BLUID, s. blood.
BLUIDY, adj. bloody; bloodthirsty; covered with gore.
BLUITER, BLUTTER, v. n. to make a rumbling noise.
BLUNTIE, s. a stupid fellow; a sniveller.
BOAL, BOLE, s. a small aperture or press in a house for the reception of small articles; a small opening in a wall for the admission of light or air.
BOB, s. a curtsey.
To BOCK, v. a. to make a noise with the throat, as persons will frequently do before vomiting.
BOD, BODDY, s. a person of diminutive stature.
BODDUM, s. bottom.
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.