An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 71

_Statist. Acc._

BIG, BIGG, _s._ A particular species of barley, also denominated _bear_, S. c.u.mb. id. barley.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _bygg_, hordeum, Dan. _byg_, Su. G. _biugg_, id.

_To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., c.u.mb., Westmorel., id.

_Wallace._

This word occurs in O. E. although not very frequently. A. S.

_bycg-an_, Isl. _bygg-ia_, Su. G. _bygg-a_, aedificare, instruere, a frequentative from _bo_, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to augment monosyllables in _o_; as _sugg-a_ from _so_, a sow.

BIGGAR, _s._ A builder, one who carries on a building.

_Acts Marie._

BIGGING, BYGGYN, BYGGYNGE, _s._ A building; a house, properly of a larger size, as opposed to a cottage, S.

_Wallace._

_Biggin_, a building, Gl. Westmorel. Isl. _bigging_, structura.

BIGGIT, _part. pa._ Built.

This word is used in various senses, S.

_Biggit land_, land where there are houses or buildings, contrasted with one's situation in a solitude, or far from any shelter during a storm, S.

_Barbour._

_Weill biggit_, well-grown, l.u.s.ty.

_Melvill's MS._

_A weill biggit body_ is one who has acquired a good deal of wealth, S.

B.

BIGGIT, _pret._ Perhaps, inclined.

A. S. _byg-an_, flectere.

_King Hart._

BIGLY, BYGLY, _adj._ Commodious, or habitable.

_Bludy Serk._

From A. S. _big-an_, habitare, and _lic_, similis.

BIGHTSOM, _adj._ Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity, S. B.

_Morison._

Perhaps q. _buxom_, from A. S. _bocsum_ flexibilis; _byg-an_, to bend.

BIGONET, _s._ A linen cap or coif.

_Ramsay._

From the same origin with E. _biggin_, "a kind of coif, or linen-cap for a young child;" Phillips. Fr. _beguin_. id.

BYGANE, BIGANE, BYGONE, _adj._

1. Past; S. The latter is mentioned by Dr Johnson as "a Scotch word."

_Acts Ja. I._

2. Preceding; equivalent to E. predeceased.

_Douglas._

BYGANES, BIGONES, used as _s. pl._ denoting what is past, but properly including the idea of transgression or defect.

1. It denotes offences against the sovereign, or the state, real or supposed.

_Baillie._

2. It is used in relation to the quarrels of lovers, or grounds of offence give by either party, S.

_Morison._

3. It often denotes arrears, sums of money formerly due, but not paid, S.

_Wodrow._