An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 51

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A. S. and C. B. _balc_, Su. G. _balk_, porca, a ridge of land between two furrows; Isl. _baulkur_, lira in agro, vel alia soli eminentia minor.

BAUKIE, _s._ The razorbill, Alca torda, Orkn.

_Barry._

BAUSY, _adj._ Big, strong.

_Dunbar._

Su. G. _ba.s.se_, vir potens.

_To_ BAW, _v. a._ To hush, to lull.

_Watson._

Fr. _bas_, low.

V. ~Balow~.

BAW, _s._

1. A ball, used in play, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Money given to school-boys by a marriage company, to prevent their being maltreated; as otherwise they claim a right to cut the bride's gown, S. This is the same with _Ball money_, E.

V. ~Coles~.

Corr. from E. _ball_.

BAWAW, _s._ An oblique look, implying contempt or scorn, S. B.

_Ross._

BAWBIE, _s._ A half-penny.

V. ~Babie~.

BAWBURD, _s._ The larboard, or the left side of a s.h.i.+p.

_Douglas._

Fr. _bas-bord_; Isl. _batforda_, id.

BAWD, _s_. A hare, Aberd.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

A. S. Ir. and Gael, _miol_ denotes a beast of whatever kind, _miol bhuide_, or _boide_, is a hare; also _patas_.

BAWD-BREE, _s._ Hare-soup, Aberd.

BAWDEKYN, _s._ Cloth of gold.

Fr. _baldachin_, _baldaquin_, _baudequin_, L. B. _baldachinum_, tissue de fil d'or.

_To_ BAWME, _v. a._

1. To embalm.

Fr. _em-baum-er_.

_Wyntown._

2. To cherish, to warm.

_Douglas._

BAWSAND, Ba.s.sAND, BAWSINT, _adj._

1. Having a white spot on the forehead or face; a term applied to a horse, cow, &c., S.

_Douglas._

2. It seems to be used as equivalent to brindled or streaked, S. A.

_Minstrelsy Bord._

Hence, it would seem, _ba.s.sie_, an old horse, S.

Fr. _balzan_, _balsan_, a horse that has a white mark on the feet; deduced from Ital. _balzano_, and this from Lat. _bal-ius_, a horse that has a white mark either on the forehead or feet. Germ. _blaesse_, Su. G. _blaes_, a white mark on the forehead of a horse. Hence perhaps E. _blazon_, and _blaze_.

BAWSY-BROWN, _s._ A hobgoblin; viewed as the same with Robin Goodfellow of England, and _Brownie_ of S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

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