ToBLAW,v.Used both asa.andn.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.blowis 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 thenblawme."7. Toblawin one'slug, 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, orblow 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. Toblaw appinlocks or bolts, and to loose fetters, by means of a magical power ascribed to the breath, S.Satan's Invisible World.
10.To blaw outon 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 thewind.
BLAWORT,s.The Blue bottle; Centaurea cyanus, Linn., S.Witch-bells, alsoThumbles, S. B.Neill.
Frombla, livid, q. v. andwort, 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.
ToBLEACHdown, oralong,v. n.To fall flat to the ground.Bleachis 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.
ToBLEAD,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.
ToBLECK, 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.
ToBLECK,v. a.To puzzle, to reduce to a nonplus, in an examination or disputation, S.
Germ.black-en,plack-en, vexare, exagitare.
ToBLEEZE,v. n.1. To become a little sour. Milk is said tobleeze, or to bebleezed, 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.bleezedsignifies 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. Henceflimt-a, diffamo,flimt, nugae infames, G. Andr. p. 74. Su. G.flimm-a, illudere.
BLEHAND, BLIHAND,adj.Sir Trist.
"Blue, frombleah, Sax.caeruleus. Blehand brown. A bluish brown," Gl. The word is merely A. S.blae-hewena little transformed. The idea seems, "a brownish colour, inclining to purple or violet."
BLEIB,s.1. A pustule, a blister. "A burntbleib," 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; asbleirie ale, Fife.
BLEIRING,part. pa.Bleiring Bats.Polwart.
This seems to be thebotts, a disease in horses.Bleiringmay 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 withblear,s.only used in thepl.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 calledBleak, Cyprinus alburnus, Linn.
BLELLUM,s.An idle talking fellow, Ayrs.Burns.
ToBLEME,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.
ToBLENK, 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 warmblink," "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 ablink," 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, whenceblind, deficiens.
BLENTER,s.A flat stroke; Fife.
Alem.bliuun, to strike;bliuenti, percutiens, striking; Schilter. Moes. G.bliggwan, id.
ToBLETHER, BLATHER,v. n.1. To speak indistinctly, to stammer, S. pron. likefair.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.
ToBLETHER, 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. withblae, 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.
ToBLIN, BLYN, BLYNE,v. n.To cease, to desist, S.; alsoblind.Wallace.
A. S.blinn-an, cessare, contr. frombilinn-an, id. In Isl. and Su. G. it occurs in its simple form,linn-a, also,lind-a, id.
ToBLIN,v. a.To cause to cease.Chron. S. Poet.
BLIND HARIE, Blind man's buff, S.Belly-blind, synon.Herd.
In the ScandinavianJulbock, from which this sport seems to have originated, the principal actor was disguised in the skin of abuckorgoat. The nameBlind Hariemight therefore arise from his rough attire; as he was calledblind, in consequence of being blindfolded. Or it may signify,Blind Master, orLord, in ironical language.V.Herie.
BLIND MAN'S BALL, orDevil's snuff-box, Common puff-ball, S. V. Flor. Suec.Lightfoot.
It is also calledBlind 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 causesblindness.
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.
ToBLINK,v. n.1. To become a little sour; a term used with respect to milk or beer, S.Bleeze, synon.Chr. Kirk.2. To beblinkit, 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 offin blypes, when itpeelsin coats, or is rubbed off, in shreds; S.Burns.
Perhaps radically the same withFlype, q. v. or a different pron. ofBleib.
ToBLIRT,v. n.To make a noise in weeping, to cry. It is generally joined withGreet. Toblirt and greet, i. e. to burst out a-crying, S.Kelly.
Germ.blaerr-en,plarr-en, mugire, rugire. Perhaps E.blurtis also radically allied.
BLIRT,s.The action expressed by the v. "Ablirtof 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. pronouncedblyidmeat, Ang. as the adj. itself,blyd,blyid.
I need not say, that this word has its origin from thehappinessoccasioned by a safe delivery.
BLYVARE. Perhaps forBlyther, more cheerful.Houlate.
BLYWEST,adj.in the superl.Houlate.
"Blythest, most merry," Gl. Perhaps it rather refers to colour; q. the palest.
ToBLIZZEN,v. a.Drought is said to beblizzening, 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 "ablabof ink," S. denominated perhaps from its circular form.
Radically the same word withBleib, q. v.
