An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 37

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_Knox._

Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money.

BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.

V. ~Pickle~.

BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~.

V. ~Bauchle~.

BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, S.

Germ. _backen_, to bake.

BACK, _s._ A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.

Belg. _bak_, a trough.

BACK, BACKING, _s._ A body of followers, or supporters, S.

_Baillie._

BACK-BREAD, _s._ A kneading-trough, S.

BACK-CAST, _s._ A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, S.

BACK-CAW, _s._ The same as _Back-cast_, S.

BACKE, _s._ The bat.

V. ~Bak~, ~Backie-bird~.

BACKINGS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool or flax, used for coa.r.s.er stuffs, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Swed. _bakla lin_, to dress flax.

BACKLINS, _s._ Backwards; as, _To gae backlins_, to go with the face turned opposite to the course one takes, S.

V. the termination ~Lingis~.

BACK-SEY, _s._

V. ~Sey~.

BACK-SET, _s._

1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, S.

2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one _back_ in any course, S.

_Wodrow._

Eng. _back_ and _set_.

BACKSPANG, _s._ A trick, or legal quirk, by which one takes the advantage of another, after every thing seemed to have been settled in a bargain, S.

_Back_ and _spang_, to spring.

_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._

1. To trace a report as far back as possible, S.

2. To cross-question; S.

_Back_ and _speir_, to examine.

V. ~Spere~, v.

BACK-SPEIRER, BACK-SPEARER, _s._ A cross-examinator, S.

_Cleland._

BACK-SPRENT, _s._ The back-bone, S.

_Back_, and S. _sprent_, a spring.

BADE, _pret._ of ~Bide~, q. v.

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