An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 126

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 126

BULLS, _s. pl._ Strong bars in which the teeth of a harrow are placed, S. B.


_Statist. Acc._


Su. G. _bol_, Isl. _bolr_, truncus.


BULL-SEGG, _s._ The great cat-tail or reedmace, Typha latifolia, Linn.


S. B.


BULL-SEGG, _s._ A gelded bull.


V. ~Segg~.


BULTY, _adj_. Large, Fife.


This may be allied to Teut. _bult_, gibbus, tuber; Belg. _bult_, a bunch, _bultje_, a little bunch; Isl. _buld_, cra.s.sus.


BULWAND, _s._ The name given to common mugwort, Orkney, Caithn.


_Neill_.


_To_ b.u.m, _v. n._


1. To buzz, to make a humming noise; used with respect to bees, S. A.


Bor.


_J. Nicol._


2. Used to denote the noise of a mult.i.tude.


_Hamilton._


3. As expressing the sound emitted by the drone of a bag-pipe, S.


_Ferguson._


4. Used to denote the freedom of agreeable conversation among friends, S. B.


Belg. _bomm-en_, to resound; Teut. _bomme_, a drum.


~b.u.m~, _s._ A humming noise, the sound emitted by a bee, S.,


V. the _v._


~b.u.mbee~, _s._ A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S.


_b.u.mble-bee_, id. A. Bor.


Q. the _bee_ that _b.u.ms_.


~b.u.m-Clock~, _s._ A humming beetle, that flies in the summer evenings.


_Burns._


BU-MAN, _s._ A name given to the devil.


V. under ~Bu~.


b.u.mBARD, _adj._ Indolent, lazy.


Ital. _bombare_, a humble-bee.


_Dunbar._


~b.u.mbart~, _s._


1. The drone-bee, or perhaps a flesh-fly.


_Melvills MS._


2. A drone, a driveller.


_Dunbar._


b.u.mBAZED, BOMBAZED, _adj._ Stupified, S.


V. ~Bazed~.


_Ross._


Q. stupified with noise; from Teut. _bomme_, tympanum, and _baesen_, delirare.


b.u.mMACK, b.u.mMOCK, _s._


1. An entertainment anciently given at Christmas by tenants to their landlords, Orkn.


_Wallaces Orkn._


2. A brewing of a large quant.i.ty of malt, for the purpose of being drunk at once at a merry meeting.--Caithn.