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| ba'. | ball; a ball. |
| bab at the bowster. | a dance. |
| babie-clouts or baby-clouts. | child's first clothes. |
| backet. | bucket or box for removing ashes. |
| backet. Howe-backet | backed. Hollow-backed. |
| backlins-comin. | coming back; returning. |
| back-yett. | gate at the back. |
| bade. | endured; did stay. |
| baggie. | the belly. |
| baig'nets. | bayonets. |
| bailie. | the Scottish word for an alderman. |
| bainie. | with large bones; muscular. |
| bairin. | laying bare. |
| bairn. | a child. |
| bairn-time. | time of issue. |
| baith. | both. |
| bakes. | biscuits. |
| baiveridge. | handsel drink; beverage. |
| ballats or ballants. | ballads. |
| bamboozle. | to mystify; confuse. |
| ban. | to swear or curse. |
| ban. | a band. |
| bandster. | a binder of sheaves. |
| bane. | bone. |
| bang. | to drive; to beat. |
| bannet. | bonnet. |
| bannock. | a round flat cake. |
| bardie. | diminutive of bard. |
| barefit. | barefooted. |
| barket. | barked. |
| barkin. | barking. |
| barley-bree or barley-broo. | juice of barley; whisky. |
| barm. | yeast. |
| barmie. | yeasty; frothy; quick-tempered. |
| barn-yard. | stack-yard. |
| batch. | a company; a gang. |
| batts. | the botts; a colic. |
| baudrons. | a cat. |
| bauk or bawk. | a cross-beam; narrow path dividing lands. |
| bauken. | beam-end. |
| baukie-bird. | the bat. |
| bauks. | rafters. |
| bauld. | bold. |
| baumy. | balmy. |
| baws'nt. | white stripe down the face as in horses. |
| bawtie. | pet name for a dog. |
| be or bee. Let abee. | to let be. Leave alone. |
| be't. | be it. |
| bear or bere. | barley. |
| bearded-bear. | bearded barley. |
| beas'. | cattle; sometimes vermin. |
| beastie. | diminutive of beast. |
| beck. | to curtsey. |
| beck an' boo. | to curtsey and bow. |
| beet. | to fan; to feed; to warm. |
| befa'. | befall. |
| behadden. | beholden. |
| behin or behint. | behind. |
| belang. | belong. |
| beld. | bald. |
| bellum. | assault; attack. |
| bellyfu'. | bellyful. |
| bellys. | bellows. |
| belyve. | by and by. |
| ben. | in. |
| ben-end. | inner end; the parlour. |
| benmost. | innermost. |
| benorth. | north of. |
| bent. | coarse grass; the bare open field. |
| bent. | stretched. |
| besouth. | south of. |
| bethanket. | bethanked; full of gratitude. |
| beuk. | a book. |
| bicker. | a wooden dish; a short rapid race. |
| bickerin. | hurrying; sometimes quarreling. |
| bid. | to ask; to offer. |
| bide. | to stay; abide. |
| biel' or bield. | shelter; habitation. |
| bien. | prosperous; comfortable. |
| big. | to build. |
| bigget. | built. |
| biggin. | a building; a house. |
| bike or byke. | a wild bee's nest. |
| bill. | a bull. |
| billie. | fellow; comrade. |
| billies. | male companions; lively young fellows. |
| bing. Corn-bing. | a heap. Heap of grain. |
| birdie. | diminutive of bird. |
| birk. | the birch. |
| birken. | birchen. |
| birkie. | a plucky little fellow. |
| birks. | collection of birch trees. |
| birr. | vigour; forceful flow. |
| birrin. | whirring like partridges when they rise. |
| birsies. | bristles. |
| birth. | berth. |
| bit. | place; nick of time; small. |
| bitch-fou. | very drunk. |
| bizz. | bustle; to buzz. |
| bizzard. | the buzzard. |
| bizzie. | busy. |
| black-bonnet. | the elder. |
| blae. | blue; livid. |
| blastet or blastit. | blasted; worthless. |
| blastie. | a shrivelled wicked dwarf. |
| blate. | bashful; sheepish. |
| blather. | a bladder; a windy fellow. |
| blatherie. | idle talk; flattery. |
| blaud. | to slap or bang. |
| blauding. | pelting; banging. |
| blaw. | to boast; to blow. |
| blawn. | blown. |
| blear't or blearit. | bedimmed with weeping. |
| bleer. | to blear. |
| bleeze. | blaze; flame. |
| bleezin. | blazing; flaming. |
| blellum. | a babbler; loud-voiced nonsense. |
| blether. | to talk idly. |
| bleth'rin. | talking idly. |
