BESTREIK,part. pa.Drawn out;gold bestreik, gold wire or twist.Burel.
Teut.be-streck-en, extendere.
BESTURTED,part. pa.Startled, alarmed, afrighted, S.
Germ.besturz-en, to startle;besturzt seyn, to be startled. Ihre views Isl.stird-r, rigid, immoveable, as the root.
BESWAKIT,part. pa.Apparently, soaked, drenched.Dunbar.
Isl.sock, mergor,saukv-a, mergi.
ToBESWEIK,v. a.To allure; to beguile; to deceive.
A. S.swic-an,beswic-an, Isl.svik-ia. Alem.bisuich-en, Su. G.swik-a, Germ.schwick-en, id.
BET,pret.Struck.Gawan and Gol.
A. S.beat-an, Su. G.bet-a;tu bete, thou hast struck.
BET, BETT,pret.andpart.Helped, supplied.V.Beit.
BET,part. pa.Built, erected.Douglas.
This is a secondary and oblique sense of thev.Beit, q. v.
BET,adj.Better.King's Quair.
A. S.bet, Teut.bat,bet, melius, potius, magis; Alem.bas,baz, melior, the compar. ofbat, bonus. A. S.bet-an, emendare, and the other synon. verbs in the Northern languages, have been viewed as originating the term.Bet, indeed, seems to be merely the past part., mended, i. e. madebetter.
BETANE,part. pa.Perhaps, inclosed.Barbour.
A. S.betien-en,betyn-an, to inclose, to shut up.
BETAUCHT, BETUK, Delivered, committed in trust; delivered up.V.Betech.
ToBETECH, BETEACH,v. a.To deliver up, to consign;betuk, pret.betaucht, pret. and part. pa.Barbour.
Hence "the common Scots expression,God I beteach me till," Rudd.; and that used by Ramsay,Betootch-us-to; i. e. Let us commend ourselves to the protection of some superior being. O. E.bitoke, committed; alsobitaughten,bitakun,bitauht. A. S.betaec-an, tradere, concedere, assignare, commendare; to deliver, to grant, to assign or appoint, to betake or recommend unto; Somner.Betaehte, tradidit.
BETHLERIS. Leg.Bechleris. Bachelors.Houlate.
ToBETRUMPE,v. a.To deceive.Douglas.
ToBETREYSS, BETRASE,v. a.To betray.Barbour.
Betrasit, Douglas;betraissed, Wallace;betraised, Chaucer;betraist, R. Brunne. Germ.trieg-en,betrieg-en; Fr.trah-ir, id.trahi-son, treason.
BETWEESH,prep.Betwixt, S.V.Atweesh.
BEVAR,s.One who is worn out with age.Henrysone.
It is evidently from the same source withBavard, adj. q. v. We still say abevir-horsefor a lean horse, or one worn out with age or hard work; S.
BEVEL,s.A stroke; sometimes, a violent push with the elbow, S.Many.
This is a derivative fromBaff,beff, q. v.
BEVEREN, BEVERAND,part. pr.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
Perhaps from A. S.befer-an, circumdare; or as the same withbeverand, which Sibb. renders "shaking, nodding;" deriving it from Teut.bev-en, contremere. This is a provincial E. word. "Bevering, trembling. North." Gl. Grose.
BEVIE, (of a fire)s.A term used to denote a great fire; sometimes,bevice, S.
Perhaps from E.bavin, "a stick like those bound up in faggots," Johnson. It is thus used in O. E.
BEVIE,s.A jog, a push, S. from the same source withbevel.V.Baff,s.
BEVIS.V.Bevar.
BEUCH,s.(gutt.) A bough, a branch, S.Douglas.
A. S.boga,boh, id. frombug-an, to bend.
BEUCHIT,part. pa.(gutt.) Bowed, crooked, SDouglas.
A. S.bug-an, curvare.
BEUGH,s.(gutt.) A limb, a leg, Border.Evergreen.
Isl.bog, Alem.puac, Germ.bug, id. The term is applied both to man and to other animals. Both Ihre and Wachter viewbug-en, to bend, as the origin; as it is by means of its joints that an animal bends itself.
BEUGLE-BACKED,adj.Crook-backed.Watson.
A. S.bug-an, to bow; Teut.boechel, gibbus. Germ.bugel, a dimin. frombug, denoting any thing curved or circular. It is undoubtedly the same word that is now pronouncedboolie-backit, S.
BEUKE,pret. v.Baked.Douglas.
A. S.boc, pret. ofbac-an, pinsere.
BEULD,adj.Bow-legged, Ang.; q.beugeldfrom the same origin withbeugle, inBeugle-backed, q. v.
BEW,adj.Good, honourable.Bew schyris, orschirris, good Sirs.
Fr.beau, good.
Douglas.
ToBEWAVE, BEWAUE,v. a.To cause to wander or waver.Palice of Honour.
A. S.waf-ian, vacillare, fluctuare.
BEWIS, BEWYS,s. pl.Boughs.V.Beuch.Douglas.
BEWIS,s. pl.Beauties.
O. Fr.beau, beauty.
Maitland Poems.