BLOBBIT,part. pa.Blotted, blurred.V.Blob.Acts Ja. I.
ToBLOCK,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, whoblocksout 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 abloisent 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.
ToBLOME, 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, andleom-anto shine, asgleamis fromgeleom-an, id.
BLONK, BLOUK,s.A steed, a horse,Gawan and Gol.
Alem.planchaz, equus pallidus, hodieblank; Schilter. Thusblonkmay have originally meant merely awhitehorse, q. Fr.blanccheval.
BLONKS,s. pl.King Hart.
If this does not denote horses, as above, it may meanblocksof wood.
BLOUT,adj.Bare, naked.V.Blait.Douglas.
Su. G. Isl.blott, Belg.bloot, id. The tautological phraseblott och baris used in Sw.
BLOUT,s.1. The sudden breaking of a storm, S.Bloutenin, Clydesd.2. "Abloutof 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.
ToBLUDDER, 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.
ToBLUDDER, 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 ablue gownor 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; fromblod, sanguis, andwite, poena, mulcta.
ToBLUITER,v. n.1. To make a rumbling noise; to blurt, S.2.To bluiter upwith 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. fromBlout, 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.
ToBLUME,v. n.To blossom, S.bloom, E.
ToBLUNK,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 withBlout, 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 withFlup, q. v.
ToBLUSTER,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 withBlout, q. v.
BOAKIE,s.A sprite, a hobgoblin, Aberd. Shetl.
Norw.bokje, Isl.bocke,bokki, vir grandis et magnificus. In Sanscritbukais 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.
ToBOAST, BOIST,v. a.To threaten.V.Boist.
ToBOB, BAB,v. n.To dance, S.Herd.
BOB,s.Gust, blast.V.Bub.
BOB,s.1. A bunch; used as synon. withcow, S.Priests of Peblis.2. The same word, pronouncedbab, 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.Bobbinsare properly the seed-vessels.V.Cambie-leaf.
BOCE; Burel, Watson's Coll. ii. 26.V.Boss.
ToBOCK,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.
ToBODE,v. a.To proffer, often as implying the idea of some degree of constraint. "He did na merely offer, but hebodedit 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. frombiet-en, to offer. Isl.bud, a proffer, frombioth-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, orill-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.bodignot 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 ofBothwell.
BODWORD, BODWART, BODWORDE,s.A message, S. B.Wallace.
A. S.boda, a messenger, andword. Su. G. Isl.bodwordis 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.
C. B.bugul, fear,bwgwly, to frighten.
BOGILLabout the stacks, or simply,Bogle, a play of children or young people, in which one hunts several others around the stacks of corn in a barn-yard, S.Ritson.
It seems the same game with that calledBarley-bracks, q. v. The name has probably originated from the idea of the huntsman employed being a scarecrow to the rest.
BOGILL-BO,s.1. A hobgoblin or spectre, S.Ramsay.2. A pettish humour.Philotus.
In Lincolnsh. this word is used for a scarecrow, frombogill, or C. B.bogel-u, to affright, andbo, a hobgoblin, q. "the affrighting goblin."
ToBOGG-SCLENT,v. n.Apparently, to avoid action, to abscond in the day of battle.Colvil.
Perhaps in allusion to him whosklentsor strikes off obliquely from the highway, into abog, to avoid being taken prisoner.
BOGSTALKER,s.An idle, wandering, and stupid fellow; one who seems to have little to do, and no understanding, S.V.Stalker.Ramsay.
Borrowed perhaps from outlaws, who were seen at a distance hunting in marshy places, where pursuit was more difficult.
BOID,s.Maitland Poems.
Isl.bode, a term used to denote a wave agitated by the wind; unda maris cum vadosis scopulis luctans.
BOIN,BOYN, BOYEN, BOWYNE,s.1. A washing-tub, S. B.2. A flat broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is emptied from the pail, abowyne, Loth.
Unless from Isl.boginn, curvus, or Dan.bugn-e, to bend, as respecting its form; I can offer no conjecture as to the origin.
BOYIS,s.In boyis, in fetters.Barbour.
Teut.boeye, compes, pedica, vinculum;boey-encompedire.
BOIS,adj.Hollow.V.Bos.
BOISSES.V.Boss.Knox's Hist.
ToBOIST, BOAST,v. a.To threaten, to endeavour to terrify, S.Douglas.
