BODE, BOD, _s._ an offer made prior to a bargain; a proffer.
BODEN, BUDDEN, _v_. offered; proffered.
BODLE, _s._ an old copper coin of the value of two pennies Scots, or third part of a penny English.
BOGILL, BOGLE, _s._ 1. a hobgoblin; a spectre; 2. a scarecrow; any made-up imitation of a spectre.
BOMBILL, BUMBILL, _s._ buzzing noise.
BOMBILL-BEE, _s._ a drone.
BONIE, BONYE, BONNY, _adj._ beautiful; having a fine countenance.
BONIEST, _adj._ the most beautiful.
BOOL, _s._ an ironical name, as applied to an old man.
BOONMOST, _adj._ uppermost.
BOORDLEY, _s._ strong; large; broad; having a manly appearance.
BORDEL, _s._ a brothel.
BOS, BOSS, BOIS, _adj._ hollow.
BOT, BUT, _conj_. but; without anything.
BOTHE, BOOTHE, _s._ a shop made of boards.
BOTHIE, _s. pl._ a cottage; such a one as is occupied generally for the use of servants.
BOTTINGS, BUITINGS, _s._ half boots, or leathern spatterdashes.
BOUCHT, BOUGHT, BUCHT, _s._ a small pen used for milking ewes.
_To_ BOUCHT, BUCHT, _v. a._ to enclose.
BOUK, BUIK, _s._ the trunk of the body; bulk.
BOUKIT, _adj._ bulky, large. _No muckle boukit_, not of much size or dimensions.
BOUN, _adj._ prepared; ready.
BOUR, _s._ the private chamber of a lady in ancient times.
BOURTREE, BOUNTREE, _s._ common elder-tree.
BOW, _s._ a boll; eight pecks.
BOW, _s._ the arch of a bridge; a gateway; a crooked path.
BOWIE, _s._ a small cask or barrel; a milk pail.
BOWSIE, _adj._ crooked; applied to a crooked person, who is called a _bowsie_.
BRACE, _s._ the chimney-piece.
BRACKEN, BRAIKEN, BROCKEN, _s._ the fern.
_To_ BRACK, _v. a._ to break.
BRACKIT, BRACKET, BRUCKIT, _adj._ speckled.
BRAE, _s._ tho side of a hill; an acclivity.
_To_ BRAG, _v. a._ 1. to defy; 2. to reproach.
BRAID, BRADE, _adj._ wide; broad.
BRANDNEW. See BRENTNEW.
BRANDER, _s._ a gridiron.
_To_ BRANDER, _v. n._ to broil.
BRANG, _part. pa._ brought.
BRANKS, _s._ a swelling in the glands of the neck.
BRAT, _s._ a coarse apron.
BRATCHET, BRATCHART, _s._ an opprobrious term, equivalent to _whelp_.
BRAW, BRA, _adj._ fine; gaily-dressed.
BRAWLY, BRAVELY, _adv._ very well.
BRAWS, _s._ fine clothes; a person's best suit.
BRAXY, BRACKS, _s._ a disease in sheep.
BREADBERRY, _s._ pap, used as food for children.
BREAK (_of a hill_,) _s._ a hollow cleft in a hill.
BRECHAME, BRECHEM, _s._ the collar of a horse.
BREE, BRIE, BREW, BROO, _s._ broth; soup.
BRE, BREE, _s._ the eyebrow.
BREEKS, BREIKS, _s._ breeches.
BREER, BREARD, _s._ the first blades of grain which appear above ground.
_To_ BREER, _v. n._ to germinate.
BREID, _s._ breadth.
BRENT, _adj._ high; straight; upright.
BRENTNEW, quite new.
BRIG, BREG, BRYG, _s._ a bridge.
_To_ BRIZE, BIRSE, _v. a._ to bruise; to drive or push.
BROCHAN, _s._ oatmeal boiled to a consistence thicker than gruel.
BROCK, _s._ a badger.
BROCKED, BROCKET, _adj._ streaked and spotted, as a _brockit cow_.
BROCKLIE, _adj._ brittle.
BROD, _s._ a flat piece of wood; a board.
