Part 9
Borrowed perhaps from outlaws, who were seen at a distance hunting in marshy places, where pursuit was more difficult.
BOID, _s._
_Maitland Poems._
Isl. _bode_, a term used to denote a wave agitated by the wind; unda maris cum vadosis scopulis luctans.
BOIN, BOYN, BOYEN, BOWYNE, _s._
1. A washing-tub, S. B.
2. A flat broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is emptied from the pail, a _bowyne_, Loth.
Unless from Isl. _boginn_, curvus, or Dan. _bugn-e_, to bend, as respecting its form; I can offer no conjecture as to the origin.
BOYIS, _s._ _In boyis_, in fetters.
_Barbour._
Teut. _boeye_, compes, pedica, vinculum; _boey-en_ compedire.
BOIS, _adj._ Hollow.
V. ~Bos~.
BOISSES.
V. ~Boss~.
_Knox's Hist._
_To_ BOIST, BOAST, _v. a._ To threaten, to endeavour to terrify, S.
_Douglas._
C. B. _bost-io_, to vaunt one's self; _bost_, vaunting.
BOIST, BOST, _s._ Threatening, S.
_Wallace._
BOIT, _s._ A cask or tub used for the purpose of curing butcher-meat, or for holding it after it is cured; sometimes called a _beef-boat_, S.
_Ruddiman._
Germ. _butte_; Ital. _botte_, id., whence E. _butt_. Su. G. _byttia_, situla, cupa; Teut. _botte_, id. dolium, orca, cupa.
_To_ BOK, BOCK, _v. a._
1. To vomit, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To reach, to incline to puke, S.
3. To belch, (eructare) S.
A. Bor. _boke_, _bowk_, to nauseate, to be ready to vomit; _booac_, to reach, to keck, ibid. Perhaps from A. S. _bealc-an_, eructare. It however has greater resemblance of _puke_, to which no etymon has been assigned.
BOK, BOCK, _s._ The act of reaching, S.
_Cleland._
BOKEIK, _s._ Bopeep, a game.
_Lyndsay._
BOKS, _s. pl._ "Corner teeth," Gl. Sibb.
_Maitland Poems._
_To_ BOLDIN, BOLDYN, _v. n._ To swell.
_Douglas._
~Boldin~, ~Boulden~, _part. pa._ swelled.
This is softened into _bowdin_, _bowden_, S. Often in the _pret._ and _part._ it is written _bolnys_, swells, (Doug. V.) and _bolnyt_. I hesitate whether these are contr. from _boldinnys_, _boldinnyt_, or the v. in another form, more nearly resembling Su. G. _buln-a_, Dan. _bul-ner_. Su. G. _bul-na_, _bulg-ia_, id. _bolginn_, swollen. Hence Isl. bilgia, Su. G. bolgia, a billow; because it is raised by the wind; and _bolda_, a boil, a tumour. Gael. _builg-am_ to swell, _builg_, a blister.
BOLGAN LEAVES, Nipplewort, an herb, S. B. Lapsana communis, Linn.
Perhaps from Isl. _bolg-a_, tumere, or Su. G. _bolginn_, swollen, q. "swelling leaves," as being supposed by the vulgar in S. to be efficacious in removing swellings.
_To_ BOLYN, _v. n._ To lay tack aboard.
_Maitland Poems._
O. Fr. _bolin-er_, to sail by a wind, or close upon a wind.
BOLL, _Lintseed Boll_.
V. ~Bow~.
BOLLMAN, _s._ A cottager, Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
Perhaps from Su. G. Isl. _bol_, villa, and _man_, q. the inhabitant of a village. It is always pronounced _bowman_.
BOLME, _s._ A boom, a waterman's pole.
_Douglas._
Germ. _baum_, Belg. _boom_, a tree.
BOLNIT.
V. ~Boldin~.
BOLNYNG, _s._ Swelling.
V. ~Boldin~.
_Henrysone._
BOLSTER, _s._ That part of a mill in which the axletree moves, S.
BOMBILL, _s._ Buzzing noise; metaph. used for boasting.
_Polwart._
Teut. _bommele_, a drone.
BON, _s._ Apparently, bane, injury.