C. B.bost-io, to vaunt one's self;bost, vaunting.
BOIST, BOST,s.Threatening, S.Wallace.
BOIT,s.A cask or tub used for the purpose of curing butcher-meat, or for holding it after it is cured; sometimes called abeef-boat, S.Ruddiman.
Germ.butte; Ital.botte, id., whence E.butt. Su. G.byttia, situla, cupa; Teut.botte, id. dolium, orca, cupa.
ToBOK, BOCK,v. a.1. To vomit, S.Gawan and Gol.2. To reach, to incline to puke, S.3. To belch, (eructare) S.
A. Bor.boke,bowk, to nauseate, to be ready to vomit;booac, to reach, to keck, ibid. Perhaps from A. S.bealc-an, eructare. It however has greater resemblance ofpuke, to which no etymon has been assigned.
BOK, BOCK,s.The act of reaching, S.Cleland.
BOKEIK,s.Bopeep, a game.Lyndsay.
BOKS,s. pl."Corner teeth," Gl. Sibb.Maitland Poems.
ToBOLDIN, BOLDYN,v. n.To swell.Douglas.
Boldin,Boulden,part. pa.swelled.
This is softened intobowdin,bowden, S. Often in thepret.andpart.it is writtenbolnys, swells, (Doug. V.) andbolnyt. I hesitate whether these are contr. fromboldinnys,boldinnyt, or the v. in another form, more nearly resembling Su. G.buln-a, Dan.bul-ner. Su. G.bul-na,bulg-ia, id.bolginn, swollen. Hence Isl. bilgia, Su. G. bolgia, a billow; because it is raised by the wind; andbolda, a boil, a tumour. Gael.builg-amto swell,builg, a blister.
BOLGAN LEAVES, Nipplewort, an herb, S. B. Lapsana communis, Linn.
Perhaps from Isl.bolg-a, tumere, or Su. G.bolginn, swollen, q. "swelling leaves," as being supposed by the vulgar in S. to be efficacious in removing swellings.
ToBOLYN,v. n.To lay tack aboard.Maitland Poems.
O. Fr.bolin-er, to sail by a wind, or close upon a wind.
BOLL,Lintseed Boll.V.Bow.
BOLLMAN,s.A cottager, Orkn.Statist. Acc.
Perhaps from Su. G. Isl.bol, villa, andman, q. the inhabitant of a village. It is always pronouncedbowman.
BOLME,s.A boom, a waterman's pole.Douglas.
Germ.baum, Belg.boom, a tree.
BOLNIT.V.Boldin.
BOLNYNG,s.Swelling.V.Boldin.Henrysone.
BOLSTER,s.That part of a mill in which the axletree moves, S.
BOMBILL,s.Buzzing noise; metaph. used for boasting.Polwart.
Teut.bommele, a drone.
BON,s.Apparently, bane, injury.Wallace.
BONALAIS, BONAILIE, BONNAILLIE,s.A drink taken with a friend, when one is about to part with him; as expressive of one's wishing him a prosperous journey, S.Wallace.
It is now generally pron.bonaillie, S.Bonalaismight seem to be the plur. But perhaps it merely retains the form of Fr.Bon allez.
BONE,s.A petition, a prayer.Douglas.
O. E. id. Isl.baen, precatio, oratio;boonpetitio, gratis acceptio, mendicatio, G. Andr. A. S.ben,bene, id.
BONETT,s."A small sail, fixed to the bottom or sides of the great sails, to accelerate the ship's way in calm weather." Gl. Compl.Douglas.
Fr.bonnette, Sw.bonet, id.
BONIE, BONYE, BONNY,adj.1. Beautiful, pretty, S.Maitland Poems.Boniest, most beautiful.Montgomerie.2. It is occasionally used ironically, in the same way with E.pretty, S.Priests of Peblis.3. Precious, valuable.Minstrelsy Border.
Bonnyis used in the same sense by Shakspeare, and since his time by some other E. writers. But I suspect that it is properly S. Johnson derives it from Fr.bon,bonne, good. This is by no means satisfactory; but we must confess that we cannot substitute a better etymon.
BONYNES,s.Beauty, handsomeness.Philotus.
BONK,s.Bank.Douglas.
Probably corr. from A. S.bene. Isl.bunga, however, signifies tumor terrae.
BONNAGE,s.An obligation, on the part of the tenant, to cut down the proprietor's corn.Statist. Acc.
Evidently a corr. ofBondage.
