An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 92

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 92

_Ramsay._


2. A pettish humour.


_Philotus._


In Lincolnsh. this word is used for a scarecrow, from _bogill_, or C. B. _bogel-u_, to affright, and _bo_, a hobgoblin, q. "the affrighting goblin."


_To_ BOGG-SCLENT, _v. n._ Apparently, to avoid action, to abscond in the day of battle.


_Colvil._


Perhaps in allusion to him who _sklents_ or strikes off obliquely from the highway, into a _bog_, to avoid being taken prisoner.


BOGSTALKER, _s._ An idle, wandering, and stupid fellow; one who seems to have little to do, and no understanding, S.


V. ~Stalker~.


_Ramsay._


Borrowed perhaps from outlaws, who were seen at a distance hunting in marshy places, where pursuit was more difficult.


BOID, _s._


_Maitland Poems._


Isl. _bode_, a term used to denote a wave agitated by the wind; unda maris c.u.m vadosis scopulis luctans.


BOIN, BOYN, BOYEN, BOWYNE, _s._


1. A washing-tub, S. B.


2. A flat broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is emptied from the pail, a _bowyne_, Loth.


Unless from Isl. _boginn_, curvus, or Dan. _bugn-e_, to bend, as respecting its form; I can offer no conjecture as to the origin.


BOYIS, _s._ _In boyis_, in fetters.


_Barbour._


Teut. _boeye_, compes, pedica, vinculum; _boey-en_ compedire.


BOIS, _adj._ Hollow.


V. ~Bos~.


BOISSES.


V. ~Boss~.


_Knoxs Hist._


_To_ BOIST, BOAST, _v. a._ To threaten, to endeavour to terrify, S.


_Douglas._


C. B. _bost-io_, to vaunt ones self; _bost_, vaunting.


BOIST, BOST, _s._ Threatening, S.


_Wallace._


BOIT, _s._ A cask or tub used for the purpose of curing butcher-meat, or for holding it after it is cured; sometimes called a _beef-boat_, S.


_Ruddiman._


Germ. _b.u.t.te_; Ital. _botte_, id., whence E. _b.u.t.t_. Su. G.


_byttia_, situla, cupa; Teut. _botte_, id. dolium, orca, cupa.


_To_ BOK, BOCK, _v. a._


1. To vomit, S.


_Gawan and Gol._


2. To reach, to incline to puke, S.


3. To belch, (eructare) S.


A. Bor. _boke_, _bowk_, to nauseate, to be ready to vomit; _booac_, to reach, to keck, ibid. Perhaps from A. S. _bealc-an_, eructare. It however has greater resemblance of _puke_, to which no etymon has been a.s.signed.


BOK, BOCK, _s._ The act of reaching, S.


_Cleland._


BOKEIK, _s._ Bopeep, a game.