_Wallace._
BONALAIS, BONAILIE, BONNAILLIE, _s._ A drink taken with a friend, when one is about to part with him; as expressive of one's wishing him a prosperous journey, S.
_Wallace._
It is now generally pron. _bonaillie_, S. _Bonalais_ might seem to be the plur. But perhaps it merely retains the form of Fr. _Bon allez_.
BONE, _s._ A petition, a prayer.
_Douglas._
O. E. id. Isl. _baen_, precatio, oratio; _boon_ petitio, gratis acceptio, mendicatio, G. Andr. A. S. _ben_, _bene_, id.
BONETT, _s._ "A small sail, fixed to the bottom or sides of the great sails, to accelerate the ship's way in calm weather." Gl. Compl.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bonnette_, Sw. _bonet_, id.
BONIE, BONYE, BONNY, _adj._
1. Beautiful, pretty, S.
_Maitland Poems._
_Boniest_, most beautiful.
_Montgomerie._
2. It is occasionally used ironically, in the same way with E. _pretty_, S.
_Priests of Peblis._
3. Precious, valuable.
_Minstrelsy Border._
_Bonny_ is used in the same sense by Shakspeare, and since his time by some other E. writers. But I suspect that it is properly S. Johnson derives it from Fr. _bon_, _bonne_, good. This is by no means satisfactory; but we must confess that we cannot substitute a better etymon.
BONYNES, _s._ Beauty, handsomeness.
_Philotus_.
BONK, _s._ Bank.
_Douglas._
Probably corr. from A. S. _bene_. Isl. _bunga_, however, signifies tumor terrae.
BONNAGE, _s._ An obligation, on the part of the tenant, to cut down the proprietor's corn.
_Statist. Acc._
Evidently a corr. of _Bondage_.
BONNAR, _s._ "A bond," Gl.
_Popular Ball._
BONNET.
V. ~White Bonnet~.
BONOCH, _s._ "A binding to tie a cow's hind legs when she is a-milking."
_Kelly._
BONSPEL, _s._ A match, at the diversion of _curling_ on the ice, between two opposite parties, S.
V. ~Curl~.
_Graeme._
Belg. _bonne_, a village, a district, and _spel_, play; because the inhabitants of different villages or districts contend with each other in this sport, one parish, for example, challenging another. Or, the first syllable may be traced to Su. G. _bonde_, an husbandman.
BONXIE, _s._ The name given to the Skua Gull, Shetl.
_Neill._
BOO, BOW, _s._ A term sometimes used to denote a farm-house or village, in conjunction with the proper name, Ang.
Su. G. _bo_, Isl. _bu_, _boo_, domicilium, a house or dwelling, also, a village; Moes. G. _baua_, id.
In the Orkney Islands, where the Gothic was long preserved in greater purity than in our country, the principal farm-house on an estate, or in any particular district of it, is in a great many instances called the _Boll_ or _Bow_.
_Barry._
BOODIES, _pl._ Ghosts, hobgoblins, Aberd.
_Journal Lond._
It might be deduced from A. S. _boda_, a messenger, from _bod-ian_, to declare, to denounce. But it seems to be rather originally the same with C. B. _bugudhai_, hobgoblins, Gael. _bodach_, a ghost.
BOOL, _s._ A contemptuous term for a man, especially if advanced in years. It is often conjoined with an epithet; as "an auld _bool_," an old fellow, S.
Su. G. _bol_, the trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head and feet.
BOOLS _of a pot_, _s. pl._ Two crooked instruments of iron, linked together, used for lifting a pot by the ears, S.; also called _clips_.
Teut. _boghel_, numella; Germ. _bugel_, any thing that is circular or curved.
BOOL-HORNED, _adj._ Perverse, obstinate, inflexible, S. apparently from the same origin with ~Bools~.
_Boolie-horned_, Border, and W. of S. A. Bor. _buckle-horns_, short crooked horns turned horizontally inwards.
BOONMOST, _adj._ Uppermost, S. pron. _bunemist_.
_Ross._
A. S. _bufan_, _bufon_, above, and _most_.
BOOT, BUT, BOUD, BIT, BUD, BOOST, _v. imp._ Behoved, was under a necessity of, S.; _He boot to do_ such a thing; he could not avoid it. _It bit to be_; it was necessary that this should take place.