BONNAR,s."A bond," Gl.
Popular Ball.
BONNET.V.White Bonnet.
BONOCH,s."A binding to tie a cow's hind legs when she is a-milking."Kelly.
BONSPEL,s.A match, at the diversion ofcurlingon the ice, between two opposite parties, S.V.Curl.Graeme.
Belg.bonne, a village, a district, andspel, play; because the inhabitants of different villages or districts contend with each other in this sport, one parish, for example, challenging another. Or, the first syllable may be traced to Su. G.bonde, an husbandman.
BONXIE,s.The name given to the Skua Gull, Shetl.Neill.
BOO, BOW,s.A term sometimes used to denote a farm-house or village, in conjunction with the proper name, Ang.
Su. G.bo, Isl.bu,boo, domicilium, a house or dwelling, also, a village; Moes. G.baua, id.
In the Orkney Islands, where the Gothic was long preserved in greater purity than in our country, the principal farm-house on an estate, or in any particular district of it, is in a great many instances called theBollorBow.
Barry.
BOODIES,pl.Ghosts, hobgoblins, Aberd.Journal Lond.
It might be deduced from A. S.boda, a messenger, frombod-ian, to declare, to denounce. But it seems to be rather originally the same with C. B.bugudhai, hobgoblins, Gael.bodach, a ghost.
BOOL,s.A contemptuous term for a man, especially if advanced in years. It is often conjoined with an epithet; as "an auldbool," an old fellow, S.
Su. G.bol, the trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head and feet.
BOOLSof a pot,s. pl.Two crooked instruments of iron, linked together, used for lifting a pot by the ears, S.; also calledclips.
Teut.boghel, numella; Germ.bugel, any thing that is circular or curved.
BOOL-HORNED,adj.Perverse, obstinate, inflexible, S. apparently from the same origin withBools.
Boolie-horned, Border, and W. of S. A. Bor.buckle-horns, short crooked horns turned horizontally inwards.
BOONMOST,adj.Uppermost, S. pron.bunemist.Ross.
A. S.bufan,bufon, above, andmost.
BOOT, BUT, BOUD, BIT, BUD, BOOST,v. imp.Behoved, was under a necessity of, S.;He boot to dosuch a thing; he could not avoid it.It bit to be; it was necessary that this should take place.Ross. Burns.
Busandbudoccur in the same sense in Ywaine and Gawin. Most probably it is a corr. ofbehoved, Belg.behoeft.
BOOST,s.A box.V.Buist.
BOR, BOIR, BORE,s.1. A small hole or crevice; a place used for shelter, especially by smaller animals, S.Sir Tristrem.2. An opening in the clouds, when the sky is thick and gloomy, or during rain, is called ablue bore, S. It is sometimes used metaph.Baillie.
Su. G. Germ.bor, terebra; Isl.bora, foramen; A. S.bor-ian, to pierce.
BORCH, BORGH, BOWRCH, BOROW,s.A surety. The term properly denotes a person who becomes bail for another, for whatever purpose.Wallace.2. A pledge; any thing laid in pawn.Barbour.
The term occurs in both senses in O. E. A. S.borg,borh, fide-jussor; also, foenus; Germ.burge, a pledge. Su. G.borgen, suretyship. Ihre derives Su. G. and Isl.borg-a, to become surety, fromberg-a, a periculo tueri, to protect from danger. The idea is certainly most natural: For what is suretyship, but warranting thesafetyof any person or thing?
ToBORCH,v. a.To give a pledge or security for, to bail.Wallace.
ToBORROW, BORW,v. a.1. To give security for; applied to property.Wyntown.2. To become surety for; applied to a person.Baron Courts.
Su. G.borg-a, id.
ToBORROWone, to urge one to drink, Ang.
When onepledgesanother in company, he engages to drink after him; and in ancient times it was generally understood, that he who pledged another, was engaged to drink an equal quantity.
BORROWGANGE, s. A state of suretyship.Reg. Maj.
Su. G.edgaang,laggaang, are rendered by Ihre, actus jurandi, fromgaa, ire;borrowgangemay thus be merely the act ofgoingorenteringas a surety.
BORD,s.1. A broad hem or welt, S.2. The edge or border of a woman's cap, S.
Fr.bord, Belg.boord, a welt, a hem, or selvage; Isl.bard,bord, the extremity or margin.
BORDEL,s.A brothel, Dunbar.
