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beeth, beuth, bod, böd, bød, booth, buid, buith, luckenbooth, luckenbuith, tobooth, tolbooth, tollbooth, tollbuith, towbooth, towbuid, towbuith, towebuith,
buith [byθ, buθ I.Sh. bød]
n. A booth, hut, shed, cottage.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
luckenbuith: A booth or shop in a market which can be locked up.
towebuith: A tollbooth, office where tolls and dues were collected, a town hall, a town jail.
boddie, böddie, bödie, buddi, buddie, buddy, buiddie, buidie, buidiy, buithie, buithy,
buithie [I.Ork. ˈbøði, I.Sh. ˈbødi, ˈbʌdi]
n. A basket made of straw or dockens carried on the shoulders.
bilyor, Buchan-bullers, bulder, bulderin, bulderit, bullderin, buller, bullerin,
bulder [ˈbʌldər]
also buller [ˈbʌlər]
n. A loud gurgling noise, a loud roar. Irrelevant or blustering talk, nonsense. A bubbling circle or whirlpool, a bubble.
v. To make a loud gurgling sound. To bellow, to roar as a bull or cow does. To bluster, to blurt out.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bulderit: adj. I.Sh. Clumsy, headstrong.
Buchan-bullers: Heavy waves.
bulderin, bullerin: Roaring, bellowing, blustering.
adder-bell, atherbell, atherbell, ather-bill, bill, billie, boo, bu, bu$, bue, bul, buldy, bulie, bull, bull_saig, bull_seg, bull_segg, bullick, bullie, bullock, bull-saig, bull-seg, bull-segg, bully, edderbull, edder-bull, etherbell, etherbell, ether-bull, heather-bill, saig, seg, segg,
bull [bʌl, buː]
n. A bull. Contracted bu'.
dim. bullie, bullock
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bull-faced: Stonework that has been given an irregular surface.
bull-segg: S. An animal that has been castrated when fully grow.
ether-bull: S. SW. WC. A dragonfly.
boolastar, bullace, bullaster, bullees, bullister,
bullees [ˈbʌlis]
also bullister [ˈbʌlistər]
n. A bullace. The wild plum or sloe Prunus spinosa.
, billet, billets, boolad, boolads, bullat, bullat, bullats, bullats, bullet, bullet_stanes, bullet_steens, bullets, bullit, bullits, buulet, buulets,
bullet [ˈbʌlət, ˈbɪlət, NN.b. ˈbuləd]
n. A game played with a round iron ball similar to bowls. A large stone. A hailstone.
pl. bullets
v. To hail (weather).
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bullet stanes: Hail stones.
bult,
bult [I.Sh. bʌlt]
v. To butt with the head or horns.
bum, bumbaleerie,
bum [bʌm]
n. The posterior. An obnoxious, lazy or shiftless person.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bumbaleerie: col. The posterior.
bamlin, bum, bum$le, bumlack, bumlick, bumlock, bumm, bummel, bummer, bummie, bummin, bummle, bummler, bummlie, bummlin, bummy, foggiebumler, foggiebummer, foggie-bummer, foggie-bummie, foggy_bummer, foggybummer, fogiebummer, head_bummer, heed_bummer, heid_bummer, heidbummer, heid-bummer, mire-bummer, mire-bumper, moss-bummer,
bum [bʌm]
v. To drone, to hum, cry, weep, brag, boast.
 
bummin [ˈbʌmɪn]
v. Making a humming noise.
n. A humming noise.
 
bummle [bʌml]
v. To hum, blunder. To bustle about, work busily but noisily and ineffectively.
n. A blunderer. A wild bee.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bummlin [ˈbʌmlɪn] Bumbling: Clumsy, careless.
bumlock [ˈ-lək, ˈ-lɪk]: A small stone etc. Which endangers one's falling, a stumbling-block.
bummer [ˈ-ər]: A humming insect, a humming toy or top, a factory siren, a thing, person or animal which is very large or wonderful of its kind.
bummler [-lər], dim. bummie: A buzzing insect.
foggie-bummer: The wild or carder bee Bombus muscorum.
heid bummer col. A manager, a prominent or important person.
mire-bummer, S. moss-bummer: The bittern Botaurus stellaris.
bum, bummin,
bum [C. bʌm]
n. A knock or blow.
v. To strike or knock. To carelessly or noisily throw something away or to dismiss without ceremony.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bummin: A beating.

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