An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 37

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 37

_Knox._


Fr. _bas-piece_, base or billon money.


BABIE-PICKLE, _s._ The small grain, which lies in the bosom of a larger one, at the top of a stalk of oats, S.


V. ~Pickle~.


BACHLANE; To ~Bachle~.


V. ~Bauchle~.


BACK, _s._ An instrument for toasting bread above the fire, made of pot-metal, S.


Germ. _backen_, to bake.


BACK, _s._ A large vat used for cooling liquors, S.


Belg. _bak_, a trough.


BACK, BACKING, _s._ A body of followers, or supporters, S.


_Baillie._


BACK-BREAD, _s._ A kneading-trough, S.


BACK-CAST, _s._ A relapse into trouble, or that which is the occasion of it, S.


BACK-CAW, _s._ The same as _Back-cast_, S.


BACKE, _s._ The bat.


V. ~Bak~, ~Backie-bird~.


BACKINGS, _s. pl._ Refuse of wool or flax, used for coa.r.s.er stuffs, S.


_Statist. Acc._


Swed. _bakla lin_, to dress flax.


BACKLINS, _s._ Backwards; as, _To gae backlins_, to go with the face turned opposite to the course one takes, S.


V. the termination ~Lingis~.


BACK-SEY, _s._


V. ~Sey~.


BACK-SET, _s._


1. A check, any thing that prevents growth or vegetation, S.


2. Whatsoever causes a relapse, or throws one _back_ in any course, S.


_Wodrow._


Eng. _back_ and _set_.


BACKSPANG, _s._ A trick, or legal quirk, by which one takes the advantage of another, after every thing seemed to have been settled in a bargain, S.


_Back_ and _spang_, to spring.


_To_ BACK-SPEIR, _v. a._


1. To trace a report as far back as possible, S.


2. To cross-question; S.


_Back_ and _speir_, to examine.


V. ~Spere~, v.


BACK-SPEIRER, BACK-SPEARER, _s._ A cross-examinator, S.


_Cleland._


BACK-SPRENT, _s._ The back-bone, S.


_Back_, and S. _sprent_, a spring.


BADE, _pret._ of ~Bide~, q. v.