An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 59

_To beit the fire_, or _beit the ingle_. To add fuel to the fire, S.

"_To beet_, to make or feed a fire." Gl. Grose.

_To beit a mister_, to supply a want, Loth.

2. To blow up, to inkindle, applied to the fire.

_Douglas._

3. To bring into a better state, by removing calamity or cause of sorrow.

_Wallace._

A. S. _bet-an_, _ge-bet-an_, to mend, to restore to the original state; Belg. _boet-en_; Isl. _bet-a_, Su. G. _boet-a_, id. _boet-a klaeder_, to repair or mend clothes. A. S. _bet-an fyr_, corresponds to the S. phrase mentioned above, struere ignem.

~Bett~, _part. pa._ Supplied.

_Wallace._

BEIT, _s._ An addition, a supply, S. B.

V. the _v._

BEITMISTER, _s._ That which is used in a strait, for supplying any deficiency; applied either to a person or to a thing; Loth.

V. ~Beit~, _v._ and ~Mister~.

_To_ BEKE, _v. a._ To bask.

V. ~Beik~.

BEKEND, _part._ Known; S. B. _bekent_.

_Douglas._

Germ. _bekaunt_, id. Teut. _be-kennen_, to know; A. S. _be-cunnan_, experiri.

BELCH, BAILCH, BILCH, _s._ (gutt.)

1. A monster.

_Douglas._

2. A term applied to a very l.u.s.ty person, S. B.

"_A bursen belch_, or _bilch_, one who is breathless from corpulence, q.

burst, like a horse that is broken-winded.

_Ross._

Teut. _balgh_, the belly; or as it is p.r.o.n. _bailg_, Moray, from Su.

G. _bolg-ia_, _bulg-ia_, to swell.

BELD, _adj._ Bald, without hair on the head, S.

V. ~Bellit~.

_Burns._

Seren. derives it from Isl. _bala_, planities. With fully as much probability might it be traced to Isl. _bael-a_, vastare, prosternere, to lay flat.

BELD, _s._ Pattern, model of perfection.

V. ~Beelde~.

BELD, _imperf. v._ Perhaps, took the charge of, or protected.

_Houlate._

Fr. _bail_, a guardian. In this sense it is nearly allied to E.

_bailed_, Fr. _bailler_, to present, to deliver up. As, however, we have the word _beild_, shelter, protection, _beld_ may possibly belong to a verb corresponding in sense.

BELD CYTTES, _s. pl._ Bald coots.

_Houlate._

The _bald coot_ receives its name from a _bald_ spot on its head. It is vulgarly called _bell-kite_, S.

BELDIT, _part. pa._ Imaged, formed.

V. ~Beelde~.

_Houlate._

Belg. _beeld-en_, Germ. _bild-en_, Sw. _bild-a_, formare, imaginari.

A. S. _bild_, _bilith_, Germ. Sw. _bild_, _belaete_, an image.

_To_ BELE, _v. s._ "To burn, to blaze."