a phrase commonly used to denote that one's
natural strength is much gone, S.
Alem. _buff-en_, pulsare.
_To buff herring_, to steep salted herrings in fresh water, and hang
them up, S.
~Buff~, _s._ A stroke, a blow, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
Fr. _bouffe_, a blow, L. B. _buffa_, alapa.
_To_ BUFF _out_, _v. n._ To laugh aloud, S.
Fr. _bouffee_, a sudden, violent, and short blast, _buff-ir_, to
spurt.
BUFF, _s._ Nonsense, foolish talk, S.
_Shirrefs._
Teut. _beffe_, id. nugae, irrisio; Fr. _buffoi_, vanité; also
moquerie.
BUFF, _s._ Skin. _Stript to the buff_, stript naked, S.
Perhaps from E. _buff_, as denoting leather prepared from the
_skin_ of a buffalo.
BUFF NOR STYE. _He cou'd neither say buff nor stye_, S. i. e. "He could
neither say one thing nor another." It is also used, but, I suspect,
improperly, in regard to one who has no activity; _He has neither buff
nor stye with him_ S. B.
Teut. _bof_, celeusma, a cheer made by mariners. _Stye_ might be
viewed as referring to the act of mounting the shrouds, from Su. G.
_stig-a_, to ascend.
BUFFER, _s._ A foolish fellow; a term much used among young people,
Clydes.
Fr. _bouffard_, "often puffing, strouting out, swelling with anger,"
Cotgr.
BUFFETS, _s. pl._ A swelling in the glands of the throat, Ang.
(_branks_, synon.) probably from Fr. _bouffé_, swollen.
BUFFETSTOOL, _s._ A stool with sides, in form of a square table with
leaves, when these are folded down, S. Lincolns, id.
_A. Douglas._
Fr. _buffet_, a sideboard; expl. by Roquefort, dressoir, which
denotes a board for holding plates without box or drawer.
BUFFIE, BUFFLE, _adj._ Fat, purfled; applied to the face, S.
Fr. _bouffé_, blown up, swollen.
BUFFONS, _s. pl._ Pantomimic dances.
Fr. _boufons_, those by whom they were performed.
BUG, _pret._ Built.
V. ~Big~, _v._
_Minstrelsy Border._
BUGE, _s._ "Lamb's fur; Fr. _agnelin_." Rudd.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bouge_, E. _buge_, id.
BUGGE, _s._ A bugbear.
V. ~Boggarde~.
BUGGLE, _s._ A bog, a morass, S. B. This seems to be merely a dimin.
from Ir. and E. _bog_.
BUGIL, BUGILL, _s._ A buglehorn.
_Douglas._
Q. _buculae cornu_, the horn of a young cow; or from Teut.
_boghel_, Germ. _bugel_, curvatura.
BUICK, _pret._ Court'sied; from the v. _Beck_.
_Ross._
_To_ BUIGE, _v. n._ To bow, to creenge.
_Maitland Poems._
A. S. _bug-an_, to bend.
BUIK, _s._ The body.
V. ~Bouk~.
BUIK, BUKE, _pret._ Baked.
_Dunbar._
A. S. _boc_, coxit, from _bac-an_.
BUIK, BUK, BUKE, _s._ A book, S.
_Dunbar._
Germ. _buch_, Alem. _bouch_, Belg. _boek_, A. S. _boc_, Moes. G.
Isl. Su. G. _bok_, id. It has been generally supposed, that the
Northern nations give this name to a book, from the materials of which
it was first made, _bok_ signifying a beech-tree.
~Buik-lare~, _s._ Learning, the knowledge acquired by means of a regular
education, S.
~Buik-lear'd~, ~Book-lear'd~, _adj._ Book-learned, S.
_A. Nicol._
Isl. _boklaerd-ur_, id.
V. ~Lare~, _v._ and _s._
BUIR, Leg. Leuir.
_Wallace._
BUISE, _To shoot the buise._
_Cleland._
Apparently, _to swing_, to be hanged; perhaps from Ital. _busco_,
the shoot of a tree.
BUIST, _s._ A part of female dress, anciently worn in S.
_Maitland Poems._
Fr. _busq_, or _buste_, plated body, or other quilted thing, worn to
make or keep the body straight. Ital. _busto_, stays or boddice.
BUIST, BUSTE, BOIST, _s._
1. A box or chest, S. _Meal-buist_, chest for containing meal.
_Acts Ja. II._
2. A coffin; nearly antiquated, but still sometimes used by tradesmen,
Loth.
O. Fr. _boiste_, Arm. _bouest_, a box.
_To_ ~Buist~ _up_, _v. a._ To inclose, to shut up.
_Montgomerie._
~Buist-maker~, _s._ A coffin-maker, Loth.; a term now nearly obsolete.
BUISTY, _s._ A bed, Aberd.
_Gl. Shirr._ used perhaps for a small one, q. a little box.
V. ~Booshty~.
BUITH, _s._ A shop.