| blin'. | blind. |
| blink. | a moment; a glance; a smile. |
| blinkers. | female oglers. |
| blinkin'. | glancing; smiling roguishly. |
| blin't. | blinded. |
| blirt and blearie. | bleared by excess of weeping. |
| blithe or blythe. | cheerful; happy. |
| blitter or blutter. | the mire snipe. |
| blue-gowns. |
licensed beggars who were presented with a blue gown or cloak with a badge annually on the king's birthday. |
| bluid or blude. | blood. |
| bluidy. | bloody. |
| blume. | bloom. |
| blunty. | a stupid person. |
| blype. | a large shred. |
| bobbit. | bobbed; becked; danced. |
| beck. | to vomit. |
| bocket. | gushed; vomited. |
| boddle. | a small coin, value two pennies Scots. |
| bodkin. | pointed tool for making holes in cloth. |
| boggie. | marshy; a small morass. |
| bogle. | a hobgoblin. |
| bole. | a hole in the wall. |
| bonie or bonnie. | beautiful; sweet-looking. |
| boord. | board. |
| boord-en'. | board end; head of the table. |
| boortree. | the shrub-elder. |
| boost. | behoved; must needs. |
| boot or to boot. | payment to the bargain. |
| bore. | a small hole. |
| botch. | an angry tumour. |
| bother. | annoyance; to tease. |
| bouk. | bulk; body. |
| bow-hough'd. | bandy-legged. |
| bow-kail. | cabbage. |
| bow't. | bent; crooked. |
| brachens. | ferns. |
| brackens. | ferns. |
| brae. | the slope of a small hill. |
| braid. | broad. |
| braid-claith. | broad cloth. |
| braid Scots. | broad Scots. |
| braik. | a set of harrows. |
| braindge. | to plunge rashly forward. |
| braindg't. | plunged. |
| brak'. | broke; did break. |
| brankie. | spruce; well attired. |
| branks. | a bridle with wooden curbs. |
| brany. | brandy. |
| brash. | a brief illness; water-brash. |
| brats. | small pieces; rags; children. |
| brattle. | a short, rapid race. |
| braw. | gallant; handsome; finely dressed. |
| brawly or brawlies. | very well; finely. |
| brawny. | of brawn and muscle; strong. |
| braws. | fine clothes. |
| braxies. | sheep with or dead of braxy. |
| braxy. | flesh of sheep killed by disease. |
| brenstet or briestit. | sprang up with forward motion. |
| breastie or briestie. | diminutive of breast. |
| brecham or brechan. | a horse collar. |
| bree. | juice; liquid. |
| breeks. | breeches. |
| breer or brier. | briar. |
| brent. | polished. |
| brent-bright. | brightly polished. |
| brent-new. | brand new. |
| brief. | writ; writing. |
| brig. | bridge. |
| brisket. | the breast. |
| brither. | brother. |
| brock. | a badger. |
| brogue. | a trick. |
| broo. | brow; soup, liquid, juice. |
| broose. | a race at country weddings. |
| brose. | dish of oatmeal, hot water and salt. |
| browst. | a brewing of ale. |
| browster-wives. | ale-wives. |
| brugh. | a burgh; a lunar halo. |
| brulzie. | a broil; a quarrel. |
| brunstane. | brimstone. |
| brunt. | burnt. |
| budgets. | tinkers' bags of tools. |
| buff. | to bang. |
| bught. | sheep-fold. |
| bughtin. | herding sheep into the fold. |
| bughtin-time. | time for herding sheep into the fold at night. |
| buirdly. | stout made; broad built. |
| bum. | the buttocks; to hum. |
| bum-bees. | humble bees. |
| bum-clock. | the humming beetle. |
| bummin. | making a humming noise. |
| bummle. | to drone; a blunderer. |
| bunker. | a seat; generally a seat in the window. |
| burdies. | birdies. |
| bonnie burdies. | beautiful maidens. |
| bure. | did bear. |
| burn or burnie. | a rivulet. |
| burnewin. | (burn the wind) the black-smith. |
| burr-thistle. | the spear thistle or thistle of Scotland. |
| busk. | to dress neatly. |
| buskit. | dressed with taste. |
| buss. | a bush. |
| but. | without; void of. |
| but and ben. | kitchen and parlour. |
| by. | past; beside. |
| by attour. | aside and at a distance. |
| by himsel'. | beside himself; distracted. |
| byke. | a wild bee's nest. |
| by-past. | past. |
| byre. | a cow-house. |
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