Chapter C: B. bicre, a battle; "Pers. pykar." id. Gl. Wynt

BICKER, BIKERING, _s._

1. A fight carried on with stones; a term among schoolboys, S.

2. A contention, strife, S.

_Baillie._

BICKER, BIQUOUR, _s._ A bowl, or dish for containing liquor; properly, one made of wood; S.

_Evergreen._

Germ. _becher_; Isl. _baukur_, _bikare_; Sw. _bagare_; Dan. _begere_; Gr. and L. B. βεικαρι, _baccarium_; Ital. _bicchiere_, patera, scyphus.

_To_ BID, _v. a._

1. To desire, to pray for.

_Henrysone._

This sense is common in O. E.

2. To care for, to value.

_Douglas._

From the same origin with ~Bedis~, q. v.

_To_ BIDE, BYDE, _v. a._

1. To await, to wait for.

_Kelly._

2. To suffer, to endure. "He _bides_ a great deal of pain;" S. Westmorel, id.

_Ross._

An oblique sense of Moes. G. _beid-an_, A. S. _bid-an_, expectare.

_To_ BIDE _be_, _v. n._ To continue in one state, S.

BIDINGS, _s. pl._ Sufferings.

V. ~Bide~, _v._

BY-EAST, towards the east.

V. ~Be~, _prep._

BIERDLY, BIERLY, _adj._

_Popular Ball._

It is viewed as the same with _Burdly_, q. v. But to me it seems rather to signify, fit, proper, becoming, from Isl. _byr-iar_, _ber_, decet, oportet.

BIERLING, _s._ A galley, S. B.

_Statist. Acc._

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

_Statist. Acc._

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

_To_ BIG, BYG, _v. a._ To build; S., Cumb., 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, lusty.

_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._

BIGS, Barbour, xix. 392. Pink. ed. Leg. ~Lugis~.

BIKE, BYKE, BEIK, _s._

1. A building, an habitation, S.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. A nest or hive of bees, wasps, or ants, S.

_Douglas._

3. A building erected for the preservation of grain; Caithn.

_Pennant._

4. Metaph. an association or collective body; S.

_Lyndsay._

_To skail the byke_, metaph. to disperse an assembly of whatever kind; S.

Isl. _biik-ar_ denotes a hive, alvear; and Teut. _bie-bock_, _bie-buyck_, apiarium, alvearium, Kilian. The Isl. word is probably from Su. G. _bygg-a_, to build, part. pa. _bygdt_; q. something prepared or built. There seems to be no reason to doubt that the word, as used in sense 2, is the same with that denoting a habitation. For what is a _byke_ or _bee-bike_, but a building or habitation of bees?

BYK, Apparently, an errat. for _byt_, bite.

_Dunbar._

BYKAT, BEIKAT, _s._ A male salmon; so called, when come to a certain age, because of the _beak_ which grows in his under jaw; Ang.

BILBIE, _s._ Shelter, residence; Ang.

This, I apprehend, is a very ancient word. It may be either from Su.G. _byle_, habitaculum, and _by_, pagus, conjoined, as denoting residence in a village; or more simply, from _Bolby_, villa primaria; from _bol_, praedium, and _by_, a village. Thus _bolby_ would signify a village which has a _praedium_, or territory of its own, annexed to it.

BILEFT, _pret._ Remained, abode.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _belif-an_, superesse, to remain; Alem. _bilib-en_, Franc,
_biliu-en_, manere; Schilter.

BILGET, _adj._ Bulged, jutting out.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _bulg-ia_, to swell, whence Isl. _bylgia_, a billow. Or,
Isl. _eg belge_, curvo; _belgia huopta_, inflare buccas.

_To_ BILL, _v. a._ To register, to record.

_Bp. Forbes._

BILLIE, BILLY, _s._

1. A companion, a comrade.

_Minstrelsy Border._

2. Fellow, used rather contemptuously, S. synon. _chield_, _chap_.

_Shirrefs._

3. As a term expressive of affection and familiarity; S.

_Ramsay._

4. A lover, one who is in suit of a woman.

_Evergreen._

Still used in this sense, S. B.

5. A brother, S.

_Minstrelsy Border._

6. Apparently used in allusion to brotherhood in arms, according to the ancient laws of chivalry.

_Minstrelsy Border._

7. A young man. In this sense it is often used in the pl. _The billies_, or, _the young billies_, S. B.

It is expl. "a stout man, a clever fellow," Gl. Shirr.

8. Sometimes it signifies a boy, S. B. as synon. with _callan_.

_Ross._

It is probably allied to Su. G. Germ. _billig_, Belg. _billik_, equalis; as denoting those that are on a footing as to age, rank, relation, affection, or employment.

BILLIT, _adj._ "Shod with iron," Rudd. _Billit ax_.

_Douglas._

This phrase is perhaps merely a circumlocution for the _bipennis_, or
large ax.

V. ~Balax~.

BILTER, _s._ A child, Dumfr.; Isl. _pilter_, puellus.

BIN, _s._ A mountain, S. O.

_Galloway._

From Gael. _ben_, id., Lomond _bin_, being synon. with _Benlomond_.

BIND, BINDE, _s._

1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circumference. A barrel of a certain _bind_, is one of certain dimensions, S.; hence _Barrell bind_.

_Acts Ja. III._

2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.

_Acts Marie._

3. Metaph. to denote ability. "Aboon my _bind_" beyond my power. This is often applied to pecuniary ability; S.

This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea of _binding_ a
vessel with hoops.

BINDLE, _s._ The cord or rope that binds any thing, whether made of hemp or of straw; S.

Su. G. _bindel_, a headband, a fillet, from _bind-as_, to bind.
Teut. _bindel_, ligamen.

BINDWOOD, _s._ The vulgar name for ivy, S.; Hedera helix, Linn.; pron. _binwud_.

Denominated, perhaps, from the strong hold that it takes of a wall, a rock, trees, &c. q. the _binding wood_. It is probably the same which is written _benwood_.

_Statist. Acc._

BING, _s._

1. A heap in general.

_Lyndsay._

2. A heap of grain, S.

_Douglas._

3. A pile of wood; immediately designed as a funeral pile.

_Douglas._

4. "A temporary inclosure or repository made of boards, twigs, or straw ropes, for containing grain or such like;" Gl. Sibb., where it is also written _binne_.

Dan. _bing_, Sw. _binge_, Isl. _bing-r_, cumulus.

_To_ BYNGE, _v. n._ To cringe.

V. ~Beenge~.

_To_ BINK, _v. a._ To press down, so as to deprive any thing of its proper shape. It is principally used as to shoes, when, by careless wearing, they are allowed to fall down in the heels; S.

O. Teut. _bangh-en_, premere, in angustum cogere. Sw. _bank-a_, to
beat seems allied; q. to beat down.

BINK, _s._

1. A bench, a seat; S. B.

_Priests of Peblis._

2. A wooden frame, fixed to the wall of a house, for holding plates, bowls, spoons, &c. Ang. It is also called a _Plate-rack_; S.

_Colvil._

BINK, _s._ A bank, an acclivity, S. B.

_Evergreen._

Wachter observes that Germ. _bank_, Su. G. _baenk_, denote any kind
of eminence.

~V. Benk~.

BINWEED.

V. ~Bunwede~.

BYPTICIT, _part. pa._ Dipped or dyed.