V. ~Bothe~.
BUITING, _s._ Booty.
_Montgomerie._
Fr. _butin_, Ital. _butino_, id.
BUITS, _s. pl._ Matches for firelocks.
_Baillie's Lett._
_To_ BUKK, _v. a._ To incite, to instigate.
_Evergreen._
Germ. _boch-en_, to strike, _bock-en_, to push with the horn; Su. G.
_bock_, a stroke; Isl. _buck-a_, calcitrare.
BUK-HID, BUK-HUD, _s._
V. ~Belly-blind~.
_Henrysone._
This seems to be an old name for some game, probably _Blind man's
Buff_.
BU-KOW, _s._ Any thing frightful; hence applied to a hobgoblin, S.
V. ~Bu~.
BULDRIE, _s._ Building, or mode of building.
_Burel._
BULYIEMENT, _s._ Habiliments; properly such as are meant for warfare.
V. ~Abulyiement~.
_Ross._
_Bulyiements_ is still used ludicrously for clothing, S.
_To_ BULL, _v. n._ To take the bull; a term used with respect to a cow.
Both the _v._ and _s._ are pron. q. _bill_, S.
_Bill-siller_, S., is analogous to Teut. _bolle-gheld_, merces pro
admissura tauri.
_To_ BULLER, _v. n._
1. To emit such a sound as water does, when rushing violently into any
cavity, or forced back again, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bullr-a_, tumultuari, strepitum edere.
2. To make a noise with the throat, as one does when gargling it with
any liquid, S. _guller_, synon.
_Bellenden._
3. To make any rattling noise; as when stones are rolled downhill, or
when a quantity of stones falls together, S. B.
4. To bellow, to roar as a bull or cow does, S.; also pron. _bollar_,
Ang.
Isl. _baul-a_, mugire, _baul_ mugitus.
5. It is used as _v. a._ to denote the _impetus_ or act productive of
such a sound as is described above.
_Douglas._
~Buller~, ~Bulloure~, _s._
1. A loud gurgling noise, S.
_Douglas._
Hence, _the Bullers of Buchan_, the name given to an arch in a rock, on
the coast of Aberdeenshire.
Su. G. _buller_, strepitus.
2. A bellowing noise; or a loud roar, S. B.
V. the _v._
BULLETSTANE, _s._ A round stone, S.
Isl. _bollut-ur_, round; _bollut_, convexity.
_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ To rally in a contemptuous way, to abuse one in a
hectoring manner, S.
Isl. _baul_, _bol_, maledictio, and _raegia_, deferre, to reproach.
BULLS, _s. pl._ Strong bars in which the teeth of a harrow are placed,
S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _bol_, Isl. _bolr_, truncus.
BULL-SEGG, _s._ The great cat-tail or reedmace, Typha latifolia, Linn.
S. B.
BULL-SEGG, _s._ A gelded bull.
V. ~Segg~.
BULTY, _adj_. Large, Fife.
This may be allied to Teut. _bult_, gibbus, tuber; Belg. _bult_, a
bunch, _bultje_, a little bunch; Isl. _buld_, crassus.
BULWAND, _s._ The name given to common mugwort, Orkney, Caithn.
_Neill_.
_To_ BUM, _v. n._
1. To buzz, to make a humming noise; used with respect to bees, S. A.
Bor.
_J. Nicol._
2. Used to denote the noise of a multitude.
_Hamilton._
3. As expressing the sound emitted by the drone of a bag-pipe, S.
_Ferguson._
4. Used to denote the freedom of agreeable conversation among friends,
S. B.
Belg. _bomm-en_, to resound; Teut. _bomme_, a drum.
~Bum~, _s._ A humming noise, the sound emitted by a bee, S.,
V. the _v._
~Bumbee~, _s._ A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S.
_Bumble-bee_, id. A. Bor.
Q. the _bee_ that _bums_.
~Bum-Clock~, _s._ A humming beetle, that flies in the summer evenings.
_Burns._
BU-MAN, _s._ A name given to the devil.
V. under ~Bu~.
BUMBARD, _adj._ Indolent, lazy.
Ital. _bombare_, a humble-bee.
_Dunbar._
~Bumbart~, _s._
1. The drone-bee, or perhaps a flesh-fly.
_Melvill's MS._
2. A drone, a driveller.
_Dunbar._
BUMBAZED, BOMBAZED, _adj._ Stupified, S.
V. ~Bazed~.
_Ross._
Q. stupified with noise; from Teut. _bomme_, tympanum, and _baesen_,
delirare.
BUMMACK, BUMMOCK, _s._
1. An entertainment anciently given at Christmas by tenants to their
landlords, Orkn.
_Wallace's Orkn._
2. A brewing of a large quantity of malt, for the purpose of being drunk
at once at a merry meeting.--Caithn.
Isl. _bua_, parare, and _mage_ socius, q. to make preparation for
one's companions; or _bo_ villa, incola, and _mage_, the fellowship of a
village or of its inhabitants.
