Part 11
Thus, "a _brim_ frost," is still a common phrase for a severe frost, S. B.
~Brymly~, _adv._ Fiercely, keenly. Wall. vii. 995.
V. ~Artailye~.
BRIM, _s._ A cant term for a trull, Loth.
Callander of Craigforth, in some MS. notes, mentions _brim_, as signifying a scold, S. This has most probably been the primary sense.
_To_ BRYN, BRIN, BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _brinn-a_, Germ. _brenn-an_, id. A. S. _bryne_, burning.
~Brynstane~, _Brynt-stane_, _s._ Brimstone, sulphur.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bryn_, incendium, and _stan_, q. lapis incendii seu incendiarius. Sw. _braensten_, id.
BRIN, BRINN, _s._ A ray, a beam, a flash, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
BRINK.
~To Brink~. Perhaps, inwardly.
_Sir Tristrem._
Q. in pectore; Isl. Su. G. _bring-a_, pectus.
BRINKIT, _part. pa._ Perhaps, bronzed.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _brinna_, to burn, or _braecka_, to roast.
BRISKET, BISKET, _s._ The breast, S.
_Morison._
Fr. _brichet_, id. Perhaps we have the origin of the word in Isl. _briosk_, Sw. _brusk_, gristle. The word in E. denotes "the breast of an animal." It bears this sense also in S., and is sometimes corr. called _briskin_.
BRISMAK, _s._ The name given to Torsk, our Tusk, in Shetland.
BRISSAL, _adj._ Brittle. Gl. Sibb.
Alem. _bruzzi_, fragilitas; Otfrid. Fr. _bresiller_, rompre, briser, mettre en pièces; Gl. Roquefort.
BRISSEL-COCK, _s._ Apparently the turkey-cock.
_Pitscottie._
Denominated perhaps from its rough and _bristly_ appearance; or q. _Brasil-cock_, as, according to Pennant, the turkey was unknown to the old world before the discovery of America. "The first birds of this kind," he supposes, "must have been brought from Mexico."
_To_ BRISSLE, _v. a._ To broil, &c.
V. ~Birsle~.
_To_ BRIST, BRYST, _s._ To burst.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _brest-a_, Dan. _brist-er_, frangi, rumpi, cum fragore (crepitu) dissilire.
BRITH, _s._ A term which seems to mean wrath or contention.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. _braede_, anger; _brigd_, controversy; _brigd-a_, to litigate.
_To_ BRITTYN, BRYTEN, BRETYN, _v. a._
1. To break down, in whatever way.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To kill; applied both to man and beast.
V. ~Bertynit~.
_Douglas._
It is also written _bertyn_. A. S. _bryt-an_, Su. G. _bryt-a_, Isl. _briot-a_, frangere.
BRITURE, Houlate iii. 8., is in Bannatyne MS. _brit ure_.
_To_ BRIZE, _v. a._ To bruise.
V. ~Birse~.
BROAD-BAND.
V. ~Braid-band~.
_To_ BROCHE, _v. a._ To prick, to pierce.
_Douglas._
Fr. _brocher un cheval_, to spur a horse, properly to strike him hard with the spurs.
Hence,
~Broche~, _s._
1. A spit.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. "A narrow piece of wood or metal to support the stomacher," Gl. Sibb.
3. A wooden pin on which yarn is wound, S.
_Douglas._
Evidently the same with Fr. _broche_, a spit. Arm. _brochen_ signifies a spit; from _broch-a_, to pierce, transfigere.
BROCHAN, _s._ (gutt.) Oat-meal boiled to a consistence somewhat thicker than gruel, S. It differs from _crowdie_, as this is oat-meal stirred in cold water.
_Martin._
Gael. _brochan_, pottage, also, gruel; C. B. _bryhan_, a sort of flummery.