Lat. _baptizo_.

_Houlate._

BIR, BIRR, _s._ Force.

I find that Isl. _byr_, expl. ventus ferens, is deduced from
_ber-a_, ferre; Gl. Edd. Saem.

V. ~Beir~.

BIRD, BEIRD, BRID, BURD, _s._

1. A lady, a damsel.

_Gawan and Gol._

As _bridde_ is the word used by Chaucer for bird, it is merely the A. S. term for pullus, pullulus. _Bird_, as applied to a damsel, appears to be the common term used in a metaph. sense.

2. Used, also metaph., to denote the young of quadrupeds, particularly of the fox.

V. ~Tod's Birds~.

BYRD, _v. imp._ It behoved, it became.

_Barbour._

A. S. _byreth_, pertinet. This imp. v. may have been formed from _byr-an_, _ber-an_, to carry, or may be viewed as nearly allied to it. Hence _bireth_, gestavit; Germ. _berd_, _ge-baerd_, id., _sich berd-en_, gestum facere. Su. G. _boer-a_, debere, pret. _borde_, anciently _boerjade_.

BIRDING, _s._ Burden, load.

V. ~Birth, Byrth~.

_Douglas._

A. S. _byrthen_, Dan. _byrde_, id.

BIRD-MOUTH'D, _adj._ Mealy-mouth'd, S.

_Ramsay._

BYRE, _s._ Cowhouse, S. _Byer_, id. Cumb.

_Gawan and Gol._

Perhaps allied to Franc. _buer_, a cottage; _byre_, Su. G. _byr_, a village; Germ. _bauer_, habitaculum, cavea; from Su. G. _bo_, _bu-a_, to dwell. Or from Isl. _bu_, a cow; Gael. _bo_, id.

BIRK, _s._ Birch, a tree; S. Betula alba, Linn.

_Douglas._

A. S. _birc_, Isl. _biorki_, Teut. _berck_, id.

_To_ BIRK, _v. n._ To give a tart answer, to converse in a sharp and cutting way; S.

A. S. _birc-an_, _beorc-an_, to bark, q. of a snarling humour.

Hence,

BIRKIE, _adj._ Tart, in speech, S.

BIRKY, _s._

1. A lively young fellow; a person of mettle; S.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

2. _Auld Birky_, "In conversation, analogous to _Old Boy_," Gl. Shirr.

_Ramsay._

Allied perhaps to Isl. _berk-ia_, jactare, to boast; or _biarg-a_,
opitulari, q. one able to give assistance.

BIRKIN, BIRKEN, _adj._ Of, or belonging to birch; S.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _beorcen_, id.

_To_ BIRL, BIRLE, _v. a._

1. This word primarily signifies the act of pouring out, or furnishing drink for guests, or of parting it among them.

_Douglas._

2. To ply with drink.

_Minst. Border._

3. To drink plentifully, S.

_Douglas._

4. To club money for the purpose of procuring drink. "I'll _birle_ my bawbie," I will contribute my share of the expence; S.

_Ramsay._

In Isl. it is used in the first sense; _byrl-a_, infundere, miscere potum. In A. S. it occurs in sense third, _biril-ian_, _birl-ian_, haurire. Hence _byrle_, a butler. Isl. _byrlar_, id. _Birle_, O. E. has the same signification.

_To_ BIRL, _v. n._

V. ~Birr~, _v._

BIRLAW-COURT, also BIRLEY-COURT.

V. ~Burlaw~.

BIRLEY-OATS, BARLEY-OATS, _s. pl._ A species of oats, S.

_Statist. Acc._

It seems to have received its name from its supposed resemblance to
_barley_.

BIRLIE, _s._ A loaf of bread; S. B.

BIRLIN, _s._ A small vessel used in the Western Islands.

_Martin._

Probably of Scandinavian origin, as Sw. _bars_ is a kind of ship; and _berling_, a boat-staff, Seren. I am informed, however, that in Gael. the word is written _bhuirlin_.

_To_ BIRN, _v. a._ To burn.

V. ~Bryn~.

BIRN, BIRNE, _s._ A burnt mark; S.

_Acts Charles II._

_Skin and Birn_, a common phrase, denoting the whole of any thing, or of any number of persons or things; S. from A. S. _byrn_, burning.

_Acts Marie._

BIRN, _s._ A burden, S. B.

_Ross._

To _gie_ one's _birn a hitch_, to assist him in a strait, S. B.

_Poems Buchan Dial._

An abbreviation of A. S. _byrthen_, burden; if not from C. B.
_biorn_, onus, _byrnia_, onerare; Davies.

BIRNIE, BYRNIE, _s._ A corslet, a brigandine.

_Douglas._

A. S. _byrn_, _byrna_, Isl. _bryn_, _brynia_, Sw. _bringa_, thorax,
lorica, munimentum pectoris; probably from Isl. _bringa_, pectus.

BIRNS, _s. pl._ Roots, the stronger stems of burnt heath, which remain after the smaller twigs are consumed; S.

A. S. _byrn_, incendium.

_Pennycuik._

BIRR, _s._ Force.

V. ~Beir~.

_To_ BIRR, _v. n._ To make a whirring noise, especially in motion; the same with _birle_, S.

V. ~Beir~, _s._

_Douglas._

_To_ ~Birl~, _v. n._

1. To "make a noise like a cart driving over stones, or mill-stones at work." It denotes a constant drilling sound, S.

_Popular Ball._

2. Used improperly, to denote quick motion in walking, Loth.

_Birl_ seems to be a dimin. from the v. _Birr_, used in the same
sense, formed by means of the letter _l_, a common note of diminution.

BIRS, BIRSE, BYRSS, BIRSSIS, _s._

1. A bristle, "a sow's _birse_," the bristle of a sow, S.

_Evergreen._

2. Metaph. for the beard.

_Knox._

3. Metaph. for the indication of rage or displeasure. "To set up one's _birss_," to put one in a rage. The _birse_ is also said to _rise_, when one's temper becomes warm, in allusion to animals fenced with bristles, that defend themselves, or express their rage in this way, S.

_Course of Conformitie._

A. S. _byrst_, Germ. _borst_, _burst_, Su. G. _borst_, id. Ihre derives it from _burr_, a thistle. Sw. _saettia up borsten_, to put one in a rage; _borsta sig_, to give one's self airs, E. to bristle up.

~Birssy~, _adj._

1. Having bristles, rough, S.

_Douglas._

2. Hot-tempered, easily irritated, S.

3. Keen, sharp; applied to the weather. "A _birssy_ day," a cold bleak day, S. B.

_To_ BIRSE, BIRZE, BRIZE, _v. a._

1. To bruise, S.

_Watson._

_Palice of Honour._

_Brise_ is common in O. E.

2. To push or drive; _to birse in_, to push in, S.

_Shirrefs._

A. S. _brys-an_, Belg. _brys-en_; Ir. _bris-im_; Fr. _bris-er_, id.

BIRSE, BRIZE, _s._ A bruise, S.