Fr.bordel, id., Su. G. A. S.bord, a house. The dimin. of this, Ihre says, was L. B.bordell-um,bordil-e, tuguriolum, cujus generis quum olim meretricum stabula essent.
BORDELLAR,s.A haunter of brothels.Bellenden.
BORE,s.A crevice.V.Bor.
BORE'S- (or BOAR'S) EARS,s. pl.The name given to the Auricula, S. B. Primula auricula, Linn.
A bear is called aboar, S., especially S. B.
BORE-TREE,s.Sambucus nigra.V.Bourtree.
BOREAU,s.An executioner.V.Burio.
BORGH,s.A surety.V.Borch.
BORN.Wallace.
Bornmay have some affinity to Isl.borgun, Su. G.borgen, suretyship; q. one under contract or obligation.
BORROWING DAYS, the three last days of March, Old Stile, S.Complaynt S.
These days being generally stormy, our forefathers have endeavoured to account for this circumstance, by pretending that Marchborrowedthem from April, that he might extend his power so much longer. Those who are much addicted to superstition will neither borrow nor lend on any of these days; lest the articles borrowed should be employed for the purposes of witchcraft, against the lenders. Some of the vulgar imagine, that these days received their designation from the conduct of the Israelites inborrowingthe property of the Egyptians.
BOS,BOSS, BOIS,adj.1. Hollow, S.Douglas."Abosssound," that which is emitted by a body that is hollow, S.2. Empty. A shell, without a kernel, is said to beboss. The word is also used to denote the state of the stomach when it is empty, or after long abstinence, S.Morison.3. In the same sense, it is metaph. applied to a weak or ignorant person. One is said to be "naebossman," who has a considerable share of understanding, S. B.Ramsay.4. Poor, destitute of worldly substance, S. B.
Teut.bosse, umbo.
Ross.
BOSS, BOCE,s.Any thing hollow.Burel.The boss of the side, the hollow between the ribs and the haunch, S.
BOSS, BOISS,s.1. A small cask.Pitscottie.2. It seems to denote a bottle, perhaps one of earthen ware; such as is now vulgarly called agray-beard.Dunbar.3. In pl.bosses,boisses, a term of contempt, conjoined withauld, and applied to persons of a despicable or worthless character.Knox.
From Fr.boire, to drink, whenceboisson, drink, orbusse, a cask for holding wines.
BOT,conj.But, often confounded withbut, prep. signifying, without.Douglas.
A. S.butan,buton, are used precisely as S.but, without.
BOTAND, BUT-AND,prep.Besides.Percy.
BOTAND,adv.1. But if, except.Barbour.2. Moreover, besides.Maitland Poems.
In the latter sense, it is from A. S.butan, praeter.
BOTCARD, s. A sort of artillery used in S. in the reign of Ja. V.Pitscottie.
The same instruments seem to be afterwards calledbattars, ib. Fr.bastarde, "a demie canon, or demie culverin; a smaller piece of any kind," Cotgr.
BOTE, BUTE,s.1. Help, advantage; E.boot, Doug.2. Compensation, satisfaction; Acts Parl. pass.
A. S.bote, id. frombet-an, emendare, restaurare.
Kin-bote, compensation or "assithment for the slaughter of a kinsman;" Skene, Verb. Sign.
A. S.cyn, cognatio, andbote.
Man-bot, the compensation fixed by the law, for killing a man, according to the rank of the person. Ibid.
A. S.man-bot, id.
Theift-bote, compensation made to the king for theft.
Reg. Maj.
BOTHE, BOOTH, BUITH,s.A shop made of boards; either fixed, or portable, S.V.Lucken.Douglas.
Hence theLuckenboothsof Edinburgh, wooden shops, made for beinglockedup. Teut.boede,bode, domuncula, casa, Kilian; Su. G.bud, taberna mercatorum, apotheca; Isl.bud, id.
BOTHIE, BOOTHIE,s.A cottage, often used to denote a place where labouring servants are lodged, S.Neill.
Su. G.bod, a house, a cottage; Gael.bothag,bothan, a cot.
ToBOTHER, BATHER,v. a.To teaze one by dwelling on the same subject, or by continued solicitation, S.
BOTHNE, BOTHENE,s.1. A park in which cattle are fed and inclosed.Skene.2. A barony, lordship, or sheriffdom.Assis. Reg. Dav.