BROCHE, BRUCHE, BROACH, _s._
1. A chain of gold, a sort of _bulla_, or ornament worn on the breast.
_Douglas._
2. A fibula, a clasp, a breast-pin, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Isl. _bratz_ signifies _fibūla_, Su. G. _braz_, from Isl. _brus-a_, to fasten together. Gael. _broiside_, a clasp; _broisde_, a brooch, Shaw.
BROCHT, _s._ The art of puking.
V. ~Braking~.
_Leg. Bp. St Androis._
C. B. _brock_, spuma.
_To_ BROCK.
V. ~Brok~.
BROCKED, BROAKIT, _adj._ Variegated, having a mixture of black and white, S. A cow is said to be _broakit_, that has black spots or streaks, mingled with white, in her face, S. B.
_Statist. Acc._
Su. G. _brokug_, _brokig_, party-coloured; Ir. _breach_, speckled; Gael. _brucach_, speckled in the face.
BROCKLIE, _adj._ Brittle.
V. ~Brukyl~.
BROD, _s._ A board, any flat piece of wood, a lid, S. A. Bor. _breid_, a shelf or board, Ray.
Isl. _broth_, A. S. _braed_, _bred_, id.
_To_ BROD, _v. a._
1. To prick, to job; to spur, S.
_Douglas. Complaynt S._
2. To pierce, used metaph., S.
_Ferguson._
3. To incite, to stimulate; applied to the mind.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _brodd_, cuspis, aculeus; Isl. _brodd_, the point of an arrow; sometimes the arrow itself, a javelin, any pointed piece of iron or steel; _brydd-a_, pungere; Ir. Gael. _brod-am_, to spur, to stimulate.
~Brod~, ~Brode~, _s._
1. A sharp-pointed instrument; as the goad used to drive oxen forward, S.
_Wyntown._
2. A stroke with a sharp-pointed instrument, S.
_Complaynt S._
3. An incitement, instigation.
_Douglas._
~Broddit Staff~, "A staff with a sharp point at the extremity," Gl. Sibb. Also called a _pike-staff_, S. This is the same with _broggit-staff_.
V. ~Brog~.
BRODYRE, BRODIR, _s._ A brother; pl. _bredir_, _bredyre_.
_Wyntown._
Isl. _brodur_, pl. _broeder_.
~Brodir-Dochter~, _s._ A niece, S.
_Wyntown._
_Brodir-son_ or _brother-son_, and _sister-son_, are used in the same manner; and _brother-bairn_ for cousin, S.
A Swed. idiom. _Brorsdotter_, niece; _brorson_, nephew; _brorsbarn_, the children of a brother.
BROD MALE, BRODMELL, _s._ The brood brought forth, or littered, at the same time.
_Douglas._
From A. S. _brod_, proles, and _mael_, tempus; or O. Germ, _mael_, consors, _socius_; whence _ee-ghe-mael_, conjunx, Kilian.
~Brod Sow~, A sow that has a litter.
_Polwart._
_To_ BROG, _v. a._ To pierce, to strike with a sharp instrument, S.
_Acts Ja. I._
Hence _broggit staff_, mentioned as a substitute for an ax. The term _prog-staff_ is now used in the same sense, q. v.
~Brog~, _s._
1. A pointed instrument; such as an awl, S.
2. A job with such an instrument, S.
BROG, BROGUE, _s._ A coarse and light kind of shoe, made of horse-leather, much used by the Highlanders, and by those who go to shoot in the hills, S.
Ir. Gael. _brog_, a shoe.
_Lord Hailes._
BROGH, _s._ _Ye man bring brogh and hammer for't_, i. e. You must bring proof for it, Loth.
In the North of Germany, the phrase _burg und emmer_ is used in a similar sense, as denoting legal security. Our _brogh_ and Germ. _burg_ both denote suretyship. The proper meaning of _emmer_ is not known.
_To_ BROGLE, _v. a._ To prick, Loth. _Brog_, synon.
BROGUE, _s._ "_A hum, a trick_," S.
_Burns._
Isl. _brogd_, astus, stratagemata, Verel. _brigd_, id.
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._