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1. a-be, v. View full entry 1718
...Sc., Eng. regional, and Irish English (north.). As infinitive, in phrase to let (also leave, etc.) a-be: to leave off, desist...
2. aiblins, adv. View full entry 1720
...Perhaps, possibly....
3. beek, n. View full entry 1725
...A warming or basking in the heat, a bask....
4. beˈgunk, n. View full entry 1725
...A befooling or deluding trick, a piece of deception....
5. bewith, n. View full entry 1724
...A makeshift, stopgap, substitute....
6. bieldy, adj. View full entry a1758
...Affording shelter....
7. birkie, n. and adj. View full entry 1724
...A familiar or jocular term for a man, often connoting self-assertion, crustiness, or the ‘having a mind of his own’; sometimes slightly depreciatory = ‘strutting fellow,’ but often, like ‘fellow,’ ‘carle,’ ‘chield,’...
8. birl, v.2 View full entry 1724
...intr. To move on with rotatory motion, as a rifle bullet; also fig....
9. blackavised, adj. View full entry 1721
...Dark-complexioned, swarthy....
10. ˈblaflum, v. View full entry 1724
...trans. To impose upon....
11. blattering, adj. View full entry 1728
...That blatters....
12. ˈblawort, n. View full entry 1722
...The name in Scotland of two plants: the Harebell (Campanula rotundifolia), and the Corn Bluebottle (Centaurea cyanus). Cf. blewart...
13. bought | bught, v.2 View full entry 1724
...trans. To pen or fold (sheep)....
14. † ˈbrooker, n. View full entry 1728
...One who enjoys possession of, a proprietor....
15. bumbaze, v. View full entry 1725
...To confound, perplex, bamboozle....
16. bung, adj.1 View full entry 1721
...‘Tipsy, fuddled; a low word’ (Jamieson)....
17. bunker, n.1 View full entry a1758
...A seat or bench (‘serving also for a chest’ Jamieson). Sc....
18. burnie, n. View full entry 1724
...A small burn; a brooklet....
19. ˈcadgy, adj. View full entry 1719
...Wanton, lustful: amorous....
20. callant, n. View full entry 1716
...A lad, youth, stripling; a boy of any age....
