An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 51
/An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language
An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 51
A. S. and C. B. _balc_, Su. G. _balk_, porca, a ridge of land between two furrows; Isl. _baulkur_, lira in agro, vel alia soli eminentia minor.
BAUKIE, _s._ The razorbill, Alca torda, Orkn.
_Barry._
BAUSY, _adj._ Big, strong.
_Dunbar._
Su. G. _ba.s.se_, vir potens.
_To_ BAW, _v. a._ To hush, to lull.
_Watson._
Fr. _bas_, low.
V. ~Balow~.
BAW, _s._
1. A ball, used in play, S.
_Ramsay._
2. Money given to school-boys by a marriage company, to prevent their being maltreated; as otherwise they claim a right to cut the brides gown, S. This is the same with _Ball money_, E.
V. ~Coles~.
Corr. from E. _ball_.
BAWAW, _s._ An oblique look, implying contempt or scorn, S. B.
_Ross._
BAWBIE, _s._ A half-penny.
V. ~Babie~.
BAWBURD, _s._ The larboard, or the left side of a ship.
_Douglas._
Fr. _bas-bord_; Isl. _batforda_, id.
BAWD, _s_. A hare, Aberd.
_Poems Buchan Dial._
A. S. Ir. and Gael, _miol_ denotes a beast of whatever kind, _miol bhuide_, or _boide_, is a hare; also _patas_.
BAWD-BREE, _s._ Hare-soup, Aberd.
BAWDEKYN, _s._ Cloth of gold.
Fr. _baldachin_, _baldaquin_, _baudequin_, L. B. _baldachinum_, tissue de fil dor.
_To_ BAWME, _v. a._
1. To embalm.
Fr. _em-baum-er_.
_Wyntown._
2. To cherish, to warm.
_Douglas._
BAWSAND, Ba.s.sAND, BAWSINT, _adj._
1. Having a white spot on the forehead or face; a term applied to a horse, cow, &c., S.
_Douglas._
2. It seems to be used as equivalent to brindled or streaked, S. A.
_Minstrelsy Bord._
Hence, it would seem, _ba.s.sie_, an old horse, S.
Fr. _balzan_, _balsan_, a horse that has a white mark on the feet; deduced from Ital. _balzano_, and this from Lat. _bal-ius_, a horse that has a white mark either on the forehead or feet. Germ. _blaesse_, Su. G. _blaes_, a white mark on the forehead of a horse. Hence perhaps E. _blazon_, and _blaze_.
BAWSY-BROWN, _s._ A hobgoblin; viewed as the same with Robin Goodfellow of England, and _Brownie_ of S.
_Bannatyne Poems._