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boorbee, bourbee,
bourbee [ˈbuːrbi]
n. The burbot Lota lota,
boord, bourd,
bourd [buːrd]
n. A jest.
v. To jest, joke.
boorick, boorik, bourock, burek,
bourock [I.Sh. ˈburək]
n. A fishermen's tabu-name for a cow.
boose, boosin, booze, boozin, bous$t, bouse, boused, bousin, bouze, bouzin, bowsan, bowse, bowsin, bowsing,
bouse [buːz]
n. Liquor.
v. To drink heavily.
pt. pp. boused
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bousin: Drinking heavily.
booce, boocin, boos, boose, boossan, boucin, bouse, bousin, bus, busin,
bouse [bus]
n. N. I. Excessive haste, a rush. A turmoil.
v. To bustle about, to rush.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bousin: A bustling about. Bustling, energetic.
boost, boust, buist,
boust [bust]
v. To drive off, shoo away.
boot, bout, bowt,
bout [but, bʌut]
n. A bout, a spell of work or exercise, trial of strength. The ground covered by a plough. A swathe cut by a scythesman. A drinking binge.
boot, boultit, bout, boutit, bowt, bult,
bout [but, bʌut]
n. A sieve.
v. To sift flour, meal, etc. through a sieve or fine cloth.
pt. pp. boutit adj. Sifted, refined.
booch, bootch, boutch, bowch, bowtch,
boutch [butʃ, bʌutʃ]
n. A botch, bungle, muddle.
v. To botch, bungle, muddle.
boutie [ˈbuti]
n. arch. I.Sh. The Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus

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