BEWITH,s.A thing which is employed as a substitute for another, although it should not answer the end so well.Ramsay.One who arrives, when the regular dinner is eaten, is said to get "only abewithfor a dinner," S.
From the subst. v. conjoined with the prep., q. what one must submit to for a time.
ToBEWRY,v. a.To pervert, to distort.Douglas.
Teut.wroegh-en, torquere, angere.
BY,prep.1. Beyond, S.Pitscottie.2. Besides, over and above.Pitscottie.3. Away from, without, without regard to, contrary to.Wallace.
By, as thus used, is sometimes directly contrasted withbe, as signifyingbyin the modern sense of the term. This may be viewed as an oblique sense ofbyas signifyingbeyond; perhaps in allusion to an arrow that flies wide from the mark.
4. In a way of distinction from, S.Wallace.
BY,adv.When, after; q. by the time that.Pitscottie.
This idiom is very ancient, Moes. G.Bi the galithun thai brothrjus is;Whenhis brethren were gone up.
BY-HAND,adv.Over, S.V.Hand.
BY-LYAR,s.A neutral.Knox.
From thev.To lie by, E.
BIAS, a word used as a mark of the superlative degree;bias bonny, very handsome;bias hungry, very hungry, Aberd.
BIB,s.A term used to denote the stomach, Ang., borrowed, perhaps, from the use of that small piece of linen, thus denominated, which covers the breast or stomach of a child.
BYBILL,s.A large writing, a scroll so extensive that it may be compared to a book.Detection Q. Mary.
The word occurs in a similar sense in O. E. As used by Chaucer, Tyrwhitt justly renders it "any great book." In the dark ages, when books were scarce, those, which would be most frequently mentioned, would doubtless be theBibleandBreviary. Or, this use of the word may be immediately from L. B.biblus, a book, (Gr. βιβλος), which occurs in this sense from the reign of Charlemagne downwards.
BICHMAN,s.Perhaps, forbuthman, q.boothman, one who sells goods in abooth.Dunbar.
In edit. 1508, it isbuthman.
BYCHT.V.Lycht.Houlate.
BICK,s.A bitch; "the female of the canine kind," S.
A. S.bicca,bicce, id.; Isl.bickia, catella.
ToBICKER, BYKER,v. a.Thisv., as used in S., does not merely signify, "to fight, to skirmish, to fight off and on," as it is defined in E. dictionaries. It also denotes,1. The constant motion of weapons of any kind, and the rapid succession of strokes, in a battle or broil.Wallace.2. To fight by throwing stones; S.3. To move quickly; S.4. It expresses the noise occasioned by successive strokes, by throwing of stones, or by any rapid motion; S.
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.
ToBID,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 withBedis, q. v.
ToBIDE, BYDE,v. a.1. To await, to wait for.Kelly.2. To suffer, to endure. "Hebidesa great deal of pain;" S. Westmorel, id.Ross.
An oblique sense of Moes. G.beid-an, A. S.bid-an, expectare.
ToBIDEbe,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 withBurdly, 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 denominatedbear, S. Cumb. id. barley.Statist. Acc.
Isl.bygg, hordeum, Dan.byg, Su. G.biugg, id.
ToBIG, 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 frombo, id.; as it is customary with the Goths thus to augment monosyllables ino; assugg-afromso, 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 bodyis 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, andlic, similis.
BIGHTSOM,adj.Implying an easy air, and, at the same time, activity, S. B.Morison.
Perhaps q.buxom, from A. S.bocsumflexibilis;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 ass. 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-ardenotes 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 abykeorbee-bike, but a building or habitation of bees?
BYK, Apparently, an errat. forbyt, bite.Dunbar.
BYKAT, BEIKAT,s.A male salmon; so called, when come to a certain age, because of thebeakwhich 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, andby, pagus, conjoined, as denoting residence in a village; or more simply, fromBolby, villa primaria; frombol, praedium, andby, a village. Thusbolbywould signify a village which has apraedium, 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.
ToBILL,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. withcallan.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 thebipennis, or large ax.
V.Balax.
BILTER,s.A child, Dumfr.; Isl.pilter, puellus.
BIN,s.A mountain, S. O.Galloway.
From Gael.ben, id., Lomondbin, being synon. withBenlomond.
BIND, BINDE,s.1. Dimension, size; especially with respect to circumference. A barrel of a certainbind, is one of certain dimensions, S.; henceBarrell bind.Acts Ja. III.2. It is used more generally to denote size in any sense.Acts Marie.3. Metaph. to denote ability. "Aboon mybind" beyond my power. This is often applied to pecuniary ability; S.
This use of the word is evidently borrowed from the idea ofbindinga 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, frombind-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. thebinding wood. It is probably the same which is writtenbenwood.
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 writtenbinne.
Dan.bing, Sw.binge, Isl.bing-r, cumulus.
ToBYNGE,v. n.To cringe.V.Beenge.
ToBINK,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 aPlate-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 fromber-a, ferre; Gl. Edd. Saem.V.Beir.