_Ross. Burns._
_Bus_ and _bud_ occur in the same sense in Ywaine and Gawin. Most probably it is a corr. of _behoved_, Belg. _behoeft_.
BOOST, _s._ A box.
V. ~Buist~.
BOR, BOIR, BORE, _s._
1. A small hole or crevice; a place used for shelter, especially by smaller animals, S.
_Sir Tristrem._
2. An opening in the clouds, when the sky is thick and gloomy, or during rain, is called a _blue bore_, S. It is sometimes used metaph.
_Baillie._
Su. G. Germ. _bor_, terebra; Isl. _bora_, foramen; A. S. _bor-ian_, to pierce.
BORCH, BORGH, BOWRCH, BOROW, _s._ A surety. The term properly denotes a person who becomes bail for another, for whatever purpose.
_Wallace._
2. A pledge; any thing laid in pawn.
_Barbour._
The term occurs in both senses in O. E. A. S. _borg_, _borh_, fide-jussor; also, foenus; Germ. _burge_, a pledge. Su. G. _borgen_, suretyship. Ihre derives Su. G. and Isl. _borg-a_, to become surety, from _berg-a_, a periculo tueri, to protect from danger. The idea is certainly most natural: For what is suretyship, but warranting the _safety_ of any person or thing?
_To_ BORCH, _v. a._ To give a pledge or security for, to bail.
_Wallace._
_To_ BORROW, BORW, _v. a._
1. To give security for; applied to property.
_Wyntown._
2. To become surety for; applied to a person.
_Baron Courts._
Su. G. _borg-a_, id.
_To_ BORROW _one_, to urge one to drink, Ang.
When one _pledges_ another in company, he engages to drink after him; and in ancient times it was generally understood, that he who pledged another, was engaged to drink an equal quantity.
BORROWGANGE, s. A state of suretyship.
_Reg. Maj._
Su. G. _edgaang_, _laggaang_, are rendered by Ihre, actus jurandi, from _gaa_, ire; _borrowgange_ may thus be merely the act of _going_ or _entering_ as a surety.
BORD, _s._
1. A broad hem or welt, S.
2. The edge or border of a woman's cap, S.
Fr. _bord_, Belg. _boord_, a welt, a hem, or selvage; Isl. _bard_, _bord_, the extremity or margin.
BORDEL, _s._ A brothel, Dunbar.
Fr. _bordel_, id., Su. G. A. S. _bord_, a house. The dimin. of this, Ihre says, was L. B. _bordell-um_, _bordil-e_, tuguriolum, cujus generis quum olim meretricum stabula essent.
BORDELLAR, _s._ A haunter of brothels.
_Bellenden._
BORE, _s._ A crevice.
V. ~Bor~.
BORE'S- (or BOAR'S) EARS, _s. pl._ The name given to the Auricula, S. B. Primula auricula, Linn.
A bear is called a _boar_, S., especially S. B.
BORE-TREE, _s._ Sambucus nigra.
V. ~Bourtree~.
BOREAU, _s._ An executioner.
V. ~Burio~.
BORGH, _s._ A surety.
V. ~Borch~.
BORN.
_Wallace._
_Born_ may have some affinity to Isl. _borgun_, Su. G. _borgen_, suretyship; q. one under contract or obligation.
BORROWING DAYS, the three last days of March, Old Stile, S.
_Complaynt S._
These days being generally stormy, our forefathers have endeavoured to account for this circumstance, by pretending that March _borrowed_ them from April, that he might extend his power so much longer. Those who are much addicted to superstition will neither borrow nor lend on any of these days; lest the articles borrowed should be employed for the purposes of witchcraft, against the lenders. Some of the vulgar imagine, that these days received their designation from the conduct of the Israelites in _borrowing_ the property of the Egyptians.
BOS, BOSS, BOIS, _adj._
1. Hollow, S.
_Douglas._
"A _boss_ sound," that which is emitted by a body that is hollow, S.
2. Empty. A shell, without a kernel, is said to be _boss_. The word is also used to denote the state of the stomach when it is empty, or after long abstinence, S.