_To_ BIRSLE, BIRSTLE, BRISSLE, _v. a._

1. To burn slightly, to broil, to parch by means of fire; as, _to birsle pease_, S.

_Douglas._

2. To scorch; referring to the heat of the sun, S.

_Douglas._

3. To warm at a lively fire, S. A. Bor. _brusle_, id.

Su. G. _brasa_, a lively fire; whence Isl. _brys_, ardent heat, and _bryss-a_, to act with fervour, _ec breiske_, torreo, aduro; A. S. _brastl_, glowing, _brastlian_, to burn, to make a crackling noise.

BIRSLE, BRISSLE, _s._ A hasty toasting or scorching, S.

BIRTH, BYRTH, _s._ Size, bulk, burden.

V. ~Burding~.

_Douglas._

Isl. _byrd_, _byrth-ur_, _byrth-i_, Dan. _byrde_, Su. G. _boerd_, burden; whence _byrding_, navis oneraria. The origin is Isl. _ber-a_, Su. G. _baer-a_, A. S. _ber-an_, _byr-an_, portare.

BIRTH, _s._ A current in the sea, caused by a furious tide, but taking a different course from it, Orkn. Caithn.

_Statist. Acc._

Isl. _byrdia_, currere, festinare, Verel.; as apparently signifying
a strong _current_.

BY-RUNIS, _s. pl._ Arrears.

_Skene._

This is formed like ~By-ganes~, q. v.

BYRUNNING, _part. pr._ Waved.

_Douglas._

Moes. G. _birinn-an_, percurrere.

BISHOPRY, _s._ Episcopacy, government by diocesan bishops.

_Apologet. Relation._

A. S. _biscoprice_, episcopatus.

BISHOP'S FOOT. It is said, _The Bishop's foot has been in the broth_, when they are singed, S.

This phrase seems to have had its origin in times of Popery, when the clergy had such extensive influence, that hardly any thing could be done without their interference. A similar phrase is used A. Bor. "_The bishop has set his foot in it_, a saying in the North, used for milk that is burnt-to in boiling."

BISKET, _s._ Breast.

V. ~Brisket~.

BISM, BYSYME, BISNE, BISINE, _s._ _Abyss_, gulf.

_Douglas._

Fr. _abysme_, Gr. αβυσσος.

BISMAR, BYSMER, _s._ A steelyard, or instrument for weighing resembling it; sometimes _bissimar_, S. B., Orkn.

V. ~Pundlar~.

_Barry._

Isl. _bismari_, _besmar_, libra, trutina minor; Leg. West Goth. _bismare_, Su. G. _besman_; Teut. _bosemer_, id. stater; Kilian. G. Andr. derives this word from Isl. _bes_, a part of a pound weight.

BISMARE, BISMERE, _s._

1. A bawd.

_Douglas._

2. A lewd woman, in general.

_Douglas._

"F. ab A. S. _bismer_, contumelia, aut _bismerian_, illudere,
dehonorare, polluere," Rudd.

BISMER, _s._ The name given to a species of stickle-back, Orkn.

_Barry._

BISMING, BYISMING, BYISNING, BYSENING, BYSYNT, _adj._ Horrible, monstrous.

V. ~Byssym~.

_Douglas._

BYSPRENT, _part. pa._ Besprinkled, overspread.

_Douglas._

Belg. _besprengh-en_, to sprinkle.

BISSARTE, BISSETTE, _s._ A buzzard, a kind of hawk.

_Acts Ja. II._

Germ. _busert_, Fr. _bussart_, id.

_To_ BYSSE, BIZZ, _v. n._ To make a hissing noise, as hot iron plunged into water, S.

_Douglas._

Belg. _bies-en_, to hiss like serpents.

BISSE, BIZZ, _s._ A hissing noise, S.

_Ferguson._

BYSSYM, BYSYM, BESUM, BYSN, BISSOME, BUSSOME, BYSNING, _s._

1. A monster.

_Houlate._

2. A prodigy, something portentous of calamity.

_Knox._

3. _Bysim_ is still used as a term highly expressive of contempt for a woman of an unworthy character, S.

V. ~Bisming~.

Mr Macpherson, vo. _Bysynt_, mentions A. S. _bysmorfull_, horrendus. Isl. _bysmarfull_ has the same sense; _bysna_, to portend; _bysn_, a prodigy, grande quod ac ingens, G. Andr.

BISTAYD, BISTODE, _pret._ Perhaps, surrounded.

_Sir Tristrem._

A. S. _bestod_, circumdedit, from _bestand-an_, Teut. _besteen_,
circumsistere, circumdare.

BYSTOUR, BOYSTURE, _s._ A term of contempt; the precise meaning of which seems to be lost.

_Polwart._

Several similar terms occur, as Fr. _bistorié_, crooked, _boister_,
to limp; _bustarin_, a great lubber.

BIT, _s._ A vulgar term used for food, S.

_Bit and baid_, meat and clothing, S. B.

_Ross._

Although _baid_ be understood of clothing, I suspect that it, as
well as _bit_, originally signified food, from A. S. _bead_, a table.

BYT, _s._ The pain occasioned by a wound.

_Douglas._

A. S. _byt_, morsus, metaph. used.

BYTESCHEIP, _s._ A contemptuous term, meant as a play on the title of _Bishop_.

_Semple._

BITTILL, _s._ A beetle, a heavy mallet, especially one used for beating clothes.

_Houlate._

_To_ BYWAUE, _v. a._ To cover, to hide, to cloak.

_Douglas._

A. S. _bewoef-an_, Moes. G. _biwaib-jan_, id.

_To_ BIZZ, _v. n._ To hiss. V. ~Bysse~.

_To_ BIZZ, BIZZ _about_, _v. n._ To be in constant motion, to bustle, S.

Su. G. _bes-a_, a term applied to beasts which, when beset with wasps, drive hither and thither; Teut. _bies-en_, _bys-en_, furente ac violento impetu agitari, Kilian.

BLA, BLAE, _adj._ Livid; a term frequently used to denote the appearance of the skin when discoloured by a severe stroke or contusion, S.

_Douglas._

Su. G. _blaa_, Isl. _bla-r_, Germ. _blaw_, Belg. _blauw_, Franc.
_plauu_, lividus, glaucus.

_To_ BLABBER, BLABER, BLEBER, _v. n._ To babble, to speak indistinctly.

_R. Bruce._

Teut. _blabber-en_, confuse et inepte garrire, Jun. vo. _Blab_.

Hence,

BLABERING, _s._ Babbling.

_Douglas._

BLACKAVICED, _adj._ Dark of the complexion, S. from _black_ and Fr. _vis_, the visage.

_Ramsay._

BLACK-BOYDS, _s. pl._ The name given to the fruit of the bramble, West of S.

BLACK-BURNING, _adj._ Used in reference to shame, when it is so great as to produce deep blushing, or to crimson the countenance, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. Isl. _blygd_, shame, blushing; _blygd-a_, to blush; q. the
burning of blushes.

BLACK-COCK, _s._ The Heath-cock, black Game, S. Tetrao tetrix, Linn. V. Penn. Zool. p. 266. Tetrao seu Urogallus minor.--Gallus palustris Scoticus, Gesn. Nostratibus, the _Black cock_. Sibb. Scot. p. 16.

V. ~Capercailye~.

BLACK FISH, fish when they have recently spawned.

V. ~Reid Fische~.

BLACK-FISHING, _s._ Fishing for salmon, under night, by means of torches, S.

