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baad, baadrons, baat, baatie, baaty, Bad_money, bad-money, bald-minnie, baldmoney, baud, baudminnie, baud-minnie, baudran, baudrans, baudrins, baudron, baudrons, bauldrins, bauldrons, bauldrons, bauthrons, bautie, bauty, bawd, bawd-money, bawdrins, bawdrons, bawthrens, bawtie, bawty, pousie-baudrons, poussie-baudrons, pussie_baudrons, pussy-bawdrons,
baud [bɑːd, bɔːd, N. I. baːd]
n. A hare, usually Lepus europaeus.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baud-minnie: An aromatic herb. The gentian or spignel Meum athamanticum.
baudrons [ˈbɑːdrənz, ˈbɑːðrənz, ˈbɔːdrənz, ˈbɔːðrənz, N. ˈbaːdrənz & ˈbaːðrənz, I. ˈbaːdrənz]: A cat or hare.
bautie [ˈbɑːtɪ, ˈbɔːtɪ, N. I. ˈbaːtɪ]: A name for a dog used contemptuously of people.
pousie-baudrons: A cat.
Baaderston, Bauderston, Bawderston,
Bauderston [ˈbɑːdərstən, ˈbɔːd-, N. I. ˈbaːd-]
pn. Balderston (West Lothian).
baudkin,
baudkin [ˈbɑːdkɪn, ˈbɔːd-, N. I. ˈbaːd-]
n. A richly embroidered cloth. A baldachin.
babldeirie, baldair, baldairie, baldaisie, balderie, balderock, balderry, baudrie, bawdrie, bawdry, beldairy, bildairy, bulderry, bulldairy, puldary, pulderuck, pull-dailie,
baudrie [ˈbɑːdri, ˈbɔːdri]
also I. balderie [ˈbʌldiri],
n. The marsh orchid Dactylorhiza majalis or early-purple orchid Orchis mascula.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
balderock: I.Ork. The bog-asphodel Narthecium ossifragum.
Baadrick, Baudrick, Baudrig, Bawdrick,
Baudrig [ˈbɑːdrɪk, ˈbɔːdrɪk]
pn. Baldridge (Fife).
 
From bauld + rig.
baak, baaken, baak-en, baak-high, baakie, baakie-bird, baaks, baaky, back, backie, backy, backy, bak, balk, bau$ks bauk-en, bauckie-bird, bauk, bauken, bauk-en$, bauk-end, baukey, bauk-heich, baukie, baukie-bird, baukie-burd, baukit, bauks, bauky-bird, bauky-burd, baulk, baux, bawk, bawk-en, bawk-end, bawkie, bawks, bawky, bock, spur-bauk, thort-back, thwart-bauk, twartbaak, twart-back, twat-back,
bauk [ˈbɑːk, ˈbɑːk, N. I. ˈbaːk]
n. A beam of wood, a plank. A seat in a boat. An instrument for toasting bread. An unploughed ridge or portion of land in a cultivated field.
dim. baukie A bat.
pl. bauks Rafters, beams. A hen roost. A loft or apartment, a church gallery.
v. To secure a cow's head during milking-time.
pt. pp. baukit adj. Seated, sat down.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bauken [ˈbɑːkən, ˈbɔːkən, N. I. ˈbaːkən]: A bat.
bauk-end: Beam-end.
bauk-heich, bauk-hicht: As high as ... The height of the rafters.
baukie-bird: A bat.
heid bauks: Border ropes on a fishing net.
spur-bauk: A cross-beam in the roof of a building.
thwart-bauk: I.Sh. A cross beam in a roof, a perch for hens.
baal, baald, baaldie, baaldie-heidit, bahld, bal$, bald, baldie-worrie, baldie-worrie, baul, bauld, bauldie, bauldie-heidit, bauldie-wirrie, bel$, beld, beldie, bell, belt, beltie, boul, bould, bowl, bowl$, bowld, wirrie-bauldie, wirry-bauldie, worrie-baldie, worry-baldie,
bauld [ˈbɑːl(d), ˈbɔːl(d), U. ˈbʌul(d), N. ˈbaːl(d)]
also beld [bɛld, I.Sh. ˈbɛlt]
n. A bald place, a spot of baldness.
dim. bauldie, beldie.
adj. Bald, marked with a white spot.
v. To make bald.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bauldie-heidit: Bald-headed.
wirry-bauldie: col. An artichoke.
baal, baald, bald, baul, baul$, bauld, bauldlie, boul, bould, bowl, bowl$, bowld,
bauld [ˈbɑːl(d), ˈbɔːl(d), N. I. ˈbaːl(d), U. ˈbʌul(d)]
adj. Bold, fierce.
adv. Boldly, strongly.
v. To kindle or blow up a fire.
baldie, bauldie,
bauldie [ˈbɑːl(d)i, N. ˈbaːl(d)i]
n. A carvel-built fishing boat with the mast far forward, rigged with a lug sail and sometimes a jib.
baam, baamie, baamous, baamy, balmous, baum, baumie, baumous, baumy, bawmie, bawmy, embaam, embaamin, embaum, embaumin,
baum [ˈbɑːm, ˈbɔːm, N. I. ˈbaːm]
n. Balm.
 
baumie
adj. Balmy.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baumous [-əs]: balmy
embaum: To embalm.
embaumin: Embalming.

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