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THE WORKS OF SIR DAVID LINDSAY
Buik, n., book, T. Sq. Mel. 169 ;
Bible, Sat. 269 ; New Testament,
Sat. 1149 ; buik and bell. Sat.
1258; bulks and bels. Sat.
1080; bulks and bellis. Sat.
2085; buik and candill, Sat.
3718 (see notes) ; buke. Pap.
1180; bukis, n. pi., English
Bibles, Kitt. Conf. 21.
Buird, n., table, board, H. Sq. Mel.
884 ; burde. Dr. 210.
Buirdin, n., burden, load, Sat.
2866.
Buit, n., in phrase Thair is na buit,
it boots nothing, it is of no use,
Sat. 1082. OE. bdt.
Buith, n., booth, shop, Ped. Coff.
55 ; buithis, n. pi.. Sat. 1015.
ME. hope.
Buittis, n. pi., boots. Sat. 3143.
Bull, n., bull (animal), Flyting 47;
bullis, n. pi.. Pap. 1059 ; Papal
bulls, Mon. 4766. See Bowis.
Buller, v., bellow. Pap. 95. Cf.
Sw. bullr-a, Da. buldre.
Bulrand, pr. p., bubbling, foaming,
Trag. 338 ; bulryng, Depl. 45.
Butler, infl. by OF. bullir, to boil.
Bummillbaty, n., simpleton, booby.
Sat. 268. Cf. Blaitie bum.
Burdis, n. pi., boards, Mon. 1383.
Burdoun, n., spear, H. Sq. Mel.
531 ; burdounis, n. pi., H. Sq.
Mel. 445. OF. bourdon, a
pilgrim's staff; stout staff,
sometimes sharpened, and hence
applied to spears.
Bureit, pa. p., buried, Trag. 427;
buryet, pa. p., Mon. 5598.
Buriall, n., beryl, pale-green to
white precious stone, often
used as term of admiration for
women, signifying clearness,
crystal-like, Sat. 132. OF.
beryl.
Burne, n., burne, warm water used
in brewing, Sat. 4140.
Burrowis, n. pi., burghs, towns.
Pap. 645.
Bursin, pa. p., burst, break down,
Mon. 4052. OE. berstan.
Bus, n. See Rysche bus.
Busk, n., bush, Mon. 991. ON.
busk-r.
Buskit, 3 pi. pr., dressed in clothes
for acting, Trag. 333 ; pa. p.,
disguised, Sat. 729. ? ON.
bua-sk.
But, prep., without. Sat. 165;
butt, Mon. 1056.
Buttis, n. pi., butts, H. Sq. Mel.
1048.
Buttock-maill, n., buttock fine,
jocular term for a fine imposed
by the ecclesiastical courts for
fornication in lieu of penance,
Sai. 3353.
Bwn, n., bum, backside, Syde
Taillis, 56.
By, conj., besides, other than.
Sat. 3288.
Bygaine, adv., bygone, Sat. 2708.
Byik, n., byke, nest of bees;
any group of persons, Mon.
5803.
Byill, n., boil, tumour, Mon. 2298.
Byngis, n. pi., heaps, Dr. 173.
ON. bing-r, heap.
Byre, n., cowhouse, H. Sq. Mel.
96 ; byir, Syde Taillis 69.
Bystour, n., boaster, railer. Sat.
2991.
Cacaphatie, name, Sat. 4610 (see
note).
Cace, n., case, facts, thing that
befalls anyone, H. Sq. Mel.
675 ; example, Dr. 335 ; caces,
n. pi.. Pap. 761; on a cace,
by chance. Sat. 646 ; cace, n.,
needle-case, metaphor for va¬
gina, Sat. 4414. See Cais.
Cadgeris, n. pi., carriers, country
itinerant dealers. Jousting 20.
Cadye, adj., wanton, lascivious,
Mon. 2657. Cf. Da. kaad,
lascivious.
Caiche, n., catch, tennis. Sat.
3411. Cf. MFlem. caetsespeel.
Sc. cachepule, cachespell.
Caiff, n., chaff. Sat. 3531.
Caik, n., cake, Ped. Coff. 52 ;
caikis, n. pi., Kitt. Conf. 89.
Caill, n., broth or soup made with
kale, or cabbage, Trag. 357.
Cair, n., anxiety, distress, H. Sq.
Mel. 181 ; cairful, adj.. Pap.
471 ; cairfull, H. Sq. Mel.
920 ; cairfullie, adv.. Dr. 265 ;
cairles, adj., careless, reckless.
Sat. 2446.
Cairls, n. pi., carls. Sat. 1368.
Cairt, n., cart, chariot, Dr. 437.
Cairtaris, n. pi., carters, Mon. 549.
Cairtis, n. pi., cards. Comp. 332.
See Cartis.

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