BIRD, BEIRD, BRID, BURD,s.1. A lady, a damsel.Gawan and Gol.
Asbriddeis 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 frombyr-an,ber-an, to carry, or may be viewed as nearly allied to it. Hencebireth, gestavit; Germ.berd,ge-baerd, id.,sich berd-en, gestum facere. Su. G.boer-a, debere, pret.borde, ancientlyboerjade.
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.
ToBIRK,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 toold Boy," Gl. Shirr.Ramsay.
Allied perhaps to Isl.berk-ia, jactare, to boast; orbiarg-a, opitulari, q. one able to give assistance.
BIRKIN, BIRKEN,adj.Of, or belonging to birch; S.Gawan and Gol.
A. S.beorcen, id.
ToBIRL,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'llbirlemy 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. Hencebyrle, a butler. Isl.byrlar, id.Birle, O. E. has the same signification.
ToBIRL,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 tobarley.
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.barsis a kind of ship; andberling, a boat-staff, Seren. I am informed, however, that in Gael. the word is writtenbhuirlin.
ToBIRN,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.Togieone'sbirn 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.
ToBIRR,v. n.To make a whirring noise, especially in motion; the same withbirle, S.V.Beir,s.Douglas.
ToBirl,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.
Birlseems to be a dimin. from the v.Birr, used in the same sense, formed by means of the letterl, a common note of diminution.
BIRS, BIRSE, BYRSS, BIRSSIS,s.1. A bristle, "a sow'sbirse," 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'sbirss," to put one in a rage. Thebirseis also said torise, when one's temper becomes warm, in allusion to animals fenced with bristles, that defend themselves, or express their rage in this way, SCourse of Conformitie.
A. S.byrst, Germ.borst,burst, Su. G.borst, id. Ihre derives it fromburr, 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. "Abirssyday," a cold bleak day, S. B.
ToBIRSE, BIRZE, BRIZE,v. a.1. To bruise, S.Watson.Palice of Honour.
Briseis 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.
ToBIRSLE, 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, andbryss-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; whencebyrding, 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 strongcurrent.
BY-RUNIS,s. pl.Arrears.Skene.
This is formed likeBy-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; sometimesbissimar, 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, autbismerian, 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.
ToBYSSE, 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.Bysimis 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.bysmarfullhas 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, frombestand-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.
Althoughbaidbe understood of clothing, I suspect that it, as well asbit, 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 ofBishop.Semple.
BITTILL,s.A beetle, a heavy mallet, especially one used for beating clothes.Houlate.
ToBYWAUE,v. a.To cover, to hide, to cloak.Douglas.
A. S.bewoef-an, Moes. G.biwaib-jan, id.
ToBIZZ,v. n.To hiss. V.Bysse.
ToBIZZ, BIZZabout,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.
ToBLABBER, 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. fromblackand 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, theBlack 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. pronouncedblack-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.
"Abladof bread," is a large flat piece. "I gat agreat bladof Virgil by heart;" I committed to memory a great many verses from Virgil.
Toding 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 denotedpot-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, andfeuille, a leaf; the S. term has a similar origin, being evidently from Su. G.blad, A. S.blaed, folium.
ToBLAD.1. Used impers. "Itsbladdin 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 bebladdit, when overthrown by wind.3. To slap, to strike; to drive by striking, or with violence, S.Dad, synon.Evergreen.
Germ.blodernis used in the first sense.Es blodert, it storms and snows; also,blat-en, to blow. Isl.blaegt-aindeed 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 "abladof weet," S. B.
Bladdy,adj.Inconstant, unsettled; applied to the weather. "Abladdyday," 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, BLADDRANDV.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 isblowed, or shot forth; just as Franc.bluat, flos, is frombly-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 withBladarie, orBlaidry, 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.
ToBLAFLUM,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 renderedpustula, 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 calledlint, S. This in E. is denominatedharle.
Sw.blaer, hards of flax; but rather from Isl.blaer, aura, because it is thus exposed to the drought.
ToBLAIR,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 tohuat-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, andbomme, tympanum. But it is generally writtenBatie-bum, q. v.
BLAKof theEIE, the apple of the eye, S.R. Bruce.
BLAN,pret.Caused to cease.Gawan and Gol.
It is undoubtedly the pret. ofblin; A. S.blan,blann, cessavit.
BLANCHART,adj.White.Gawan and Gol.
Fr.blanc,blanche, id. The nameblanchardsis 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. andaerd, 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.
ToBLAND,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-ais formedblan-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.blanddicebatur mel aqua permixtum.
ToBLANDER,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.
ToBLASH,n. a.To soak, to drench. "Toblashone's stomach," to drink too copiously of any weak and diluting liquor; S.V.Plash.
Perhaps radically the same withplash, 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, whenceblesse, 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.blaessedenotes a sign in general. Thenceblazon, a term marking that sign, in heraldry, which is peculiar to each family. The origin seems to be Su. G.blaesse.
V.Bawsand.
ToBLAST,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. Gblaas-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 isblasted.Burns.
ToBLAST, 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.
ToBLATHER,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.Blawis used in this sense. Gl. Westmorel.