Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Revised by Alexander Leighton
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_To_ BANG, _v. a_. to change place with impetuosity-- as, _to bang up_, to start to our feet suddenly. BANNOCK, _s._ a cake of barley or pease meal baked on a girdle. BANNOCK-FLUKE, _s._ a turbot. BAP, _s._ a thick cake, baked in an oven, with yeast in it, and made of flour, oat meal, or barley meal, and sometimes a mixture of two of them. BARE, _adj._ lean; meagre; naked; uncovered. _To_ BARKEN, _v. n_. to become hard; to clot. BARLA-BREIKIS, BURLEY-BRAKS, _s._ a game played in a corn-yard, running round the stacks. BARLEY, _s._ a term used by children in games, when a truce, or a cessation for the time, is demanded. BARNE. See BAIRN. BASSIE, _s._ an old horse. BASTOUN, _s._ a heavy staff; a baton. BAITH, _adj._ both. |
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