Benmost, inmost.

Bent, the open field; to tak the bent,

to run away.

Betouch-us-to, Heaven preserve us!
Beuk, baked; also, a book.
Bicker, a drinking-cup; a race.
Bickering, fighting, quarrelling.
Bide, stay, reside, endure.
Big, to build; biggit, built.
Biggin, a house.

Bigonet, a linen cap or coif.
Billie, a brother, a companion.
Bink, a bank of earth, a bench.
Binmost, uppermost.
Binna, be not.

Birk, the birch-tree.

Birkie, a forward, lively fellow.
Birle, to carouse, to drink.
Birn, a burnt mark, a burden.
Birses, bristles.
Birze, to bruise.

Bite and soup, meat and drink.
Bittock, a little bit, short distance.
Blab, blob, a small globe or bubble
of any liquid.

Blae, black and blue, the colour of
the skin when bruised.
Blaeberry, the whortleberry.
Blafum, to beguile.

Blan, caused to cease.

Blashy, deluging, thin, weak.
Blastie, a shrivelled dwarf.
Blastit, blasted.

Blate, bashful, sheepish.

Blatter, a rattling noise.

Blaw, to blow, to boast.

Blawart, a blue flower.

Bleerit, bleared.

Bleezing, bleising, blazing.

Blellum, an idle-talking fellow; blellums, idle talk; Blether, to talk nonsense.

Blether-skate, an indistinct or in

discreet talker.

Blin, cease; also, blind.

Bouze, to drink.

Bow, a boll (a dry measure).
Bowie, a small barrel or cask.
Bout, a bolt; bent.
Brae, a hillside.
Bray, vaunt.

Braid, broad.

Brainzel, to break forth violently.
Braken, or brecken, the fern.
Brander, a gridiron.

Brands, brawns, calves of the legs.
Brang, brought.

Brangle, to shake, to threaten.
Brankan, prancing.

Branks, wooden curbs for horses.
Brattle, a clattering noise.
Braw, gaily apparelled, handsome;
braws, fine clothes.
Brawly, very well, easily.
Bree, broo, liquor; the eyebrow.
Brent, smooth, clear.
Brig, a bridge.
Briss, to press. '
Broad, a board.
Brochin, oatmeal gruel.
Brock, a badger.
Brogues, sheepskin shoes.
Broicher, to perspire.
Brose, a kind of pottage.
Browden, fond.
Browst, a brewing.
Bruik, to enjoy.

Brulzie, a brawl, a quarrel.
Brumstane, brimstone.
Brunt, browned, burned.
Buckie, a shell-fish.

Buckled, married.
Buff, to strike.

Bught, a pen for holding sheep.
Bughted, winding, knotted.
Buirdly, stout-made.
Buller, to bubble.

Bumbazed, confused.

Bummle, to blunder or bungle.
Bunker, chest used for a seat.

Blink, a little while; to shine by Burn, burnie, a stream.

fits.

Blinker, a term of contempt.

Blinket, looked kindly.

Bluid, blood.

Bluntie, snivelling.

Blupe, a shred, a large piece.
Boal, a cupboard in the wall.
Bob, nosegay; also, to bow.
Bobbin, a weaver's quill.
Bobbit bands, tasselled bands.
Bock, or boke, to retch.
Bode, a price offered.
Bodin, or bodden, furnished.
Bodle, a small copper coin = {d.
Boggie, a marsh.

Boglebo, hobgoblin.

Bonnie, handsome, beautiful. Bonnyvalys, toys, gewgaws. Bonspiel, a curling or golf match. Boo, to bow.

Bools, boys' marbles.

Boost, was under a necessity of.
Bouk, bulk, a whole carcass.
Bourd, jest or dally.
Bour-tree, the elder-tree.
Bouscr, a rafter.

| Cannie, gentle, cautions.

Cantie, cheerful, disposed to sing.
Cantrips, charms, incantations.
Cap, a wooden bowl.
Capernoited, whimsical.
Carena, care not.
Carle, an old man.
Carline, an old woman.
Carlings, pease boiled.
Carritch, a catechism.
Cartes, playing-cards.

Castocks, custocks, cabbage-stalks.
Cauk, chalk.

Cauldrife, chilling, wanting cheerfulness.

Causey, causeway, the strect.
Chafts, chops, the jaws.
Chancy, lucky, happy.

Chanter, the drone of a bagpipe.
Chap, a knock, a Llow; a young

fellow.

Cheep, to chirp.

Chiel, or chield, a fellow (in a good or bad sense).

Chimlie, fireplace, chimney.
Chirm, to chirp like a bird.

Chitter, to chatter, to shiver.

Chuck, a chicken.

Chuckies, hens or chickens.

Chuhe, fat-faced.

Claise, claes, clothes.

Clarty, clatty, dirty, nasty.
Clash, to tell tales.

Clatter, to tell idle stories.
Claught, laid hold of.

Claver, to talk idly.

Claw, to scratch.

Cleck, to hatch or breed.

Cled, or cleed, clad, clothed.

Cleek, to catch as with a hook, to

Cosh, neat, snug.