An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 41

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 41


BAIT, _s._ A boat.


V. ~Bat~.


_To_ BAYT, _v. a._ To give food to.


_Barbour._


Isl. _beit-a_, to drive cattle to pasture, _beit_ pasture.


_To_ BAYT, _v. n._ To feed.


_Gl. Sibb._


BAITTLE, _adj._ Denoting that sort of pasture, where the gra.s.s is short and close, Selkirks.


Isl. _beitinn_, fit for pasture.


BAIVEE, _s._ A species of whiting.


_Sibbald._


BAK, BACKE, BAKIE-BIRD, _s._ The bat or rearmouse, S.


_Douglas._


Su. G. _nattbacka_, id.


BAKE, _s._ A small cake, a biscuit, S.


_Burns._


BAKGARD, _s._ A rear-guard.


_Wallace._


BAKIE, _s._ The black-headed gull, Orkn.


BAKIE, _s._ The name given to one kind of peat, S.


_Ess. Highl. Soc._


E. _bake_, to knead.


BAKIE, _s._ A stake.


V. ~Baikie~.


BAKIN-LOTCH, _s._ A species of bread.


_Evergreen._


BAKSTER, BAXSTER, _s._ A baker, S.


_Burrow Lawes._


A. S. _baecestre_, a woman-baker.


BAL, BALL, the initial syllable of a great many names of places in Scotland.


Ir. Gael. _baile_, _ball_, a place or town; Su. G. Isl. _bol_, id.


domicilium, sedes, villa, from _bo_, _bo-a_, _bu-a_, to dwell, to inhabit.


BALAS, _s._ A sort of precious stone, said to be brought from _Bala.s.sia_ in India.


Fr. _balais_, b.a.s.t.a.r.d ruby.


BALAX, _s._ A hatchet, Aberd.


Isl. _bolyxe_, Su. G. _baalyxa_, a large axe.


BALBEIS, _s. pl._ Halfpence.


V. ~Babie~.


_Maitland Poems._


BALD, BAULD, _adj._


1. Bold, intrepid, S.


_Wyntown._







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