An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 49

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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language



An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 49


BASTOUN, _s._ A heavy staff, a baton.


Fr. _baston_, _baton_, id.


_Douglas._


BAT, _s._ A staple, a loop of iron, S.


BATAILL, _s._


1. Order of battle, battle-array.


_Barbour._


2. A division of an army, a battalion.


_Barbour._


3. It seems to signify military equipment.


_Barbour._


Fr. _bataille_, order of battle; also, a squadron, battalion, or part of an army; deduced from Germ. _batt-en_, caedere, A. S.


_beatt-an_, id.


BATE, BAIT, _s._ A boat.


_Barbour._


A. S. Alem. Isl. and Su. G. _bat_; C. B. and Ir. _bad_, cymba.


BATHE, BAITH, BAYTH, BAID, _adj._ Both, S. ~Baid~ is the p.r.o.n. of Angus.


_Wyntown._


Moes. G. _ba_, _bai_, _bagoth_; A. S. _ba_, _buta_; Alem. _bedia_, _bedu_, _beidu_; Isl. and Su. G. _bade_; Dan. _baade_; Germ. _beide_; Belg. _beyde_; ambo.


BATIE, BAWTY, _s._ A name for a dog, without any particular respect to species; generally given, however, to those of a larger size; S.


_Poems Buchan Dial._


Perhaps from O. Fr. _baud_, a white hound; _baud-ir_, to excite dogs to the chace.


BATIE, BAWTIE, _adj._ Round and plump, applied either to man or beast, Clydesd.


BATIE-b.u.m, BATIE-b.u.mMIL, _s._ A simpleton, an inactive fellow.


V. ~Blaitieb.u.m~.


_Maitland P._


From _batie_ a dog, and _b.u.m_, to make a humming noise. Teut.


_bommel_, a drone.


BATS, _s. pl._ The disease in horses called in E. the _bots_, S.


_Polwart._


Teut. _botte_, papula, a swelling with many reddish pimples that eat and spread; Swed. _bett_, pediculi, from _bit-a_, mordere.


BATTALLING, BATTELLING, _s._ A battlement.


_Douglas._


Fr. _bastille_, _batille_, turriculis fastigiatus.


BATTAR-AX, _s._ A battle-ax.


_Dunbar._


Fr. _battre_, Ital. _battar-e_, to strike; also, to fight.


_To_ BATTER, _v. a._ To paste, to cause one body to adhere to another by means of a viscous substance, S.


BATTER, _s._ A glutinous substance, used for producing adhesion, paste, S.


_To_ BATTER, _v. a._ To lay a stone so as to make it incline to one side, or to hew it obliquely; a term used in masonry, S.


Fr. _battre_, to beat.


BATTILL-GERS. "Thick, rank, like men in order of battle," Rudd. This, however, may be the same with _baittle_, applied to gra.s.s that is well stocked, South of S.


Teut. _bottel_, and _bottel-boom_, denote the arbutus, or wild strawberry tree.







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