V. ~Leister~.

_Statist. Acc._

BLACK-FOOT, _s._ A sort of matchmaker; one who goes between a lover and his mistress, endeavouring to bring the fair one to compliance, S. pronounced _black-fit_; synon. _Mush_, q. v.

BLACK-HEAD, _s._ The Powit-gull, Shetl.

_Neill._

BLACK-MAIL.

V. ~Mail~.

BLACK PUDDING.

V. ~Mart~.

BLACK SPAUL, a disease of cattle, S.

_Essays Highl. Soc._

BLAD, BLAUD, _s._ A large piece of any thing, a considerable portion, S. expl. "a flat piece of any thing," Gl. Burns.

_Polwort._

"A _blad_ of bread," is a large flat piece. "I gat a _great blad_ of Virgil by heart;" I committed to memory a great many verses from Virgil.

To _ding in blads_, to drive in pieces.

_Melville's MS._

This word, as perhaps originally applied to food, may be from A. S. _blaed_, fruit of any kind; _blaed_, _bled_, also denoted _pot-herbs_; Ir. _bladh_, a part; _bladh-am_, I break.

_Blads and dawds_, is still the designation given to large leaves of greens boiled whole, in a sort of broth, Aberd. Loth.

BLAD, _s._ A person who is of a soft constitution; whose strength is not in proportion to his size or looks; often applied to a young person, who has become suddenly tall, but is of a relaxed habit, S. B.

Allied, perhaps, to A. S. _blaed_, as denoting, either the boughs or leaves of trees, or growing corn; as both often shoot out so rapidly as to give the idea of weakness; or, to Germ. _blode_, the original sense of which is, weak, feeble.

BLAD, _s._ A portfolio, S. B.

As the E. word is comp. of Fr. _porter_, to carry, and _feuille_, a leaf; the S. term has a similar origin, being evidently from Su. G. _blad_, A. S. _blaed_, folium.

_To_ BLAD.

1. Used impers. "Its _bladdin on o' weet_," the rain is driving on; a phrase that denotes intermitting showers accompanied with squalls, S.

2. To abuse, to maltreat in whatever way. Aberd. Corn is said to be _bladdit_, when overthrown by wind.

3. To slap, to strike; to drive by striking, or with violence, S. _Dad_, synon.

_Evergreen._

Germ. _blodern_ is used in the first sense. _Es blodert_, it storms and snows; also, _blat-en_, to blow. Isl. _blaegt-a_ indeed signifies, to be moved by the wind, motari aura; O. Fr. _plaud-er_, to bang, to maul.

BLAD, _s._ A squall; always including the idea of rain, S. A heavy fall of rain is called "a _blad_ of weet," S. B.

~Bladdy~, _adj._ Inconstant, unsettled; applied to the weather. "A _bladdy_ day," is one alternately fair and foul.

BLAD, _s._ A dirty spot on the cheek, S. perhaps q. the effect of a blow, Gael. _blad_, however, is synon.

BLADARIE, _s._ Perhaps, vain glory.

_R. Bruce._

Teut. _blaeterije_, jactantia, vaniloquentia.

BLADDERAND, BLADDRAND.

V. ~Blether~.

BLADE, _s._ The leaf of a tree, S.

A. S. _blaed_, _bled_; Su. G. Isl. Belg. _blad_, Germ. _blat_, Alem. _plat_, id.; perhaps the part. pa. of A. S. _blew-an_, _blow-an_, florere, to bud, to burgeon; _blaewed_, q. what is _blowed_, or shot forth; just as Franc. _bluat_, flos, is from _bly-en_, florere.

BLADOCH, BLEDOCH, BLADDA, s. Butter-milk, S. B.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Ir. _bladhach_, Gael. _blath-ach_, id. C. B. _blith_, milk in
general.

BLADRY, _s._ Expl. "trumpery."

_Kelly._

It may be either the same with _Bladarie_, or _Blaidry_, q. v.

BLAE, BLAY, _s._ The rough parts of wood left in consequence of boring or sawing, S. B.

Germ. _bleh_, thin leaves or plates; lamina, bracteola; Wachter.

BLAES, _s. pl._ Apparently, lamina of stone, S.

_Law Case._

BLAE, _adj._ Livid.

V. ~Bla~.

BLAE-BERRY, _s._ The Billberry; Vaccinium myrtillus, Linn.

_Ramsay._

Sw. _bla-baer_, vaccinium, Seren. Isl. _blaber_, myrtilli; G. Andr.

_To_ BLAFLUM, _v. a._ To beguile, S.

V. ~Bleflum~.

_Ramsay._

BLAIDRY, _s._ Nonsense.

V. ~Blether~, _v._

BLAIDS, _s. pl._

_Watson's Coll._

A. S. _blaedr_, Su. G. _blaedot_, and Germ. _blater_, denote a pimple, or swelling with many reddish pimples that eat and spread. A. S. _blaecth_, leprosy.

BLAIN, _s._ A mark left by a wound, the discolouring of the skin after a sore, S.

_Rutherford._

A. S. _blegene_, Belg. _bleyne_, pustula. But our term is more closely allied to Isl. _blina_, which is not only rendered _pustula_, but also, _caesio ex verbere_; G. Andr. Germ. _blae-en_, to swell.

BLAIN, _s._ A blank, a vacancy.

_A blain in a field_, a place where the grain has not sprung, Loth.

Probably a metaph. use of the preceding word.

BLAIR, _s._ That part of flax which is afterwards used in manufacture, properly after it has been steeped, and laid out for being dried; for it is subsequently called _lint_, S. This in E. is denominated _harle_.

Sw. _blaer_, hards of flax; but rather from Isl. _blaer_, aura,
because it is thus exposed to the drought.

_To_ BLAIR, _v. n._ To become dry by exposure to the drought, Ang.

BLAIRIN, _s._ The ground appropriated for drying flax, Ang.

This term also denotes the ground on which peats are laid out to be dried, ibid.

BLAIRAND, _part. pr._ Roaring, crying. Teut. _blaer-en_, mugire, Gl. Sibb.

BLAIT, _adj._ Naked, bare.

_Pr. of Peblis._

BLAIT, BLATE, _adj._

1. Bashful, sheepish, S.

_Ramsay._

2. Blunt, unfeeling; a secondary sense.

_Douglas._

3. Curt, rough, uncivil.

_Spalding._

4. Easily deceived.

_Gl. Surv. Nairn._

O. E. _blade_, silly, frivolous; or in the same sense in which we now speak of a blunt reason or excuse. Isl. _blaad-ur_, _blauth-ur_, _blaud_, soft. The word seems to be primarily applied to things which are softened by moisture. Mollis, limosus, maceratus. Hence used to signify what is feminine; as opposed to _huat-ar_, masculine. It also signifies, timid. _Bleyde_, softness, fear, shame; _hugbleith_, softness of mind; Germ. Su. G. _blode_, Belg. _blood_, mollis, timidus.

BLAIT-MOUIT, _adj._ Bashful, sheepish, q. ashamed to open one's mouth.

BLAITIE-BUM, s. Simpleton, stupid fellow.

_Lyndsay._

If this be the genuine orthography, perhaps from Teut. _blait_, vaniloquus; or rather, blait, sheepish, and _bomme_, tympanum. But it is generally written _Batie-bum_, q. v.

BLAK _of the_ EIE, the apple of the eye, S.

_R. Bruce._

BLAN, _pret._ Caused to cease.