_To_ BROG, _v. a._ to pierce.
BROGUE, _s._ a coarse kind of shoe made of horse leather with the hair on, used by Highlanders.
BROK, _s._ refuse; fragments.
BROO, _s._ broth.
BROONIE, _s._ a spirit supposed to haunt farm-houses, and which, if treated well, performed the duties of the servants while they were sleeping.
BROSE, _s._ a kind of food made by pouring hot water on oatmeal, and mixing them together. _Kail-brose_ is made by substituting broth for water.
BROWST, _s._ the quantity of malt liquor brewed at one time.
BRUGH, BURGH, _s._ a borough; a circular encampment; the hazy circle round the moon.
BRUSE, BROOSE, BRUISE, _v. a._ _To ride the bruise_, to run a race on horseback at country weddings. Metaphorically-- to contend; to strive.
_To_ BRUSH, _v. a._ to rush forth with speed.
BU, BOO, _s._ a sound often made use of to excite terror in children. _Bu-man,_ the devil, or a goblin; an imaginary evil being; a phrase used to keep children in subjection.
BUBBLY, _adj._ snotty.
BUBBLYJOCK, _s._ a turkey-cock.
BUCHT, _s._ a fold; a bending; the fold of a ribbon.
BUCKIE, BUCKY, _s._ any spiral shell.
BUCKIE-INGRAM, _s._ the soldier-crab, _Cancer bernardus_, which always inhabits the shells of other animals.
_To_ BUCKLE, _v. a._ to join together, as in marriage.
BUCKLE-THE-BEGGARS, _s._ a person who marries others in a clandestine manner.
BUCKTOOTH, _s._ a tooth jutting out from the others.
BUFF, _s._ a stroke; nonsense.
BUFFER, _s._ a foolish fellow.
BUFFET, _s._ a blow.
BUFFETS, _s. pl._ swellings in the glands.
BUFFIE, _adj._ swelled; blown up; puffed up.
BUIK, _s._ the body; the chest.
BUIK, BUK, BUKE, _s._ a book.
BUIRDLY, BURDLY, _adj._ large and well-made; stately.
_To_ BULLER, _v. n._ to make a noise like water rushing to and fro in the cavity of a rock.
_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ to abuse; to tease; to rally in contempt; to reproach.
BULYIEMENTS, _s._ habiliments.
_To_ BUM, _v. n._ to make a sound like that of bees; the sound emitted by a bagpipe.
BUMBAZED, _adj._ stupified.
BUMBEE, _s._ the humble bee; a wild bee; a drone.
BUM-CLOCK, _s._ the common flying beetle.
BUN, BUNN, _s._ a cake commonly used at New-Year time, composed of flour, dried fruits, and spices.
_To_ BUNG, _v. n._ to make tipsy.
BUNKER, BUNKART, _s._ a low and long chest, frequently placed in front of a bed in cottages, and used as a press, and also as a seat.
BUNTLING, _s._ a bantling; a bird.
BURD, _s._ a damsel; a lady.
BURDALANE, _s._ used when a person is left solitary, as a child the inmate of a strange family.
BURDE, BOORD, _s._ a table; a board.
BURIAN, _s._ a tumulus; a mound of earth.
BURLAW, BYRLAW, BIRLEY, _s._ a court consisting of country neighbours who settle local disputes, etc.
BURLY, _s._ a crowd; a brawl.
BURN, _s._ a small stream; a rivulet. _Burnie, burny_, is used as the diminutive of burn.
BURR, BURRH, _s._ persons are said to have the burr who pronounce the letter _r_ with a whirring sound, as the Northumbrians.
BURSIN, BURSTEN, _part. pa._ burst; overpowered with fatigue.
_To_ BUSK, _v. a._ to dress; to attire.
BUT, _prep_, without; towards the outer apartment of a house, or kitchen.
BUTER, BUTTER, _s._ the bittern.
BYGANES, _s._ what is past; used in quarrels, as, _Let byganes be byganes_; let what is past be past.
BYRE, _s._ a cow-house.
BY-RUNIS, _s. pl._ arrears; past debts.
BYSPRINT, _part. pa._ besprinkled.
