An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 101

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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 dest.i.tute of spirit.

_Douglas._

Teut. _boeverje_, nequitia. Or, shall we rather view it as originally the same with _b.u.mbart_, 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 was.h.i.+ng, S.

3. It also sometimes signifies a milk pail, S.

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