_Morison._
3. In the same sense, it is metaph. applied to a weak or ignorant person. One is said to be "nae _boss_ man," who has a considerable share of understanding, S. B.
_Ramsay._
4. Poor, destitute of worldly substance, S. B.
Teut. _bosse_, umbo.
_Ross._
BOSS, BOCE, _s._ Any thing hollow.
_Burel._
_The boss of the side_, the hollow between the ribs and the haunch, S.
BOSS, BOISS, _s._
1. A small cask.
_Pitscottie._
2. It seems to denote a bottle, perhaps one of earthen ware; such as is now vulgarly called a _gray-beard_.
_Dunbar._
3. In pl. _bosses_, _boisses_, a term of contempt, conjoined with _auld_, and applied to persons of a despicable or worthless character.
_Knox._
From Fr. _boire_, to drink, whence _boisson_, drink, or _busse_, a cask for holding wines.
BOT, _conj._ But, often confounded with _but_, prep. signifying, without.
_Douglas._
A. S. _butan_, _buton_, are used precisely as S. _but_, without.
BOTAND, BUT-AND, _prep._ Besides.
_Percy._
BOTAND, _adv._
1. But if, except.
_Barbour._
2. Moreover, besides.
_Maitland Poems._
In the latter sense, it is from A. S. _butan_, praeter.
BOTCARD, s. A sort of artillery used in S. in the reign of Ja. V.
_Pitscottie._
The same instruments seem to be afterwards called _battars_, ib. Fr. _bastarde_, "a demie canon, or demie culverin; a smaller piece of any kind," Cotgr.
BOTE, BUTE, _s._
1. Help, advantage; E. _boot_, Doug.
2. Compensation, satisfaction; Acts Parl. pass.
A. S. _bote_, id. from _bet-an_, emendare, restaurare.
~Kin-bote~, compensation or "assithment for the slaughter of a kinsman;" Skene, Verb. Sign.
A. S. _cyn_, cognatio, and _bote_.
~Man-bot~, the compensation fixed by the law, for killing a man, according to the rank of the person. Ibid.
A. S. _man-bot_, id.
~Theift-bote~, compensation made to the king for theft.
_Reg. Maj._
BOTHE, BOOTH, BUITH, _s._ A shop made of boards; either fixed, or portable, S.
V. ~Lucken~.
_Douglas._
Hence the _Luckenbooths_ of Edinburgh, wooden shops, made for being _locked_ up. Teut. _boede_, _bode_, domuncula, casa, Kilian; Su. G. _bud_, taberna mercatorum, apotheca; Isl. _bud_, id.
BOTHIE, BOOTHIE, _s._ A cottage, often used to denote a place where labouring servants are lodged, S.
_Neill._
Su. G. _bod_, a house, a cottage; Gael. _bothag_, _bothan_, a cot.
_To_ BOTHER, BATHER, _v. a._ To teaze one by dwelling on the same subject, or by continued solicitation, S.
BOTHNE, BOTHENE, _s._
1. A park in which cattle are fed and inclosed.
_Skene._
2. A barony, lordship, or sheriffdom.
_Assis. Reg. Dav._
L. B. _bothena_, baronia, aut territorium.
BOTINYS, _s. pl._ Buskins; Gl. Sibb.
Fr. _botine_, cothurnus.
V. ~Boiting~.
BOTTLE-NOSE, _s._ A species of whale, S. Orkn.
_Statist. Acc._
BOTTOM-ROOM, _s._ The name vulgarly given to the space occupied by one sitter in a church, S.
BOTWAND, _s._ Perhaps, a rod of authority.
_Kennedy._
Germ. _bot_, power, and _wand_, a rod.
BOUCHT, BOUGHT, _s._ A curvature or bending of any kind, S. "The _bought_ of the arm," the bending of the arm at the elbow.
_Journ. Lond._
Where the sea forms a sort of bay, it is said to have a _bought_, S.
A. S. _bogeht_, arcuatus, crooked; _bug-an_, to bend. Germ. _bug_, sinus; _bucht_, curvatura littoris, Wachter.
_To_ BOUCHT, BOUGHT, _v. a._ To fold down, S.
Isl. _bukt-a_, Teut. _buck-en_, flectere, curvare.
BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, BUGHT, _s._
1. A small pen, usually put up in the corner of the fold, into which it was customary to drive the ewes, when they were to be milked; also called _ewe-bucht_, S.
_Douglas._
2. A house in which sheep are inclosed, Lanerks.; an improper sense.
_Statist. Acc._
Teut. _bocht_, _bucht_, septum, septa, interseptum, sepimentum clausum.
_To_ BOUCHT, BOUGHT _v. a._ To inclose in a fold, S.; formed from the _s._
_Ross._
BOUCHT-KNOT, _s._ A running knot; one that can easily be loosed, in consequence of the cord being _doubled_, S.
BOUGARS, _s. pl._ Cross spars, forming part of the roof of a cottage, used instead of laths, on which wattling or twigs are placed, and above these _divots_, and then the straw or thatch, S.
_Chr. Kirk._
Lincolns. _bulkar_, a beam; Dan. _biaelke_, pl. _bielcker_, beams. Su. G. _bialke_, a small rafter, tigillum, in Westro-Goth. is written _bolkur_.
BOUK, BUIK, _s._
1. The trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head or extremity, S.
A _bouk of tauch_, all the tallow taken out of an ox or cow, S.
Germ. _bauch von talge_, id.
A _bouk-louse_, one that has been bred about the body.
Teut. _beuck_, truncus corporis.
2. The whole body of man, or carcase of a beast, S.
_Douglas._
3. The body, as contradistinguished from the soul.
_R. Bruce._
4. Size, stature, S. _bulk_; _Boukth_, bulk, Gl. Lancash.
_J. Nicol._
5. The greatest share, the principal part, S.
_Cleland._
_To_ BOUK, _v. n._ To bulk, S.
Hence,
BOUKIT, BOWKIT, _part. pa._
1. Large, bulky; S.
_Douglas._
2. _Boukit_ and _muckle-boukit_ are used in a peculiar sense; as denoting the appearance which a pregnant woman makes, after her shape begins to alter.
BOUKSUM, BOUKY, _adj._ Of the same sense with _Boukit_, S.
_Poems Buchan Dialect._
BOUKE, _s._ A solitude.
_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._
A. S. _buce_, secessus, "a solitary and secret place," Somner.
BOULDEN, _part. pa._ Swelled, inflated.
V. ~Boldin~.
BOULE, "Round," Rudd.
_Douglas._
Teut. _bol_, tumidus, turgidus; or _boghel_, _beughel_, curvatura semicircularis, from _bogh-en_, arcuare.
BOULENA, A sea cheer, signifying, Hale up the bowlings.
_Complaynt S._
BOULENE, _s._ The same with E. _Bowline_. A rope fastened to the middle part of the outside of a sail.
_Complaynt S._
Sw. _bog-lina_, id. from _bog_, flexus.
BOUN, BOUNE, BOWN, _adj._ Ready, prepared, S.
_Barbour._
_Bone_ is used in the same sense, O. E.
Su. G. _bo_, _bo-a_, to prepare, to make ready; Isl. _bu-a_, id. _Boen_ or _boin_ is the part. pa.
_To_ BOUN, BOWN, _v. a._
1. To make ready, to prepare.
_Wallace._
2. To go, to direct one's course to a certain place.
_Sir Egeir._
BOUND, BUND, _part. pa._ Pregnant.
_Douglas._
_To_ BOUNT, _v. n._ To spring, to bound.
Fr. _bond-ir_, id.
_Burel._
BOUNTÉ, _s._ Worth, goodness.
_Barbour._
Fr. _bonté_, id.
BOUNTETH, BOUNTITH, _s._
1. Something given as a reward for service or good offices.
_Watson's Coll._
2. It now generally signifies what is given to servants, in addition to their wages, S; _bounties_, S. B.
_Ramsay._
Gael. _bunntais_ seems merely a corr. of this word.
BOUR, BOURE, _s._ A chamber; sometimes a retired apartment, such as ladies were wont to possess in ancient times.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bur_, _bure_, conclave, an inner chamber, a parlour, a _bower_. Teut. _buer_, id. Dan. _buur_, conclave, Su. G. Isl. _bur_, habitaculum. Isl. _jungfrubur_, gynaeceum, ubi olim filiae familias habitabant; literally, the young lady's bower. Hence _bour-bourding_, jesting in a lady's chamber, Pink.
