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- Bob of flowers, A, 174, Cu., of unknown or.; perhaps conn. with Gael. baban, babag, a tassel; pab, flax refuse; O. Ir. popp, a bunch
- Bodach, 63, 177, Gael. a silly person, a carle, Sc. a buddie
- Bodd'm, 167, Cu. and Sc.
- Bogle, 18, 256, bugbear, goblin; in Sc. lit. since 1500: of uncertain origin.—N. E. D.
- Boka, 39, Go. book, bokareis, scribes, bookers
- Bole, 171, boal, small recessed cupboard in a wall. Or. unknown
- Bolner, 149, Ic. to swell. See beal, bullerin
- Bond, 72, Sc. law term, mortgage
- Bone, 124 (Ger. Bein), Eng.
- Boolie-backit, 88, Sc. hump-backed
- Booly hole, 171, Cu. var. of bole
- Boost, 102, buist, behoved, under necessity to; also bu'd, had to
"Twa ells o' plaiden bude be bocht."
- Booth, 24, binds, Go. the table, booth, Ger. Bude—root, to build
- Bour-tree, boon tree, 123, 124, the elder. "Uncert. der.—bore inconsistent with earliest and dialect forms; bower answers phonetically, but unlikely with regard to sense; bound-tree, from marking boundaries."—N. E. D. This last a mere guess
- Boutent, bowden, 147, to swell; nothing like it in Jam. or N. E. D.
- Bower, 200, a farmer, on steelbow system, bow, O. N. bú, farming, farm stock, Ger. Bau, Bauer, C. Du. Boer
- Bowie, 156
- Braffin, 187, a horse-collar
- Brags, 128, Eng. brag, not in Jam.
- Braxy, 207, a disease in sheep; prob. conn. with break; A. S. broc, disease
- Brecham, 130, 187, E. dial. bargham; perh. O. E. beorgan, to protect with hame, q. v.
"A brecham and a cardin' clout."
"Jac. Ball."
- Bredd, broad, 29, 32, Go. braid-s
- Bree, brü, brye, 114, var. of brizz, bruise
- Bree, 203, brow, " Bree-bree brenty," &c.
- Breed shouder, 207, C. Du. broad shoulder
- Breest, 17, Go. brusts, breast
- Brether (as pl. for brother; long obsolete), 102; Shet. breder
- Bricht, 12, Go. bairhts, bright
- Bride, bruth-faths, 18, Go. lord of the bride. See faths
- Bring, 10, Go. briggan
- Brintlin, 145, Mo. a form of brunt, Eng. burnt; not in Jam.: bruntlin is a burnt moor (Buchan)
- Britchen, 130, a piece of horse harness, poss. from breech
- Brither, brothar, 18, Go. brother
- Brizz, 97 (bruise), O. E. brysan, to crush
- Broch, 25, a burgh, a pledge, bairgan, Go. guard, preserve; baurgs, a town; O. N. borg, a castle; Go. baurgs-waddjan, town-wall
- †Brochen, 158, 160, Mo. porridge, Ir. brochan, cog. broth.—MacB. "Not cog. with broth."—N. E. D.
- Brock, 29, 206, O. E. ge-broc, E. dial. brock, a fragment, Du. brok, Go. bruko—from "break;" fish offal, Shet.; to do work unskilfully—"A widna hae that tailyor; he brooks sae muckel claith."—Gregor
- Brock, 105, a badger; brokkit, 163, speckled. N. E. D. sub brock, badger, Gael. broc, prob. cog. φορκος, grey, white, the "speckled"
- Brokkit, 163, "a briekit sheep, dark, with white legs and belly."—Edm.
- Brom, 221, C. Du. cog. with Sc. barm
- Brook, 34, enjoy, endure, Go. brukjan, Ger. brauchen. Bruik, bruke, brook—bruk not in Jam. "Margaret Loif gevin license to marry Andro Flemyn, and bruk the twa merk land in Scheddylstoun."—"Glas. Rental Book." (J. B. F.)
- Broom, 81, Eng. (brougham)
- Broon kaidis, 138, bronchitis
- Broose, race of, 201, mounted party at a country wedding; "of uncertain origin."—N. E. D.
- Brucks, 206, Orc. fish offal. See brock