BYSSYM, BISSOM, _s._ an unworthy female.
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_To_ CA, _v. a._ to call; to strike; to drive.
_To_ CAB, _v. a._ to pilfer.
CABBACK. See KEBBUCK.
CADDIS, _s._ lint for dressing a wound.
CADIE, _s._ an errand-runner; a carrier of parcels.
CAFF, _s._ chaff.
CAIGIE, _s._ wanton.
CAIGIELY, _adv._ cheerfully; wantonly.
CAIK, _s._ a flat cake made of oatmeal.
_To_ CAIKLE, _v. a._ to make a noise like a hen.
CAIRD, _s._ a gipsy; a travelling tinker.
CAIP, CAPE, _s._ the highest part of anything.
CAIRN, _s._ a conical heap of stones.
CAIR-WEEDS, _s._ mourning weeds.
CALD, CAULD, _s._ cold.
CALLAN, CALLANT, _s._ a stripling.
CALLER, _adj._ cool; refreshing.
CALLOT, _s._ a cap for a woman's head.
CALM-SOUGH, to say little.
CALSAY, CAWSAY, _s._ a causeway street; that part of a street which is bounded by the flags.
CAM, _pret_. came.
CAM-NOSED, _adj._ hook-nosed.
CAMPY, _adj._ bold; brave.
CAMSHAUCHEL'D, _part. adj_. distorted.
CAMSTERIE, CAMSTAIRIE, _adj._ unmanageable; perverse.
CANE, KAIN, _s._ a duty paid by a tenant of land to the owners in kind.
CANKERT, _adj._ ill-tempered; cross.
CANN, CAN, _s._ skill; knowledge; acquirements.
CANNA, CANNAE, cannot.
CANNIE, KANNIE, _adj._ cautious; prudent.
CANNILY, _adv._ prudently; cautiously.
CANTY, _adj._ cheerful; lively.
CANTEL, _s._ the crown of the head.
CANTRAP, _s._ an incantation; a spell; mischief artfully performed.
CAP, _v. n._ to crown; to surmount.
CAP, KAP, _s._ a wooden bowl.
CAPERCAILYE, CAPERCALYEANE, _s._ the wood-grouse or cock of the wood, _Tetrao urogallus_ (Linn.)
CAPERNOITED, _adj._ peevish; irritable; crabbed; snappish.
CARDINAL, _s._ a long cloak worn by women, generally those of a red colour, and commonly provided with a hood.
CAR-HANDED, _adv._ left-handed.
CARL, CAIRLE, CARLL, _s._ an old man.
CARLIE, _s._ a diminutive man.
CARLIN, _s._ an old woman.
CARLINS-E'EN, _s._ the last night of the year.
CARLISH, _s._ boorish; clownish.
CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ the catechism.
_To_ CARP, _v. a._ to contend.
CARSE, KERSS, _s._ a low and fertile tract of land adjacent to a river.
CASTOCK, CASTACK, _s._ the stalk or inner core of cabbage or greens.
_To_ CAST-OUT, _v. n._ to quarrel.
_To_ CAST-UP, _v. a._ to upbraid; to throw in one's teeth.
CATCHY, _adj._ ready to take advantage of another.
CATTLE-RAIK, _s._ a common on which cattle are fed; the feeding range of cattle.
CATWITTIT, _adj._ harebrained; unsettled.
CAUDRON, _s._ a chaldron.
CAULD, _s._ cold.
CAULDRIFE, _adj._ susceptible ofcold.
CAULD-STEER, _s._ sour milk and oatmeal stirred together.
CAUSE, _conj._ because.
CAUSEY, CAUSAY, _s._ a street.
CAUTION, _s._ surety.
CAUTIONER, _s._ a surety.
CAVIE, _s._ a hencoop.
_To_ CA', _v. a._ to drive.
_To_ CAWK, _v. a._ to chalk.
CAWKER, _s._ a dram; a glass of any spirits.
CERTIS. _Certis, ye're a fine ane!_ You are indeed a good one--(ironically.)
CHACK, CHECK, _s._ a slight repast.
CHAFTS, _s._ the chops.