BOURACH, BOWROCK, _s._
1. An inclosure; applied to the little houses that children build for play, especially those made in the sand, S.
_Kelly._
"We'll never big sandy _bowrocks_ together."
_S. Prov. Kelly._
2. A crowd, a ring, a circle, S. B.
_Poems Buchan Dialect._
3. A confused heap of any kind, S. B. Such a quantity of body-clothes as is burdensome to the wearer, is called _a bourach of claise_; Ang.
_Statist. Acc._
4. A cluster, as of trees, S.
_Ferguson._
A. S. _beorh_, _burg_, an inclosure, a heap; Su. G. _borg_.
~Burrach'd~, ~Bourach'd~, _part. pa._ Inclosed, environed, S. B.
_Ross._
BOURACH, BORRACH, _s._ A band put round a cow's hinder legs at milking, S.
Gael. _buarach_.
BOURBEE, _s._ The spotted Whistle fish, S.
_Sibbald._
_To_ BOURD, _v. n._ To jest, to mock, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _bourd-er_, id. But this seems to be merely an abbrev. of _behourd-ir_, _bohord-er_, to just together with lances. _Bohord_, _behord_, is originally a Gothic word, as being used by old Northern writers.
BOURD, BOURE, _s._ A jest, a scoff, S.
_Kelly._
_Houlate._
BOURIE, _s._ A hole made in the earth by rabbits, or other animals that hide themselves there; E. a _Burrow_.
_Monroe._
From the same origin with ~Bourach~.
BOURTREE, BORETREE, BOUNTREE, _s._ Common elder, a tree; Sambucus nigra, Linn.; A. Bor. _Burtree_.
_Lightfoot._
It seems to have received its name from its being hollow within, and thence easily _bored_ by thrusting out the pulp.
BOUSHTY, _s._ Expl. "bed." Aberd.
_Shirrefs._
The same with _Buisty_, q. v.
BOUSTOUR, BOWSTOWRE, _s._ A military engine, anciently used for battering walls.
_Wyntown._
Su. G. _byssa_, _bossa_, signifies a mortar, an engine for throwing bombs; Bombarda, Ihre; formerly _byssor_; from _byssa_, theca, a box, or case; because in these tubes, as in cases, bullets are lodged.
BOUSUM, BOWSOM, _adj._
1. Pliant, tractable.
_Palice Honour._
A. S. _bocsum_, _buhsum_, obediens, tractabilis, from _bug-an_, Belg. _buyg-en_, flectere.
2. "Blythe, merry," Rudd.
_To_ BOUT, BOWT, _v. n._ To spring, to leap, S. "_bouted up_," Rudd. vo. _up-boltit_.
_Lyndsay._
Teut. _botten_, _op-bott-en_, to rebound, resilire.
BOUT, _s._ A sudden jerk in entering or leaving an apartment; a hasty entrance or departure; the act of coming upon one by surprise; S.
BOUTGATE, _s._
1. A circuitous road, a way which is not direct, S. from _about_, and _gait_ way.
_Ross._
2. A circumvention, a deceitful course, S.
_R. Bruce._
3. An ambiguity, or an equivocation, in discourse.
_Bp. Forbes._
BOW, _s._ A boll; a dry measure, S.
_Monroe._
BOW, BOLL, LINTBOW, _s._ The globule which contains the seed of flax. _Bow_ is the pron. S.
_Polwart._
Germ. _boll_, id. oculus et gemma plantae, caliculus ex quo flos erumpit; Wachter.
BOW, BOWE, _s._
1. The herd in general; whether inclosed in a fold or not.
_Douglas._
2. A fold for cows, S.
_Bannatyne Poems._
Su. G. _bo_, _bu_, either the herd or the flock; armenta, pecora, grex; Dan. _boe_, a shed, booth or stall.
BOW, _s._
1. An arch, a gateway, S.
_Knox._
2. The arch of a bridge, S.
_Muses Threnodie._
Teut. _boghe_, id. arcus, concameratio; from _bogh-en_, flectere; A. S. _bog-a_, "an arch of a bridge or other building;" Somner.