L. B.bothena, baronia, aut territorium.
BOTINYS,s. pl.Buskins; Gl. Sibb.
Fr.botine, cothurnus.
V.Boiting.
BOTTLE-NOSE,s.A species of whale, S. Orkn.Statist. Acc.
BOTTOM-ROOM,s.The name vulgarly given to the space occupied by one sitter in a church, S.
BOTWAND,s.Perhaps, a rod of authority.Kennedy.
Germ.bot, power, andwand, a rod.
BOUCHT,BOUGHT,s.A curvature or bending of any kind, S. "Theboughtof the arm," the bending of the arm at the elbow.Journ. Lond.Where the sea forms a sort of bay, it is said to have abought, S.
A. S.bogeht, arcuatus, crooked;bug-an, to bend. Germ.bug, sinus;bucht, curvatura littoris, Wachter.
ToBOUCHT, BOUGHT,v. a.To fold down, S.
Isl.bukt-a, Teut.buck-en, flectere, curvare.
BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, BUGHT,s.1. A small pen, usually put up in the corner of the fold, into which it was customary to drive the ewes, when they were to be milked; also calledewe-bucht, S.Douglas.2. A house in which sheep are inclosed, Lanerks.; an improper sense.Statist. Acc.
Teut.bocht,bucht, septum, septa, interseptum, sepimentum clausum.
ToBOUCHT, BOUGHTv. a.To inclose in a fold, S.; formed from thes.Ross.
BOUCHT-KNOT,s.A running knot; one that can easily be loosed, in consequence of the cord beingdoubled, S.
BOUGARS,s. pl.Cross spars, forming part of the roof of a cottage, used instead of laths, on which wattling or twigs are placed, and above thesedivots, and then the straw or thatch, S.Chr. Kirk.
Lincolns.bulkar, a beam; Dan.biaelke, pl.bielcker, beams. Su. G.bialke, a small rafter, tigillum, in Westro-Goth. is writtenbolkur.
BOUK, BUIK,s.1. The trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head or extremity, S.Abouk of tauch, all the tallow taken out of an ox or cow, S.
Germ.bauch von talge, id.
Abouk-louse, one that has been bred about the body.
Teut.beuck, truncus corporis.
2. The whole body of man, or carcase of a beast, S.Douglas.3. The body, as contradistinguished from the soul.R. Bruce.4. Size, stature, S.bulk;Boukth, bulk, Gl. Lancash.J. Nicol.5. The greatest share, the principal part, S.Cleland.
ToBOUK,v. n.To bulk, S.
Hence,
BOUKIT, BOWKIT,part. pa.1. Large, bulky; S.Douglas.2.Boukitandmuckle-boukitare used in a peculiar sense; as denoting the appearance which a pregnant woman makes, after her shape begins to alter.
BOUKSUM, BOUKY,adj.Of the same sense withBoukit, S.Poems Buchan Dialect.
BOUKE,s.A solitude.Sir Gawan and Sir Gal.
A. S.buce, secessus, "a solitary and secret place," Somner.
BOULDEN,part. pa.Swelled, inflated.V.Boldin.
BOULE, "Round," Rudd.Douglas.
Teut.bol, tumidus, turgidus; orboghel,beughel, curvatura semicircularis, frombogh-en, arcuare.
BOULENA, A sea cheer, signifying, Hale up the bowlings.Complaynt S.
BOULENE,s.The same with E.Bowline. A rope fastened to the middle part of the outside of a sail.Complaynt S.
Sw.bog-lina, id. frombog, flexus.
BOUN, BOUNE, BOWN,adj.Ready, prepared, S.Barbour.Boneis used in the same sense, O. E.
Su. G.bo,bo-a, to prepare, to make ready; Isl.bu-a, id.Boenorboinis the part. pa.
ToBOUN, BOWN,v. a.1. To make ready, to prepare.Wallace.2. To go, to direct one's course to a certain place.Sir Egeir.
BOUND, BUND,part. pa.Pregnant.Douglas.
ToBOUNT,v. n.To spring, to bound.
Fr.bond-ir, id.
Burel.
BOUNTÉ,s.Worth, goodness.Barbour.
Fr.bonté, id.
BOUNTETH, BOUNTITH,s.1. Something given as a reward for service or good offices.Watson's Coll.2. It now generally signifies what is given to servants, in addition to their wages, S;bounties, S. B.Ramsay.