Chapter C: B. bardh, Gael. Ir. bard

BAIRMAN, _s._ A bankrupt.

_Reg. Maj._

E. _bare_, nudatus.

BAIRN, BARNE, _s._ A child, S.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _barn_, a child, from _bair-an_, ferre, gignere, A. S.
_bearn_.

BAIRNHEID, BARNEHEID, _s._

1. The state of childhood.

_Inventories._

2. Childishness.

_Dunbar._

BAYRNIS-BED, _s._ The matrix.

_Complaynt S._

BAIRNLY, _adj._ Childish, S.

Sw. _barnslig_, puerilis.

BAIRNLINESS, _s._ Childishness, S.

BAIRN-TYME, BARNE-TEME, _s._ Brood of children, S.

_Houlate._

A. S. _bearn-team_, liberorum sobolis procreatio.

BAIRNS-PART _of_ ~Gear~, that part of a father's personal estate to which his children are entitled to succeed, and of which he cannot deprive them by any testament, or other gratuitous deed to take effect after his death, S.

_Stair._

BAIRNS-PLAY, _s._ The sport of children, S.

_Rutherford._

BAIRNS-WOMAN, _s._ A dry nurse, S.

BAIS, _adj._ Having a deep or hoarse sound.

Fr. _bas_, E. _base_.

_Douglas._

BAISDLIE, _adv._ In a state of stupefaction.

V. ~Bazed~.

_Burel._

BAISE, _s._ Haste, expedition, S. B.

Su. G. _bas-a_, citato gradu ire.

_To_ BAISS, _v. a._ To sew slightly, S.

Fr. _bast-ir_, E. _baste_.

_To_ BAIST, _v. a._ To overcome, S. B.

Isl. _beyst-a_, ferire.

BAIST, _s._ One who is struck by others, especially in the sports of children, S. B.

BAISTIN, _s._ A drubbing, S.

BAIT, _s._ A boat.

V. ~Bat~.

_To_ BAYT, _v. a._ To give food to.

_Barbour._

Isl. _beit-a_, to drive cattle to pasture, _beit_ pasture.

_To_ BAYT, _v. n._ To feed.

_Gl. Sibb._

BAITTLE, _adj._ Denoting that sort of pasture, where the grass is short and close, Selkirks.

Isl. _beitinn_, fit for pasture.

BAIVEE, _s._ A species of whiting.

_Sibbald._

BAK, BACKE, BAKIE-BIRD, _s._ The bat or rearmouse, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _nattbacka_, id.

BAKE, _s._ A small cake, a biscuit, S.

_Burns._

BAKGARD, _s._ A rear-guard.

_Wallace._

BAKIE, _s._ The black-headed gull, Orkn.

BAKIE, _s._ The name given to one kind of peat, S.

_Ess. Highl. Soc._

E. _bake_, to knead.

BAKIE, _s._ A stake.

V. ~Baikie~.

BAKIN-LOTCH, _s._ A species of bread.

_Evergreen._

BAKSTER, BAXSTER, _s._ A baker, S.

_Burrow Lawes._

A. S. _baecestre_, a woman-baker.

BAL, BALL, the initial syllable of a great many names of places in Scotland.

Ir. Gael. _baile_, _ball_, a place or town; Su. G. Isl. _bol_, id. domicilium, sedes, villa, from _bo_, _bo-a_, _bu-a_, to dwell, to inhabit.

BALAS, _s._ A sort of precious stone, said to be brought from _Balassia_ in India.

Fr. _balais_, bastard ruby.

BALAX, _s._ A hatchet, Aberd.

Isl. _bolyxe_, Su. G. _baalyxa_, a large axe.

BALBEIS, _s. pl._ Halfpence.

V. ~Babie~.

_Maitland Poems._

BALD, BAULD, _adj._

1. Bold, intrepid, S.

_Wyntown._

2. Irascible, S.

_Douglas._

3. Pungent to the taste, or keenly affecting the organ of smelling, S.

4. Keen, biting; expressive of the state of the atmosphere, S.

_Davidson._

5. Certain, assured.

_Henrysone._

6. Used obliquely, bright; as "a _bald_ moon."

_Kelly._

A. S. _bald_, _beald_, Su. G. Alem. Germ. _bald_, audax.

_To_ BALD, _v. a._ To embolden.

_Douglas._

BALDERRY, _s._ Female-handed orchis, a plant, S.

_Lightfoot._

BALK and BURRAL, a ridge raised very high by the plough, and a barren space of nearly the same extent, alternately, S. B.

V. ~Bauk~, _s._

_Statist. Acc._

BALDERDASH, _s._ Foolish and noisy talk, S. Isl. _bulldur_, stultorum balbuties.

BALEN, _adj._ Made of skin.

V. ~Pauis~.

_Douglas._

Isl. Su. G. _baelg_, Germ. _balg_, a skin.

BALYE, _s._ A space on the outside of the ditch of a fortification, commonly surrounded by strong palisades.

_Spotswood._

Fr. _bayle_, a barricado, L. B. _ball-ium_.

BALLANT-BODDICE, _s._ Boddice made of leather, anciently worn by ladies in Scotland, S. B.

V. ~Balen~.

BALLINGAR, BALLINGERE, _s._ A kind of ship.

Fr. _ballinjier_.

_Wallace._

BALOW, _s._

1. A lullaby, S.

_Ritson._

2. A term used by a nurse, when lulling her child.

_Old Song._

Fr. _bas, là le loup_, "be still, the wolf is coming."

BAMULLO, BOMULLOCH, To _gar_ one _lauch_, _sing_ or _dance Bamullo_, to make _one_ change one's mirth into sorrow, Ang. Perths.

C. B. _bw_ terror, Gael. _mula_, _mullach_, gloomy brows, q. "the
spectre with the dark eye-brows."

BANCHIS, _s. pl._ Deeds of settlement.

Ital. _banco_, a bank.

_Dunbar._

BANCOURIS, _s. pl._ Coverings for stools or benches.

Teut. _banckwerc_, tapestry; Fr. _banquier_, a bench-cloth.

_To_ BAN, BANN, _v. n._ Often applied in S., although improperly, to those irreverent exclamations which many use in conversation, as distinguished from cursing.

_A. Douglas._

BAND (To take), to unite; a phrase borrowed from architecture.

_Rutherford._

BAND, _s._ Bond, obligation, S.

_Wyntown._

_To mak band_, to come under obligation, to swear allegiance.

_Wallace._

BAND _of a hill_. The top or summit.

_Douglas._

Germ. _bann_, summitas, Gael. _ben_.

BANDKYN, _s._ A cloth, the warp of which is thread of gold, and the woof silk, adorned with figures.

_Douglas._