_Gawan and Gol._

It is undoubtedly the pret. of _blin_; A. S. _blan_, _blann_,
cessavit.

BLANCHART, _adj._ White.

_Gawan and Gol._

Fr. _blanc_, _blanche_, id. The name _blanchards_ is given to a kind of linen cloth the yarn of which has been twice bleached, before it was put into the loom; perhaps immediately from Teut. _blancke_, id. and _aerd_, Belg. _aardt_, nature.

V. ~Art~.

BLANCIS, _s. pl._ Ornaments worn by those who represented Moors, in the Pageant exhibited at Edinburgh, A. 1590.

_Watson's Coll._

If not allied to Fr. _blanc_, white, it may be a cognate of Germ. Su. G. _blaess_, Isl. _bles_, signum album in fronte equi; whence E. _blason_, S. _Bawsand_, q. v.

BLAND, _s._ Some honourable piece of dress worn by knights and men of rank.

_Maitland Poems._

_Blanda_, according to Bullet, is a robe adorned with purple, a robe worn by grandees. Su. G. _blyant_, _bliant_, a kind of precious garment among the ancients, which seems to have been of silk.

_To_ BLAND, _v. a._ To mix, to blend.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _bland-a_, to mix.

BLANDED BEAR, barley and common bear mixed, S.

_Statist. Acc._

From Su. G. _bland-a_ is formed _blan-saed_, meslin or mixed corn.

BLAND, _s._ A drink used in the Shetland Islands.

_Brand._

Isl. _blanda_, cinnus, mixtura, pro potu, aqua mixto; Su. G. _bland_
dicebatur mel aqua permixtum.

_To_ BLANDER, _v. a._

1. To babble, to diffuse any report, such especially as tends to injure the character of another, S.

2. Sometimes used to denote the want of regard to truth in narration; a thing very common with tattlers, S. B.

Perhaps from Isl. _bland-a_, Dan. _bland-er_, to mingle, as denoting
the blending of truth with falsehood.

BLANDIT, _part. pa._ Flattered, soothed.

_Dunbar._

Fr. _blander_, to soothe, Lat. _blandiri_.

_To_ BLASH, _n. a._ To soak, to drench. "To _blash_ one's stomach," to drink too copiously of any weak and diluting liquor; S.

V. ~Plash~.

Perhaps radically the same with _plash_, from Germ. _platz-en_.

BLASH, _s._ A heavy fall of rain; S.

BLASHY, _adj._ Deluging, sweeping away by inundation; S.

_Ramsay._

_Blashy_, "thin, poor; Northumb."

BLASNIT, _adj._ Perhaps, bare, bald, without hair.

_Bannatyne Poems._

Germ. _bloss_, bare, _bloss-en_, to make bare; or rather, Teut.
_bles_, calvus, whence _blesse_, frons capillo nuda.

BLASOWNE, _s._

1. Dress over the armour, on which the armorial bearings were blazoned.

_Wyntown._

2. The badge of office worn by a king's messenger on his arm, S.

_Erskine._

Germ. _blaesse_ denotes a sign in general. Thence _blazon_, a term marking that sign, in heraldry, which is peculiar to each family. The origin seems to be Su. G. _blaesse_.

V. ~Bawsand~.

_To_ BLAST, _v. n._

1. To pant, to breathe hard, S. B.

_Ross._

2. To smoke tobacco, S. B.

3. To blow with a wind instrument.

_Gawan and Gol._

4. To boast, to speak in an ostentatious manner. S.

Su. G _blaas-a_, inspirare, Germ. _blas-en_, flare. Isl. _blast-ur_,
halitus, flatus.

Hence,

BLAST, _s._ A brag, a vain boast, S.

_Z. Boyd._

BLASTER, _s._ A boaster; also, one who speaks extravagantly in narration, S.

BLASTIE, _s._ "A shrivelled dwarf; a term of contempt," S. q. what is _blasted_.

_Burns._

_To_ BLAST, v. a. To blow up with gunpowder.

_Statist. Acc._

BLASTER. One who is employed to blow up stones with gunpowder; S.

_Pennant._

BLATE, _adj._ Bashful.

V. ~Blait~.

_To_ BLATHER, _v. n._ To talk nonsensically.

BLATHER, _s._

V. ~Blether~.

BLATTER, _s._ A rattling noise; S.

_Ramsay._

Lat. _blater-are_, Teut. _blater-en_, stultè loqui.

BLAUCHT, _adj._ Pale, livid.

_Palace of Hon._

A. S. _blac_, _blaec_; Su. G. _blek_, Isl. _bleik-r_, E. _bleak_,
pallidus. A. S. _blac-ian_, Su. G. _blek-na_, to wax pale.

BLAVING, BLAUING, _s._ Blowing.

_Gawan and Gol._

A. S. _blawan byman_, buccina canere.

BLAW, _s._ A blow, a stroke.

_Wallace._

Teut. _blaew-en_, caedere. _Blaw_ is used in this sense. Gl.
Westmorel.

_To_ BLAW, _v._ Used both as _a._ and _n._

1. To blow; in a literal sense referring to the wind. S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _blaw-an_, flare.

2. To breathe, S.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

3. To publish, to make known. S.

_Burel._

E. _blow_ is used in the same sense.

4. To brag, to boast, S. _Blast_, synon.

_Barbour._

_Douglas._

Germ. _blaw_, falsus, mendax, dolosus. Teut. _blas-en_, flare et
nimiis vanisque laudibus rem efferre, ac inani flatu infarcire.

5. To magnify in narration, especially from a principle of ostentation, S.

6. To flatter, to coax.

_Baillie._

S. Prov. "Ye first burn me, and then _blaw_ me."

7. To _blaw_ in one's _lug_, to cajole or flatter a person, so as to be able to guide him at will, S.

_Nicol Burne._

_To blow in the ear_, id. O. E.

Su. G. _blaas-a_, to instil evil counsel. Teut. _oor-blaesen_, not only signifies, in aurem mussare, sive mussitare, obgannire in aurem; but is rendered, blandiri.

8. To huff a man at draughts. _I blaw_, or _blow you_, I take this man, S.

Su. G. _blaas-a_, to blow, is used in this very sense. _Blaasa bort
en bricka i damspel_, Seren.

9. To _blaw appin_ locks or bolts, and to loose fetters, by means of a magical power ascribed to the breath, S.

_Satan's Invisible World._

10. _To blaw out_ on one, to reproach him.

_Wallace._

BLAW, _s._

1. A blast, a gust, S. Rudd.

_Gawan and Gol._

2. The sound emitted by a wind instrument.

3. A falsehood, a lie told from ostentation. _He tells greit blaws_, S. B.

_Ramsay._

BLAW, _s._ A pull, a draught; a cant term, used among topers, S.

_Ferguson._

BLAWN COD, a split cod, half-dried, Ang.; so denominated, perhaps, because exposed for some time to the _wind_.

BLAWORT, _s._ The Blue bottle; Centaurea cyanus, Linn., S. _Witch-bells_, also _Thumbles_, S. B.

_Neill._

From _bla_, livid, q. v. and _wort_, an herb.

BLAZE, _s._ The name given to allum ore, S.

BLE, BLIE, _s._ Complexion, colour.

_Gawan and Gol._

This word is common in O. E. A. S. _bleoh_, _blio_, color.

