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GLOSSARY.
B.
Bagrie. irajh, trumpery.
B a i 1 i e ' s \v i f e . The bailie is ,
in fame Scotijb burghs,
the principal, in others, an
inferior magiflrate ; re-
Jtmbling , in the former
cafe, the mayor, in the
latter, the alderman of a
Cornijlj borough.
Bairdtd. bearded.
Bairn. Bairns, child, children.
Baith. both.
Balow. bujh.
Ban'd. curftd.
Bang, bade the bang, flood
out the fight.
Bannocks, a fort of thick
cakes.
Banfters. bindflrrs, men mho
bind up the Jheaves after
toe reapers.
Baps, rolls of bund.
Bardies, bar dings,, dimi-
nutive of bards.
Barkct. barked, tanned.
Bafin'd, or bawfand. white-
faced, [potted or feci led
in the face with white.
Bauld. bold.
Bawbie. a Siotijh coin, the
'value of an Englijb half-
penny.
Bawtv- a dogs name.
lie. by.
Bear-bread, barby-bread.
Bear-meal, barhy-meal.
Beats, baits.
Bixket. curtefyed.
Bedone. fet.
Bee. See Abee.
Beer (r. bear), barhy.
Bees, wild bees, capricious
humoia s, extravagant fan-
cies.
Beforn. before.
Beit, mend, increafe, raife.
Ben. in, within, this way,
here, into this room. See
Butt.
Bend, drink.
Benew. beneath, below.
Benifon. blejfing.
Be -north, to the north, w
northward of.
Bent. Great part of Scotland
was formerly, and mav be
fltll, uninclofrd, uncultiva-
ted and barely covered
with bent, or coarfe grafs*
The bent therefor jignfics
the open country, in oppo-
Jition to the mclofures or
tilled land round or near
a village.
Berne, bairn, child.
Beuk. book.
Beweft. to the wefl, wefl-
ward of.
Bicker, a wooden difh or
veffi I, out of which ale is
drunk.
Bide, abide, Jlay.
Bidding (heller.
Big on. make on.
Biggit. built.
Bigonet. cap, or coif
Biiiy. brother.
Bing'd. curtefyed.