Chapter L: B. bandequin-us

BANDOUNE, BANDOWN, _s._ Command, orders.

V. ~Abandon~.

_Wallace._

Germ. _band_, a standard.

BANDOUNLY, _adv._ Firmly, courageously.

_Wallace._

BANDSTER, BANSTER, _s._ One who binds sheaves after the reapers in the harvest-field, S.

_Ritson._

A. S. Germ. _band_, vinculum.

BANE, _s._ Bone, S.

_Wyntown._

A. S. _ban_, Alem. _bein_, id.

BANE, _King of Bane_, the same with _King of the Bean_, a character in the Christmas gambols. This designation is given to the person who is so fortunate as to receive that part of a divided cake which has a _bean_ in it; _Rex fabae_.

_Knox._

BANE-FYER, _s._ A bonfire, S.

_Acts Ja. VI._

Apparently corrupted from ~Bail-fire~.

BANEOUR, BANNEOURE, _s._ A standard-bearer.

_Barbour._

BANERER, _s._ Properly, one who exhibits his own distinctive standard in the field, q. "the lord of a standard."

_Douglas._

Teut. _bander-heer_, _baner-heer_, baro, satrapa.

BANERMAN, _s._ A standard-bearer.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _banersman_, vexillifer.

BANES-BRAKIN, _s._ A bloody quarrel, "the breaking of bones," S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

_To_ BANG, _v. n._ To change place with impetuosity; as, to _bang up_, to start from one's seat or bed; _to bang to the dore_, to run hastily to the door, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _baang_, tumult, Isl. _bang-a_, to strike.

_To_ BANG _out_, _v. a._ To draw out hastily, S.

_Ross._

BANG, _s._

1. An action expressive of haste; as, He _cam wi' a bang_, S.

_In a bang_, suddenly, S.

_Ross._

2. A great number, a crowd, S.

_Ramsay._

_To_ BANG, _v. n._ To push off with a boat, in salmon-fishing, without having seen any fish in the channel, Aberd.

_Law Case._

BANGEISTER, BANGSTER, _s._

1. A violent and disorderly person, who regards no law but his own will.

_Maitland Poems._

2. A braggart, a bully, S.

_Ross._

3. A loose woman, Clydes.

Isl. _bang-a_, to strike, _bang-ast_, to run on one with violence.

BANGSTRIE, _s._ Strength of hand, violence to another in his person or property.

From _Bangster_.

_Acts Ja. VI._

BANKERS, _s. pl._ Apparently the same with ~Bancouris~, q. v.

BANKROUT, _s._ A bankrupt.

_Skene._

Fr. _banquerout_, Ital. _bancorotto_, Teut. _banckrote_, id.

BANNOCK, BONNOCK, BANNO, _s._ A cake, baked of dough in a pretty wet state, and toasted on a girdle, S.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Ir. _boinneog_, _bunna_, Gael. _bonnach_, a cake.

_Bear-bannock_, _s._ A cake of this description, baked of barley-meal, S.

_Ritson._

BANNOCK-FLUKE, _s._ The name given to the genuine turbot, from its flat form as resembling a cake, S.

_Stat. Acc._

BANNOCK-HIVE, _s._ Corpulence, induced by eating plentifully, S.

V. ~Hive~.

_Morison._

BANRENTE, _s._ A banneret.

_Acts Ja. I._

BANSTICKLE, _s._ The three-spined stickle-back, gasterosteus aculeatus, Linn, S.

_Barry._

BANWIN, _s._ As many reapers as may be served by one _bandster_, S. Fife, S. A.

A. S. _band_, vinculum, and _win_, labor.

BAP, _s._

1. A thick cake baked in the oven, generally with yeast, whether made of oat-meal, barley-meal, flour of wheat, or a mixture, S.

_Ritson._

2. A roll, a small loaf of wheaten bread, of an oblong form, S.

BAR, _s._ The grain in E. called barley; _bar-meal_, barley-meal; _bar-bread_, _bar-bannock_, &c. S. B.

Moes. G. _bar_, hordeum.

BAR, _s._ A boar.

V. ~Bair~.

_To_ BAR, _v. n._ To bar from bourdes, apparently to avoid jesting.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Fr. _barr-er_, to keep at a distance.

BARBAR, BARBOUR, _adj._ Barbarous, savage.

Fr. _barbare_, id.

_Kennedy._

BARBER, _s._ What is excellent in its kind, a low term, S.

Su. G. _baer-a_, illustrare.

BARBLES, _s. pl._ A species of disease.

_Polwart._

Fr. _barbes_, a white excrescence which grows under the tongue of a
calf.

BARBLYT, _part. pa._ Barbed.

_Barbour._

Fr. _barbele_, id.