BUMMIL, BUMMLE, BOMBELL, _s._ Expl. a drone, an idle fellow.
V. ~Batie-Bummil~.
_Burns._
Teut. _bommele_, fucus.
_To_ BUMMIL, _v. a._ To bungle; also, as _v. n._ to blunder, S.
_Ramsay._
~Bummeler~, ~Bumler~, _s._ A blundering fellow, S.
BUMP, _s._ A stroke. "He came _bump_ upon me," he came upon me with a
stroke, S.
Isl. _bomps_, a stroke against any object, _bomp-a_, cita ruina
ferri.
BUN, BUNN. _s._ A sweet cake or loaf, generally one of that kind which
is used at the new year, baked with fruit and spiceries; sometimes for
this reason called a _sweetie-scone_, S.
_Statist. Acc._
Ir. _bunna_, a cake.
BUN, _s._
1. The same as E. _bum_.
_Lyndsay._
2. This word signifies the tail or brush of a hare, Border; being used
in the same sense with _fud_.
_Watson's Coll._
Ir. _bon_, _bun_, the bottom of any thing; Dan. _bund_, id.; Gael.
_bun_, bottom, foundation.
BUN, _s._ A large cask placed in a cart, for the purpose of bringing
water from a distance; Ang.
This may be radically the same with S. _boyn_, a washingtub.
BUNE, BOON, _s._ The inner part of the stalk of flax, the core, that
which is of no use, afterwards called _shaws_, Ang. _Been_, id. Morays.
BUNEWAND, _s._ The cow-parsnip, Heracleum sphondylium, is called
_Bunwand_, S. B.
_Montgomerie._
This appears to be of the same meaning with _Bunwede_, q. v.
BUNG, _adj._ Tipsy, fuddled; a low word, S.
_Ramsay._
Q. Smelling of the _bung_.
BUNKER, BUNKART, _s._
1. A bench, or sort of low chest serving for a seat.
_Ramsay._
2. A seat in a window, which also serves for a chest, opening with a
hinged lid, S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
3. It seems to be the same word which is used to denote an earthen seat
in the fields, Aberd.
_Law Case._
A. S. _benc_, Su. G. _baenck_, a bench; Isl. _buncke_, acervus,
strues; a heap.
BUNKLE, _s._ A stranger. "The dog barks, because he kens you to be a
_bunkle_." This word is used in some parts of Angus.
Perhaps originally a mendicant; from Isl. _bon_, mendicatio, and
_karl_, vulgarly _kall_, homo.
BUNNERTS, _s. pl._ Cow-parsnip, S. B. Heracleum sphondylium, Linn.
Perhaps Q. _biorn-oert_, which in Sw. would be, the bear's wort.
BUNTLING, _s._ Bantling, E., a bird, S.
BUNWEDE, _s._ Ragwort, an herb; Senecio jacobaea, Linn. S. _binweed_;
synon. _weebow_.
_Houlate._
This name is also given, S. to the Polygonum convolvulus, which in
Sw. is called _Binda_.
BUR, _s._ The cone of the fir, S. B.
Su. G. _barr_ denotes the leaves or needles of the pine.
BUR-THRISSIL, _s._ The spear-thistle, S. Carduus lanceolatus.
_Bur-thistle_, id. A. Bor.
_To_ BURBLE, _v. n._ To purl.
_Hudson._
Teut. _borbel-en_, scaturire.
BURCH, BWRCH, BUROWE, _s._ Borough, town.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurgs_; A. S. _burg_, _burh_, _buruh_, id.
BURD, _s._ A lady, a damsel.
V. ~Bird~.
BURD, BURDE, _s._ Board, table.
_Dunbar._
Moes. G. _baurd_, asser, tabula, A. S. _bord_, id.
~Burdclaith~, _s._ A tablecloth, S. Westmorel., id.
_Dunbar._
From _burd_, and _claith_, cloth.
BURDALANE, _s._ A term used to denote one who is the only child left in
a family; q. _bird alone_, or, solitary; _burd_ being the pron. of
_bird_.
_Maitland MSS._
BURDE, _s._ Ground, foundation.
Su. G. _bord_, a footstool.
_Bellenden._
BURDE, _s._ A strip, properly an ornamental salvedge; as a "_burde_ of
silk," a salvedge of silk.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _borda_, limbus vel praetexta; unde _silkesborda_, cingulum
sericum vel limbus; _gullbord_, limbus aureus; Teut. _boord_, limbus.
BURDYN, _adj._ Wooden, of or belonging to _boards_.
_Wallace._
A. S. _bord_, S. _burd, buird_, a board, a plank.
BURDING, _s._ Burden.
V. ~Birth, Byrth~.
_Montgomerie._
BURDINSECK.
V. ~Berthinsek~.
BURDIT, _part. pa._ Stones are said to be _burdit_, when they split into
lamina, S. perhaps from _burd_, a board; q. like wood divided into thin
planks.