Chapter L: B. almuc-ia, O. Fr. aumusse, from Germ. mutze, S. mutch

AWNIE, _adj._ Bearded, S.

V. Next word.

_Burns._

AWNS, _s. pl._ The beards of corn, S. _Anes_, Prov. E.

_Bar awns_, the beards of barley, Ang. Perths.

Moes. G. _ahana_, Su. G. _agn_, Gr. αχνα, αχνη, chaff; Alem.
_agena_, id.; also, a shoot or stalk.

AWP, WHAUP, _s._ The curlew, a bird, S.

V. ~Quhaip~.

_Gl. Sibb._

AWORTH, _adv._ "Worthily," Tytler.

_King's Quair._

A. S. _awyrth-ian_, glorificare.

AWRO, Probably _a wro_, a corner.

_Gl. Complaynt S._

Su. G. _wra_, pron. _wro_, angulus.

AWS, AWES, _of a mill-wheel_, _s._ The buckets or projections on the rims which receive the shock of the water as it falls, S.

_Statist. Acc._

AWSK, _s._ The newt or eft.

V. ~Ask~.

AWSOME, _adj._ Appaling, awful, S. B.

_Rutherford._

AWSTRENE, _adj._ Stern, austere.

V. ~Asterne~.

_Henrysone._

Lat. _auster-us_, or A. S. _styrn_.

AWTAYNE, _adj._ Haughty.

_Wyntown._

O. Fr. _hautain_, grand, sublime, elevé, Gl. Roquefort; from Lat.
_alt-us_.

AWTER, _s._ An altar; Chaucer, id.

O. Fr. _autiere_, Lat. _altare_.

_Barbour._

_To_ AX, _v. a._ To ask, S. _Asched_, _axede_, asked; R. Glouc.

_Ruddiman._

A. S. _ahs-ian_, _ax-ian_, interrogare.

AXIS, ACKSYS, _s. pl._ Aches, pains. _Axes_, id. Orkn.

_King's Quair._

A. S. _aece_, dolor; _egesa_, horror; Moes. G. _agis_, terror.

AX-TREE, _s._ An axle-tree, S.

A. S. _eax_, _ex_; Alem. _ahsa_, Germ. _achse_, axis; perhaps from
Isl. _ak-a_, to drive a chariot or dray, G. Andr.

AYONT, _prep._ Beyond, S.

_Ross._

A. S. _geond_ ultra, with a prefixed; or _on_, as _afield_,
originally _on field_.

B

BAACH, _a._ Ungrateful to the taste.

V. ~Bauch~.

BABIE, BAWBIE, _s._ A copper coin equal to a halfpenny English, S.

_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 coarser 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.

BADE, BAID, _s._

1. Delay, tarrying.

_Wallace._

2. Place of residence, abode.

_Sibbald._

BADDERLOCK, BADDERLOCKS, _s._ A species of eatable fucus, S.

_Lightfoot._

BADDOCK, _s._ Apparently the coal fish, or Gadus carbonarius, Aberd.

_Statist. Acc._

BADDORDS, _s. pl._ Low raillery.

_Ross._

BADLYNG, _s._ A low scoundrel.

_Scot. Poems Reprinted._

Franc. _baudeling_, a cottager.

BADNYSTIE, _s._ Silly stuff.

_Douglas._

Fr. _badinage_, id.

BADOCH, _s._ A marine bird of a black colour.

_Sibbald._

BADRANS, BATHRONS, _s._ A designation for a cat, S.

_Henrysone._

_To_ BAE, _v. n._ To bleat, S.

BAE, _s._ The sound emitted in bleating, S.

Fr. _bee_, id.

_To_ BAFF, _v. a._ To beat. S.

V. ~Beff~.

BAFF, BEFF, _s._ A stroke, a blow, S.

BAGENIN, _s._ Indelicate toying, Fife.

BAGATY, BAGGETY, _s._ The female of the lump, or sea-owl, a fish, S.

_Sibbald._

BAG-RAPE, _s._ A rope of straw, used in fastening the thatch of a roof, Ang.

BAGREL, _s._ A child, Dumfr.

Su. G. _bagge_, puer.

BAY, _s._ The sound caused by the notes of birds.

_Douglas._

BAICH, BAICHIE, _s._ A child, Perths. C. B. _bachgen_, Teut. _bagh_, puer.

_Polwart._

_To_ BAICHIE, _v. n._ To cough, S. B.

BAIKIE, BAKIE, _s._ The stake to which an ox or cow is bound in the stall, Ang.

Sw. _paak_, a stake.

_S. Prov._

BAIKIE, BACKET, _s._ A square wooden vessel, for carrying coals to the fire, S.

BAIL, BAILE, BAYLE, BALL, BELE, BELLE, _s._

1. A flame, or blaze of what kind soever.

_Barbour._

2. A bonfire.

_Sir Gawan._

3. A fire kindled as a signal.

_Douglas._

4. Metaph. the flame of love.

_Henrysone._

A. S. _bael_, Su. G. _baal_, a funeral pile, Isl. _baal_, a strong
fire.

BAYLE-FYRE, _s._ A bonfire.

A. S. _bael-fyr_, the fire of a funeral pile.

BAILCH, _s._ A very lusty person, S. B.

V. _Belch_.

_Ross._

BAILLE, _s._ A mistress.

_Wallace._

Fr. _belle_, id.

BAILLIE, BAILIE, _s._

1. A magistrate second in rank, in a royal borough, an alderman, S.

_Lyndsay._

2. The baron's deputy in a burgh of barony, S.

_Statist. Acc._

Fr. _Baillie_, an officer, L. B. _baliv-us_.

BAILLIERIE, _s._

1. The extent of a bailie's jurisdiction, S.

_Wodrow._

2. The extent of a sheriff's jurisdiction.

_Acts Ja. I._

BAYNE, BANE, _adj._

1. Ready, prepared, S. B.

_Wallace._

2. Alert, lively, active.

_Wallace._

Isl. _bein-a_, expedire.

BAYNLY, _adv._ Readily, cheerfully.

BAYNE, "_Forte_, a kind of fur," Rudd.

_Douglas._

BAIR, BAR, _s._ A boar.

_Barbour._

A. S. _bar_, Germ. _baer_, Lat. _verr-es_, id.

BAIRD, _s._ A poet or bard.

_Acts Ja. VI._