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boch, boich, booch, boochin, bouch, bouchin, bowch, bowchin, byoch,
bowch [bʌux, bux]
also boch [bɔx, bjɔx]
n. A supressed bark.
v. To bark, to cough.
also boch [bɔx, bjɔx]
n. A supressed bark.
v. To bark, to cough.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bowchin: Barking, coughing etc.
boldin, boldinit, bouden, bouden$d, boudent, bowden, bowdend, bowdent,
bowden [ˈbʌudən]
v. To swell, to rise in flood.
pt. pp. bowdent adj. Swollen, affected by extreme grief or pride.
v. To swell, to rise in flood.
pt. pp. bowdent adj. Swollen, affected by extreme grief or pride.
boal, boall, boill, bol, bole, boll, bool, bow, bowe, bowes, bowl, bows,
bowe [bʌu]
also bole [bɔl]
n. A dry measure for oats, barley, meal or potatoes etc.
pl. bowes
also bole [bɔl]
n. A dry measure for oats, barley, meal or potatoes etc.
pl. bowes
bow, bowe, boweman, bowes, bowman, bows, greenbowe, green-bowe, leery-bowes, leery-bows,
bowe [bʌu]
n. A bow (weapon), an archway, the curve of a street. A wooden yoke.
pl. bowes
n. A bow (weapon), an archway, the curve of a street. A wooden yoke.
pl. bowes
Compounds and phrases etc.
boweman: A bowman.
gae throu the bowes: To misbehave.
green-bowe: I.Sh. A scour or diarrhoea in sheep.
ower the bowes: In a disorderly way.
gang by the leery-bowes: MN. To go to the mischief.
throu the bowes: Over the top, finished.
gae throu the bowes: To misbehave.
green-bowe: I.Sh. A scour or diarrhoea in sheep.
ower the bowes: In a disorderly way.
gang by the leery-bowes: MN. To go to the mischief.
throu the bowes: Over the top, finished.
bou, bous, bow, bowe, bowes, bows, tang-bow, tang-bowe, tang-bowes,
bowe [bʌu]
n. Boll, the seed-pod of flax.
pl. bowes
n. Boll, the seed-pod of flax.
pl. bowes
Compounds and phrases etc.
tang-bowe: I.Sh. One of the knobs or vesicles on the leaves of tang.
bow, bow$t, bowe, bowed, bowit, bowt,
bowe [bʌu]
v. To assume a bent or crooked shape.
pt. pp. bowed [bʌud, -t] adj. Bent, crooked, arched.
v. To assume a bent or crooked shape.
pt. pp. bowed [bʌud, -t] adj. Bent, crooked, arched.
booie, booies, börep, bou, bough, boughs, bouie, bouies, bous, bouy, bouys, bow, bowe, bowe-raip, bowe-raip, bowes, bows, buirep, burep, bürep, burrop, Catbow, Catbowe, skin-bowe, skyinbow, skynbow,
bowe [bʌu, MN. buːi, NN.b. bwiː]
n. A buoy. A fishing float.
pl. bowes
v. To buoy up, to fasten buoys to.
n. A buoy. A fishing float.
pl. bowes
v. To buoy up, to fasten buoys to.
Compounds and phrases etc.
Catbowe: pn. A neighbourhood in Buckie where the fisherfolk kept cats and used the skins for buoys.
skin-bowe: A buoy made of an animal skin. A shetland fiddle tune.
skin-bowe: A buoy made of an animal skin. A shetland fiddle tune.
bowesplit, bowspleet, bowspleit, bowsplit, bowsprit,
bowesplit [ˈbʌusplɪt]
n. Bowsprit.
n. Bowsprit.
bauf, bouf, bouff, bouffin, boufin, bowf, bowff, bowffie, bowffin, bowffing, bowffy, bowfie, bowfin, bowfing, bowfy, buff,
bowf [bʌuf]
n. A bark, a dog, a loud, dull sound, loud, hard cough.
v. To bark, to cough loud.
n. A bark, a dog, a loud, dull sound, loud, hard cough.
v. To bark, to cough loud.
bowfie
adj. Loudly barking.
adj. Loudly barking.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bark and bowf: A scolding.
bowfin: Barking, smelly.
bowfin: Barking, smelly.
bowfart, bowfart, bowfarts, bowferts,
bowfart [ˈbʌufərts]
n. pl. MN. Usually in the bowfarts: in difficulty, implying inability to rise or to free oneself.
n. pl. MN. Usually in the bowfarts: in difficulty, implying inability to rise or to free oneself.
Perhaps from the Beaufort scale.