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buff,
buff [bʌf]
adj. A light brown or yellow colour.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
penny buff: School primer.
baff, baffet, baffit, baffle, boof, boofel, boofet, booff, boofle, bouff, bouffet, bowf, bowfet, bowff, bowffet, buff, buffer, buffertit, buffet, buffle,
buff [bʌf, bʌuf]
n. A dull blow.
v. To strike, beat, thrash a sheaf without unbinding it.
 
buffle
v. To push, shove, buffet.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buffer: U. col. A boxer.
buffet [bʌfɪt, bʌufɪt]: A dull blow.
buffertit: Bashed about.
buffit, buffits,
buffit [ˈbʌfɪts]
n. pl. buffits The mumps.
bougil, bougill, bugle,
bugle [ˈb(j)ugl]
n. A bugle. A hunting horn.
bauld, beul, beullin, böl, böllin, buel, buellin, buil, buillin, buiol, buiollin, bul, bül, bullin, büllin, büol, büollin,
buil [I. bøl]
n. A sheepfold, a byre. A resting place for animals.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buillin doun: Putting animals to rest for the evening.
beeld, beelt, buhld, build, builder, buildin, buildit, built, bult, upbeeld, upbeild, upbield, upbuild,
build [bɪld]
v. To build, construct. To pile, to stack.
pt. buildit, built
pp. built
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
builder: A builder.
buildin: A building, building.
rebuild: To rebuild.
upbuild: To build, construct.
beullie, beullies, builie, builies, builo, builos, buily, bulis,
builie [I.Ork. bøl]
n. A feast.
pl. builies Dainties, titbits, good things to eat.
been, beun, boon, buin, buinle, bune, bunle, bunnle,
buin [S. SN. I. bøn, C. U. bɪn, N. bin]
n. The dry woody part of the stalk of flax or hemp.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buinle: WC. The hogweed Heracleum sphondylium or ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.
Beenie, Buindie, Byne, Mill_o_Buindie, Mullnabeeny,
Buindie [ˈbini]
pn. Boyndie (near Banff).
 
Mill o Buindie
pn. Mill of Boyndie (Milne of Boyndie).
Binster, Binster_Brig, Binsterbrig, Buinster, Buinster_Brig,
Buinster Brig [bønstər brɪg, ˈbɪnstər-]
pn. Bonchester Bridge (Borders).

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