BOW, _s._ As applied to a house.
V. ~Boo~.
BOWAND, _adj._ Crooked.
_Douglas._
A. S. _bugend_, id.
BOWAT, _s._ A hand-lanthern.
V. ~Bowet~.
BOWBARD, _s._ A dastard, a person destitute of spirit.
_Douglas._
Teut. _boeverje_, nequitia. Or, shall we rather view it as originally the same with _Bumbart_, q. v.?
BOWBERT, _adj._ Lazy, inactive.
_Douglas._
BOWDEN, _part. pa._ Swollen.
V. ~Boldin~.
BOWELHIVE, _s._ An inflammation of the bowels, to which children are subject, S.
V. ~Hive~, _v._
_Pennecuik._
BOWES ~and~ BILLES, A phrase used by the English, in former times, for giving an alarm in their camp or military quarters.
_Knox._
BOWET, BOWAT, _s._ A hand-lanthern, S. _Bowit_, A. Bor.
_Abp. Hamiltoun._
Perhaps from Fr. _bougette_, a little coffer; if not allied to _bougie_, a small wax-candle.
BOWGER, _s._ The puffin, or coulter-neb, a bird; _alca arctica_, Linn.
_Martin._
BOWGLE, _s._ A wild ox, a buffalo.
_Dunbar._
Lat. _bucul-us_, a young ox. Hence _bugle-horn_.
BOWIE, _s._
1. A small barrel or cask, open at one end; S.
_Ferguson._
2. It denotes a small tub for washing, S.
3. It also sometimes signifies a milk pail, S.
_Ramsay._
Fr. _buie_, a water-pot or pitcher; Cotgr.
Hence,
BOWIEFU', _s._ The fill of a small tub, S.
_J. Nicol._
BOW-KAIL, _s._ Cabbage, S. so called from the circular form of this plant. For the same reason its Belg. name is _buys-kool_.
_Burns._
~Bow-stock~, _s._ The same. "A bastard may be as good as a _bow-stock_, by a time;" S. Prov.
_Kelly._
BOWLAND, _part. adj._ Hooked, crooked.
_Douglas._
Teut. _boghel-en_, arcuare. _Bowland_ is just the part. pr. _boghelend_, contr.
BOWLIE, BOOLIE, _adj._ Crooked, deformed; _Boolie-backit_, humpbacked; sometimes applied to one whose shoulders are very round, S.
V. ~Beugle-backed~.
Germ. _bucklig_, Dan. _bugelt_, id. from _bugle_, a bunch or hump; and this from _bug-en_, to bend; Dan. _boeyel_, crookedness, _boeyelig_, flexible.
_To_ BOWN, _v. a._ To make ready.
V. ~Boun~, _v._
BOWRUGIE, _s._ Burgess; the third estate in a Parliament or Convention; in resemblance of Fr. _bourgeois_.
_Wallace._
BOWSIE, _adj._ Crooked, S.
Fr. _bossu_, id.
BOWSUNES, _s._ Obedience.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _bocsumnesse_, obedientia.
BOWT, _s._
1. A bolt, a shaft; in general.
_Chron. S. Poet._
2. A thunderbolt, S.
_Ross._
_To_ BOX, _v. a._ To wainscot, to cover with boards, S.
BOXING, s. Wainscotting; Sir J. Sinclair, p. 170., S.
BRA, BRAE, BRAY, _s._
1. The side of a hill, an acclivity, S.
_Barbour._
2. The bank of a river, S. _Breea_, A. Bor. id.
3. A hill, S.
_Ross._
4. Conjoined with a name, it denotes the upper part of a country; as "_Bra-mar, Bra-Cat, the Braes of Angus;_" S.
_Sir J. Sinclair._
_To gae down the brae_, metaph. to be in a declining state, in whatever sense; to have the losing side, S.
C. B. _bre_, a mountain, pl. _breon_, _bryn_; Gael. _bre_, _bri_, _brigh_, a hill. Isl. _braa_, cilium, the brow; whence _augnabraa_, the eye-brow; and _bratt_ signifies steep, having an ascent.
_To_ BRA, _v. n._
1. To bray.