_To_ BLEACH _down_, or _along_, _v. n._ To fall flat to the ground. _Bleach_ is also used to denote a fall of this description, Loth.

Perhaps from Isl. _blak-a_, verberare; as denoting the effect of a
violent blow.

BLEACH, _s._ A blow, S. B.

_Gl. Shirr._

_Poems Buchan Dialect._

_To_ BLEAD, _v. a._ Apparently, to train, or to lead on to the chace.

_Statist. Acc._

Alem. _blait-en_, _beleit-en_, comitari, conducere.

BLEAR, _s._ Something that obscures the sight.

V. ~Bleiris~.

_Ross._

_To_ BLECK, BLEK, _v. a._

1. To blacken, literally, S.

_Polwart._

2. To injure one's character.

_Bannatyne Poems._

3. To cause moral pollution.

_Abp. Hamiltoun._

A. S. _blaec-an_, denigrare. Isl. _blek_, liquor tinctorius.

_To_ BLECK, _v. a._ To puzzle, to reduce to a nonplus, in an examination or disputation, S.

Germ. _black-en_, _plack-en_, vexare, exagitare.

_To_ BLEEZE, _v. n._

1. To become a little sour. Milk is said to _bleeze_, or to be _bleezed_, when it is turned, but not congealed, S.; _blink_, synon.

From Germ. _blaes-en_, to blow; or, _blitz-en_, fulgurare; heat, especially when accompanied by lightning, more generally producing this effect.

2. The part. _bleezed_ signifies the state of one on whom intoxicating liquor begins to operate, S. It especially denotes the change produced in the expression of the countenance; as, _He looked bleezed-like_.

BLED, _part. pa._ Perhaps, sprung.

_Gawan and Gol._

BLEFLUM, BLEPHUM, _s._ A sham, an illusion, what has no reality in it, S.

V. ~Blaflum~, _v._

_Rutherford._

Isl. _flim_, irrisio, carmen famosum. Hence _flimt-a_, diffamo,
_flimt_, nugae infames, G. Andr. p. 74. Su. G. _flimm-a_, illudere.

BLEHAND, BLIHAND, _adj._

_Sir Trist._

"_Blue_, from _bleah_, Sax. _caeruleus_. Blehand brown. A bluish brown," Gl. The word is merely A. S. _blae-hewen_ a little transformed. The idea seems, "a brownish colour, inclining to purple or violet."

BLEIB, _s._

1. A pustule, a blister. "A burnt _bleib_," a blister caused by burning, S.

_Bleb_, a blister, A. Bor. Gl. Grose.

2. _Bleibs_, _pl._ An eruption to which children are subject, in which the spots appear larger than in the measles; Loth. Border.

V. ~Blob~.

BLEIRIE, _adj._ A term applied to weak liquor, which has little or no strength; as _bleirie ale_, Fife.

BLEIRING, _part. pa._ _Bleiring Bats_.

_Polwart._

This seems to be the _botts_, a disease in horses. _Bleiring_ may express the effect of pain in making the patient to cry out; Teut. _blaer-en_, boare, mugire.

BLEIRIS, _s. pl._ Something that prevents distinctness of vision.

_Philotus._

This is the same with _blear_, _s._ only used in the _pl._ Ihre mentions E. _blear-eyed_, as allied to Su. G. _blir-a_, _plir-a_, oculis semiclausis videre.

BLEIS, BLES, BLESS, BLEISE, _s._

1. Blaze, bright flame, S. B.

_Barbour._

2. A torch, S.

_Douglas._

A. S. _blaese_, fax, taeda, a torch, any thing that makes a blaze,
Su. G. _bloss_, id. Somn.

3. A signal made by fire, S.

BLEIS, _s._ The name given to a river-fish.

_Sibbald._

This seems to be what in E. is called _Bleak_, Cyprinus alburnus,
Linn.

BLELLUM, _s._ An idle talking fellow, Ayrs.

_Burns._

_To_ BLEME, _v. n._ To bloom, to blossom.

_Bannatyne Poems._

BLEMIS, _s. pl._ Blossoms, flowers.

_Houlate._

Belg. _bloem_, Isl. _bloma_, Alem. _bluom_, flos, flosculus. Teut.
_bloem-en_, florere.

_To_ BLENK, BLINK, _v. n._

1. To open the eyes, as one does from a slumber, S.

_Barbour._

2. To throw a glance on one, especially as expressive of regard, S.

_Ross._

3. To look with a favourable eye; used metaph. in allusion to the shining of the sun, after it has been covered with a cloud.

V. ~Blink~, _v._

_Baillie._

Belg. _blenck-en_, _blinck-en_, Su. G. _blaenk-a_, to shine, to
glance, to flash as lightning.

BLENK, BLINK, _s._

1. A beam, a ray.

_Douglas._

2. "A glimpse of light," S. Sir J. Sinclair's Observ. p. 113.

3. Hence transferred to the transient influence of the rays of the sun, especially in a cold or cloudy day. Thus it is common to speak of "a warm _blink_," "a clear blink," S.

_Sir J. Sinclair._

4. A gleam of prosperity, during adversity.

_Godscroft._

5. Also transferred to a glance, a stroke of the eye, or transient view of any object; the idea being borrowed, either from the quick transmission of the rays of light, or from the short-lived influence of the sun when the sky is much obscured with clouds, S.

_Douglas._

6. A kindly glance, a transient glance expressive of regard, S.

_Burns._

7. A moment. "I'll not stay a _blink_," I will return immediately. _In a blink_, in a moment, S.

_Ramsay._

Su. G. _blink_, _oegonblink_, is a glance, a cast of the eye, oculi nictus; Germ. _blick_, Belg. _blik_, _oogenblik_, id.; the twinkling of the eye, a moment.

BLENT, _pret._ Glanced, expressing the quick motion of the eye.

_Gawan and Gol._

Perhaps allied to Su. G. _bliga_, _blia_, intentis oculis aspicere,
q. _bligent_.

BLENT, _s._ A glance.

_Douglas._

BLENT, _pret._ Lost, as applied to sight.

_King's Quair._

Perhaps from A. S. _blent_, the part. of A. S. _blend-ian_, caecare, used in a neuter sense; or from A. S. _blinn-an_, cessare, whence _blind_, deficiens.

BLENTER, _s._ A flat stroke; Fife.

Alem. _bliuun_, to strike; _bliuenti_, percutiens, striking;
Schilter. Moes. G. _bliggwan_, id.

_To_ BLETHER, BLATHER, _v. n._

1. To speak indistinctly, to stammer, S. pron. like _fair_.

2. To prattle, S.

Su. G. _bladdr-a_, Germ, _plauder-n_, to prattle, to chatter, to
jabber; Teut. _blater-en_, stultè loqui; Lat. _blater-are_, to babble.

_To_ BLETHER, BLATHER, BLADDER, _v. a._ To talk nonsensically, S.

_Lyndsay._

BLETHERAND, _pret._

_Fordun._

Allied perhaps to Teut. _blater-en_, _blaeter-en_, proflare fastum,
gloriari.

BLETHER, BLATHER, _s._ Nonsense, foolish talk, S.; often used in pl.

_Hamilton._

BLAIDRY, _s._ Nonsense, foolish talk.

