Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume XXIV Part 31

BLINK. See BLENK.

_To_ BLIRT, _v. n._ to burst out a-crying or weeping.

BLOB, BLAB, _s._ 1. anything circular and turned; 2. a blister.

BLOBBIT, _part. pa._ bloated; blurred; blotched.

BLUBBER, _s._ a bubble of air.

_To_ BLUBBER, _v. a._ to cry, to weep.

BLUE-GOWN, _s._ a pensioner. Formerly all pensioners received a blue gown on the king's birthday.

BLUID, _s._ blood.

BLUIDY, _adj._ b.l.o.o.d.y; bloodthirsty; covered with gore.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, _v. n._ to make a rumbling noise.

BLUNTIE, _s._ a stupid fellow; a sniveller.

BOAL, BOLE, _s._ a small aperture or press in a house for the reception of small articles; a small opening in a wall for the admission of light or air.

BOB, _s._ a curtsey.

_To_ BOCK, _v. a._ to make a noise with the throat, as persons will frequently do before vomiting.

BOD, BODDY, _s._ a person of diminutive stature.

BODDUM, _s._ bottom.

BODE, BOD, _s._ an offer made prior to a bargain; a proffer.

BODEN, BUDDEN, _v_. offered; proffered.

BODLE, _s._ an old copper coin of the value of two pennies Scots, or third part of a penny English.

BOGILL, BOGLE, _s._ 1. a hobgoblin; a spectre; 2. a scarecrow; any made-up imitation of a spectre.

BOMBILL, b.u.mBILL, _s._ buzzing noise.

BOMBILL-BEE, _s._ a drone.

BONIE, BONYE, BONNY, _adj._ beautiful; having a fine countenance.

BONIEST, _adj._ the most beautiful.

BOOL, _s._ an ironical name, as applied to an old man.

BOONMOST, _adj._ uppermost.

BOORDLEY, _s._ strong; large; broad; having a manly appearance.

BORDEL, _s._ a brothel.

BOS, BOSS, BOIS, _adj._ hollow.

BOT, BUT, _conj_. but; without anything.

BOTHE, BOOTHE, _s._ a shop made of boards.

BOTHIE, _s. pl._ a cottage; such a one as is occupied generally for the use of servants.

BOTTINGS, BUITINGS, _s._ half boots, or leathern spatterdashes.

BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, _s._ a small pen used for milking ewes.

_To_ BOUCHT, BUCHT, _v. a._ to enclose.

BOUK, BUIK, _s._ the trunk of the body; bulk.

BOUKIT, _adj._ bulky, large. _No muckle boukit_, not of much size or dimensions.

BOUN, _adj._ prepared; ready.

BOUR, _s._ the private chamber of a lady in ancient times.

BOURTREE, BOUNTREE, _s._ common elder-tree.

BOW, _s._ a boll; eight pecks.

BOW, _s._ the arch of a bridge; a gateway; a crooked path.

BOWIE, _s._ a small cask or barrel; a milk pail.

BOWSIE, _adj._ crooked; applied to a crooked person, who is called a _bowsie_.

BRACE, _s._ the chimney-piece.

BRACKEN, BRAIKEN, BROCKEN, _s._ the fern.

_To_ BRACK, _v. a._ to break.

BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, _adj._ speckled.

BRAE, _s._ tho side of a hill; an acclivity.

_To_ BRAG, _v. a._ 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.