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argbarge, arggie-bargie, argie_bargie, argie-bargie, argie-bargle, argle-bargle, argle-bargle, argol-bargol, argybarge, argy-bargie, argy-bargy, argyvargy, bairgie, bargie, bargle, bargue,
bargle [ˈbargl]
also bargie [ˈbargi], bargue [ˈbargju]
n. A wrangle.
v. To wrangle, to bandy words.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
argie-bargie [ˈargiˈbargi, ˈargeˈbarge]: n. Contention, a dispute. v. To dispute.
argle-bargle: n. Contention, a dispute. v. To dispute.
aertbark, aert-bark, baark, bairk, bairken, bark, barken, barkened, barkenit, barkent, barket, barket, barkid, barkin, barkined, barkit, barkit, baurk, baurkit, berk, berken$d, earthbark,
bark [bark]
n. The bark of a tree. The skin. I. Common tormentil Potentilla erecta. A preservative for fishing nets.
v. To cake with mud etc. To skin.
pt. pp. barkit adj. Caked with mud etc.
 
barken [ˈbarkən]
n. Tanned leather.
adj. Dried into a crust, encrusted.
v. Encrust, plaster, over, blacken.
pt. pp. barkent
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
barkin: Treating clothes to make them waterproof.
earthbark [I.Sh. ert-, ɪrt-]: The roots of tormentil Potentilla erecta
stane-bark: S. The lichen Parmelia saxatilis.
bairk, bark, bark, barket, barkin, barkin$, barkit, baurk, berk, berkin, berkit, birk,
bark [bark, bɛrk]
n. The bark of a dog. A cough of a hard rapid nature.
v. To bark, cough, give warning.
pt. pp. barkit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
barkin: Barking.
barleyhood, barlic, barlicheid, barlick, Barlickhood, barlickhood, barliehood, barlock, barlockhood,
barlic [ˈbarlək]
adj. Angry, drunken.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
barlicheid n. A fit of obstinacy or violent ill temper, also used to denote a state of drunkenness.
baarn, bairn-doors, barn, barn_doors, barnman, barnyaird, barn-yaird, barn-yard, baurn, bern, bern-doors, bernman, bern-yaird,
barn [ba(ː)rn]
also bern [ˈbɛrn, beːrn]
n. A barn.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
barn doors: col. Very large.
barnman: A thresher.
barnyaird: A stackyard.
bambrack, barmbrack, barn_brack, barnbrack,
barnbrack [ˈbarnbrak, ˈbarmbrak]
n. A fruit bun.
 
From Irish bairín breac.
Barnweel, Barnweill,
Barnweel [ˈbərnwil]
pn. Barnweill (Ayrshire).
barp,
barp [barb]
n. A burial cairn or barrow.
bara, barra, barrae, barrie, barrih, barrow, barry, borra, borra, borrie, borro, borroo, borrow, firlbarra, firlbarrae, furlbarra, furlbarrae, hurlbarra, hurl-barra, hurlbarrih, hurlbarrow, hurl-borro, hurlie-barra, hurlie-barrae, muck-barra, muck-barrae, paet-borro, peat-barrae, peat-borra, whirlbarra, whirlbarrae, whirlbarrow, whurlbarra, whurlbarrae, whurlbarrow,
barrae [ˈbarə, ˈbarɪ, ˈbare, ˈbɔrə]
n. A barrow.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hurlie-barrae: A handcart.
muck-barrae: A manure barrow.
peat-barrae: A large wheeled barrow for transporting peats across the moor.
whirlbarrae: A wheelbarrow.
barren,
barren [ˈbarən]
adj. Incapable of producing its kind.

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