_Ramsay._

BLEW. _To look blew_, to seem disconcerted. It conveys both the idea of astonishment and of gloominess, S.

_Peblis to the Play._

_Blew_, S. is often synon. with _blae_, livid.

BLICHAM, _s._ (gutt.) A contemptuous designation for a person, Perths.

BLICHT, _adj._ An epithet expressive of the coruscation of armour, in the time of action.

_Houlate._

A. S. _blic-an_, coruscare; _blect_, coruscatus. Alem. _blechet_,
Germ. _blicket_, splendet.

_To_ BLIN, BLYN, BLYNE, _v. n._ To cease, to desist, S.; also _blind_.

_Wallace._

A. S. _blinn-an_, cessare, contr. from _bilinn-an_, id. In Isl. and
Su. G. it occurs in its simple form, _linn-a_, also, _lind-a_, id.

_To_ BLIN, _v. a._ To cause to cease.

_Chron. S. Poet._

BLIND HARIE, Blind man's buff, S. _Belly-blind_, synon.

_Herd._

In the Scandinavian _Julbock_, from which this sport seems to have originated, the principal actor was disguised in the skin of a _buck_ or _goat_. The name _Blind Harie_ might therefore arise from his rough attire; as he was called _blind_, in consequence of being blindfolded. Or it may signify, _Blind Master_, or _Lord_, in ironical language.

V. ~Herie~.

BLIND MAN'S BALL, or _Devil's snuff-box_, Common puff-ball, S. V. Flor. Suec.

_Lightfoot._

It is also called _Blind man's een_, i. e. eyes, S. B. An idea, according to Linn., prevails throughout the whole of Sweden, that the dust of this plant causes _blindness_.

BLYNDIT, _pret._ Blended.

_Gawan and Gol._

BLINDLINS, BLYNDLINGIS, _adv._ Having the eyes closed, hoodwinked. It denotes the state of one who does any thing as if he were blind, S.

V. ~Lingis~ Germ. Dan. _blindlings_, id.

_Douglas._

BLINDS, _s. pl._ The Pogge, or Miller's Thumb, a fish, _Cottus Cataphractus_, Linn. West of S.

_Statist. Acc._

Perhaps it receives this name, because its eyes are very small.

To BLINK, _v. n._

1. To become a little sour; a term used with respect to milk or beer, S. _Bleeze_, synon.

_Chr. Kirk._

2. To be _blinkit_, to be half drunk, Fife.

Su. G. _blaenk-a_, Germ. _blink-en_, coruscare, to shine, to flash, to lighten; q. struck with lightning, which, we know, has the effect of making liquids sour; or as denoting that of sunshine, or of the heat of the weather.

BLINNYNG, _part. pr._ Leg. _Blumyng_.

_Maitland Poems._

BLYPE, _s._ A coat, a shred; applied to the skin, which is said to come off _in blypes_, when it _peels_ in coats, or is rubbed off, in shreds; S.

_Burns._

Perhaps radically the same with _Flype_, q. v. or a different pron.
of _Bleib_.

_To_ BLIRT, _v. n._ To make a noise in weeping, to cry. It is generally joined with _Greet_. To _blirt and greet_, i. e. to burst out a-crying, S.

_Kelly._

Germ. _blaerr-en_, _plarr-en_, mugire, rugire. Perhaps E. _blurt_ is
also radically allied.

BLIRT, _s._ The action expressed by the v. "A _blirt_ of greeting," a violent burst of tears, accompanied with crying, S. B.

To BLITHE, BLYTHE, _v. a._ To make glad.

_Wallace._

A. S. _bliths-ian_, laetari; Alem. _blid-en_, gaudere. But perhaps
our v. is immediately formed from the adj.

BLITHEMEAT, _s._ The meat distributed among those who are present at the birth of a child, or among the rest of the family, S. pronounced _blyidmeat_, Ang. as the adj. itself, _blyd_, _blyid_.

I need not say, that this word has its origin from the _happiness_
occasioned by a safe delivery.

BLYVARE. Perhaps for _Blyther_, more cheerful.

_Houlate._

BLYWEST, _adj._ in the superl.

_Houlate._

"Blythest, most merry," Gl. Perhaps it rather refers to colour; q.
the palest.

_To_ BLIZZEN, _v. a._ Drought is said to be _blizzening_, when the wind parches and withers the fruits of the earth, S. B.

Su. G. _blas-a_, Germ. _blas-en_, A. S. _blaes-an_, to blow.

BLOB, BLAB, _s._ Any thing tumid or circular, S.

1. A small globe or bubble of any liquid.

_Bellenden._

2. A blister, or that rising of the skin which is the effect of a blister or of a stroke, S.

_Gl. Complaynt._

3. A large gooseberry; so called from its globular form, or from the softness of its skin, S.

4. A blot, a spot; as "a _blab_ of ink," S. denominated perhaps from its circular form.

Radically the same word with _Bleib_, q. v.

BLOBBIT, _part. pa._ Blotted, blurred.

V. ~Blob~.

_Acts Ja. I._

_To_ BLOCK, _v. a._ To plan, to devise.

_Baillie._

Teut. _block-en_, assiduum esse in studiis, in opere, in ergastulo; a sense evidently borrowed from a workman, who _blocks_ out his work roughly, before he begins to give it a proper form.

BLOIK, BLOK, BLOCK, _s._

1. A scheme, a contrivance; generally used in a bad sense.

_Douglas._

2. A bargain, an agreement.

_Acts Ja. VI._

BLOCKER, _s._ A term formerly used in S. to denote a broker; q. one who plans and accomplishes a bargain.

_Minsheu._

BLOISENT, _part. pa._ One is said to have a _bloisent face_, when it is red, swollen, or disfigured, whether by intemperance, or by being exposed to the weather; Ang.

This appears to be radically the same with E. _blowze_; "sun-burnt, high-coloured;" Johns. Teut. _blose_, rubor, purpurissum, redness, the colour of purple; _blos-en_, rubescere; _blosende wanghen_, rubentes genae, purpled cheeks.

_To_ BLOME, BLUME, _v. n._ To shine, to gleam.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _blomm-a_, to flourish; E. _bloom_, used metaph.: or perhaps from A. S. _be_, a common prefix, and _leom-an_ to shine, as _gleam_ is from _geleom-an_, id.

BLONK, BLOUK, _s._ A steed, a horse,

_Gawan and Gol._

Alem. _planchaz_, equus pallidus, hodie _blank_; Schilter. Thus _blonk_ may have originally meant merely a _white_ horse, q. Fr. _blanc_ cheval.

BLONKS, _s. pl._

_King Hart._

If this does not denote horses, as above, it may mean _blocks_ of
wood.

BLOUT, _adj._ Bare, naked.

V. ~Blait~.

_Douglas._

Su. G. Isl. _blott_, Belg. _bloot_, id. The tautological phrase
_blott och bar_ is used in Sw.

BLOUT, _s._

1. The sudden breaking of a storm, S. _Bloutenin_, Clydesd.

2. "A _blout_ of foul weather," a sudden fall of rain, snow or hail, accompanied with wind, S.

3. A sudden eruption of a liquid substance, accompanied with noise, S.

Probably allied to Su. G. _bloet_, humidus; _bloeta waegar_, viae
humidae.

BLUBBER, BLUBBIR, _s._ A bubble of air, S.