_To_ BARBULYIE, _v. a._ To disorder, to trouble, Perths.

_Montgomery._

Fr. _barbouillé_, confusedly jumbled.

BARDACH, BARDY, _adj._

1. Stout, fearless, determined, S. B.

_Ross._

2. Irascible, contentious, and at the same time uncivil and pertinacious in managing a dispute, S.

_R. Galloway._

Isl. _barda_, pugnax, _bardagi_, Su. G. _bardaga_, praelium.

BARDILY, _adv._

1. Boldly, with intrepidity, S.

2. Pertly, S.

BARDIE, _s._ A gelded cat, Ang.

BARDIS, _s. pl._ Trappings.

_Douglas._

Goth. _bard_, a pole-ax.

BARDYNGIS, _s. pl._ Trappings of horses.

_Bellenden._

BARDISH, _adj._ Rude, insolent in language.

_Baillie._

From _bard_, S. _baird_, a minstrel.

BARE, _adj._ Lean, meagre, S.

A. S. _bare_, _baer_, nudus.

_To_ BARGANE, _v. n._ To fight, to contend.

_Wallace._

Su. G. _baer-ia_, _beargh-a_, ferire, pugnare.

BARGANE, _s._

1. Fight, battle, skirmish.

_Barbour._

2. Contention, controversy, S. B.

_Ross._

3. Struggle, S. B.

_Ross._

BARGANER, _s._ A fighter, a bully.

_Dunbar._

BARGANYNG, _s._ Fighting.

_Barbour._

_To_ BARK, _v. a._ To tan leather, S.

_Chalmerl. Air._

Su. G. _bark-a_, decorticare, _barka hudar_, coria glabra reddere.

BARKER, _s._ A tanner, S.

Dan. _barker_, id.

_To_ BARKEN, _v. n._ To clot, to become hard; _part. pa. barknyt_.

_Douglas._

BARKING and FLEEING, a phrase used to denote one, who, especially from prodigality, is believed to be on the eve of bankruptcy, S.

BARLA-BREIKIS, BARLEY-BRACKS, A game generally played by young people in a corn-yard, S.

_Bannatyne MS._

Perh. q. _breaking_ the _barley_, or _parley_.

BARLA-FUMMIL, BARLA-FUMBLE, An exclamation for a truce by one who has fallen down in wrestling or play.

_Chr. Kirk._

Fr. _parlez, foi melez_, "let us have a truce, and blend our
faith."

BARLEY, _s._ A term used in the games of children, when a truce is demanded, S.

Fr. _parlez_, E. _parley_.

BARLEY-MEN.

V. ~Burlaw~.

BARLEY-BOX, _s._ A small box of a cylindrical form, now made as a toy for children, but formerly used by farmers for carrying samples of _barley_, or other grain to market, S.

BARLICHOOD, _s._ A fit of ill-humour, especially as the result of intemperance, S.

_Ramsay._

From _barley_; as expressing the effect of any intoxicating
beverage.

BARME HORS, A horse without a saddle, Ang.

_Wyntown._

BARMY, _adj._

1. Volatile, giddy.

_Montgomery._

2. Passionate, choleric. "A _barmy_ quean," a passionate woman, S.

From E. _barm_, yeast.

BARMKYN, BERMKYN, _s._ The rampart or outermost fortification of a castle.

_Wallace._

Fr. _barbacane_; or Teut. _barm_, a mound, with the termination
_kin_.

BARNAGE, _s._

1. Barons or noblemen, collectively viewed. Old Fr.

_Wallace._

2. A military company; including both chieftains and followers.

_Douglas._

BARNAT, _adj._ Native.

_Our barnat land_, q. the land of our _barnheid_ or nativity.

_Wallace._

BARNE, _s._ The same with _Barnage_.

Old Fr. _barnez_, nobility.

_Wallace._

BARNE, _s._ A child.

V. ~Bairn~.

BARNE, _s._ Apparently for _barme_, bosom.

_Douglas._

BARNS-BREAKING, _s._ Any mischievous or injurious action; in allusion to the act of _breaking_ up a _barn_ for carrying off corn, S.

BARRACE, BARRAS, BARRES, BARROWIS, _s._

1. A barrier, an outwork at the gate of a castle.

_Wyntown._

2. An inclosure made of felled trees for the defence of armed men.

_Wallace._

3. Lists for combatants.

_Douglas._

Old Fr. _barres_, palaestra.

BARRAT, _s._

1. Hostile intercourse, battle.

_Wallace._

2. Contention, of whatever kind.

_Dunbar._

3. Grief, vexation, trouble.

_Gawan and Gol._

Su. G. Isl. _baratta_, praelium.

BARRATRIE, _s._ The crime of clergymen who went abroad to purchase benefices from the see of Rome for money.

_Acts Ja. I._