V. ~Blob~.

_Henrysone._

_To_ BLUDDER, BLUTHER, _v. a._

1. To blot paper in writing, to disfigure any writing, S.

Su. G. _pluttra_, incuriose scribere; Moes. G. _blothjan_, irritum
reddere.

2. To disfigure the face with weeping, or in any other way, S.

_Ross. Cleland._

_To_ BLUDDER, BLUTHER, _v. n._ To make a noise with the mouth in taking any liquid, S.

BLUE BONNETS, BLUE BOTTLES, S. Centaurea cyanus, Linn.

_Lightfoot._

BLUE-GOWN, _s._ The name commonly given to a pensioner, who, annually, on the King's birth-day, receives a certain sum of money, and a _blue gown_ or cloak, which he wears with a badge on it, S.

V. ~Bedeman~.

BLUFFLEHEADED, _adj._ Having a large head, accompanied with the appearance of dulness of intellect, S.; perhaps from E. _bluff_.

BLUIDVEIT, BLUIDWYTE, _s._ A fine paid for effusion of blood.

_Skene. Reg. Maj._

A. S. _blodwite_, pro effuso sanguine mulcta; from _blod_, sanguis,
and _wite_, poena, mulcta.

_To_ BLUITER, _v. n._

1. To make a rumbling noise; to blurt, S.

2. _To bluiter up_ with water, to dilute too much, S.

3. To blatter, to pour forth lame, harsh, and unmusical rhymes.

_Polwart._

Germ. _plaudern_, nugari et mentiri, _plauderei_, mixta nugis mendacia. In sense 2. it seems to be merely a dimin. from _Blout_, q. v.

BLUITER, BLUTTER, _s._

1. A rumbling noise; as that sometimes made by the intestines, S.

2. Apparently used to denote filth in a liquid state.

_Cleland._

_To_ BLUME, _v. n._ To blossom, S. _bloom_, E.

_To_ BLUNK, _v. a._ To spoil a thing, to mismanage any business, S.

Hence,

BLUNKIT, BLINKIT, _part. pa._ "Injured by mismanagement, or by some mischievous contrivance," Gl. Sibb.

BLUNKET, _s._ Expl. "Pale blue; perhaps any faint or faded colour; q. _blanched_." Sibb.

_Sir Gawan and Sir Gal._

BLUNT, _adj._ Stripped, bare, naked.

_Douglas._

This seems to be radically the same with _Blout_, q. v.

BLUNTIE, _s._ A sniveller, a stupid fellow, S.

_Burns._

BLUP, _s._ One who makes a clumsy or awkward appearance; Loth. It is apparently the same with _Flup_, q. v.

_To_ BLUSTER, _v. a._ To disfigure in writing.

V. ~Bludder~, _v._

_Baillie._

BLUTE, _s._ An action; used in a bad sense. _A fuil blute_, a foolish action, S. B. perhaps the same with _Blout_, q. v.

BOAKIE, _s._ A sprite, a hobgoblin, Aberd. Shetl.

Norw. _bokje_, Isl. _bocke_, _bokki_, vir grandis et magnificus. In Sanscrit _buka_ is the name of an evil spirit. O. Teut. _bokene_, phantasma, spectrum.

BOAL, BOLE, _s._

1. A square aperture in the wall of a house, for holding small articles; a small press generally without a door; S. This is most common in cottages.

_Ramsay._

2. A perforation through the wall of a house, for occasionally giving air or light; usually with a wooden shutter instead of a pane of glass, S.

BOARDTREES, _s. pl._ A term used for the plank on which a corpse is stretched; S. B.

_To_ BOAST, BOIST, _v. a._ To threaten.

V. ~Boist~.

_To_ BOB, BAB, _v. n._ To dance, S.

_Herd._

BOB, _s._ Gust, blast.

V. ~Bub~.

BOB, _s._

1. A bunch; used as synon. with _cow_, S.

_Priests of Peblis._

2. The same word, pronounced _bab_, is used for a bundle of flowers, a nosegay.

S. Fr. _bube_, a bunch; Isl. _bobbe_, a knot.

BOB, _s._ A mark, a but, S.; either q. a small bunch set up as a mark, or, from the sense of the E. v., something to strike at.

BOB, _s._ A taunt, a scoff, S. B.

Teut. _babb-en_, to prate; Isl. _komenn i bobba_, os correptum, _at bobsa_, babare (to bark,) canum vox est. Su. G. _babe_, sermo inconditus.

BOBBY, _s._ A grandfather, S. B.

_Ross._

BOBBYN, _s._ The seed-pod of birch, Loth.

Fr. _bubon_, a great bunch.

_Evergreen._

BOBBINS, _s._ The water-lily, S. B. _Bobbins_ are properly the seed-vessels.

V. ~Cambie-leaf~.

BOCE; Burel, Watson's Coll. ii. 26.

V. ~Boss~.

_To_ BOCK, _v. a._ To vomit.

V. ~Bok~.

BOCK-BLOOD, _s._ A spitting, or throwing up of blood.

_Polwart._

BOD, _s._ A person of small size, a term generally applied, somewhat contemptuously, to one who is dwarfish, although of full age, S.

_To_ BODE, _v. a._ To proffer, often as implying the idea of some degree of constraint. "He did na merely offer, but he _boded_ it on me;" S.

BODEN, _part. pa._ Preferred.

BODE, BOD, _s._ An offer made in order to a bargain, a proffer, S.

_Ramsay._

Germ. _bot_, id. from _biet-en_, to offer. Isl. _bud_, a proffer,
from _bioth-a_, offerre, exhibere, praebere.

BODE, _s._ Delay.

_Sir Egeir._

BODDUM, _s._

1. Bottom.

_Douglas._

2. Hollow, valley.

_Douglas._

Alem. _bodem_, Germ. Belg. _boden_, solum, fundus.

BODEN, _part. pa._ Proffered.

V. ~Bode~, _v._

BODEN, BODIN, BODYN, _part. pa._

1. Prepared, provided, furnished, in whatever way, S.

_Acts Ja. I._

_Weil-boden_, or _ill-boden_, well, or ill provided in whatever respect, S.

2. It seems to be used, in one instance, in an oblique sense, as signifying matched.

V. ~Boun~.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _bo_, Isl. _bo-a_, to prepare, to provide; _wael bodd_, well
provided against the cold.

BODY, _s._ Strength, bodily ability.

_Barbour._

A. S. _bodig_ not only signifies the body in general, but stature.

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

_Rudd._

These pieces are said to have been denominated from a mint-master
of the name of _Bothwell_.

BODWORD, BODWART, BODWORDE, _s._ A message, S. B.

_Wallace._

A. S. _boda_, a messenger, and _word_. Su. G. Isl. _bodword_ is
edictum, mandatum.

BOETINGS, BUITINGS, _s. pl._ Half-boots, or leathern spatterdashes.

_Dunbar._

Teut. _boten schoen_, calceus rusticus e crudo corio; Kilian.

BOGGARDE, _s._ A bugbear.

_Rollocke._

A. Bor. _boggart_, a spectre. C. B. _bwg_, larva, terriculamentum.

BOGILL, BOGLE, _s._

1. A spectre, a hobgoblin, S. A. Bor.

_Douglas._

2. A scarecrow, a bugbear, S. synon. _doolie_, _cow_; being used in both senses.