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Baashan, Baushan, Bawshan,
Baushan [ˈbɑːʃən]
pn. The Biblical place Bashan.
baushfae, baushfie, baushfu, baushfy,
baushfu [ˈbɑːʃfə, ˈbɔːʃfə, S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]
adj. Bashful.
baasie, baasy, bassie, bausie, bausy, bawsey, bawsie, bawsy, hurlbausie,
bausie [ˈbɑːsɪ, ˈbɔːsɪ, N. I. ˈbaːsɪ]
n. A big, fat person or animal.
adj. Large, fat, coarse.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
hurlbausie: SW. A local name for the planet Jupiter.
Baass_Rock, Bauss_Rock, Baws_Rock,
Bauss Rock [ˈbɑːs rok, ˈbɔːs-]
pn. Bass Rock (East Lothian).
bavarie, bavary,
Bavarie [bəˈvarɪ, bəˈvarə]
pn. Bavaria (Germany).
n. A greatcoat or cloak. (From Bavaria)
bavin, bayin,
bavin [ˈbeːvɪn]
n. U. The ballan wrasse Labris bergylta.
at_ba, at_ba$, at_baa, at_baw, ba, ba$, ba$bag, ba$heid, Ba$-heid, ba$s, baa, baa$ed, baabag, baaheid, baaheid, baa-heid, baas, babag, baheed, baheid, bal, bals, bas, baw, bawbag, bawheed, baw-heed, bawheid, baw-heid, baws, blindman$s_baws, cannie_ba, cannie_ba$, cannie_ba$s, cannie_baa, cannie_baas, cannie_baw, cannie_baws, clewball, clewbaw, doonie, doonies, dounie, dounies, feestie-baw, fiesti-baa, fistiba, fit$ba, fitba, fitba$, fitbaa, fitbaw, fitbaw, flotter_ba, flotter_ba$, flotter_baa, flotter_baw, foostie-baw, fu$bah, fuitba, fuitbaa, fuitbaw, futba, gowfbaw, haandbaa, haanhaa, hanba, hanbaa, hanbaw, handba$, handbaa, haunbaw, haundbaw, heid_the_ba, heid_the_ba$, heid_the_baa, heid_the_baw, heid-the-ba, heid-the-ba$, heid-the-baa, heidthebaw, heid-the-baw, hoose-ba, hoose-baa, hoose-baw, house-ba$, keekbaa, kickba, kick-ba, kickba$, kickbaa, kick-baa, kickbaw, moch-baas, moch-baws, reidba, reid-baw, snaabaa, snaba, snaba$, snawba$, snawbaw, uppie, uppies, ustibaa,
baw [bɑː, bɔː, N. I. baː]
n. A ball.
pl. baws
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
at baw: A cry to return the ball to a football game.
bawbag: col. The scrotum. An annoying or irritating person.
baw gemm: A ball game, especially to one played in Kirkwaw on Christmas and New Years Day between the dounies from the area between the mercat cross and the herbour, and the uppies from south of St Magnus Cathedral.
bawheid: A fool, idiot.
cannie baw: MN. A sea urchin.
bind man's baw: S. The puffball Bovista plumbea.
clewbaw: A tangled state.
fair baws: Fair play.
fitbaw [fɪtˈ-]: Football (soccer).
flitter baw The puffball Bovista plumbea, Handkea excipuliformis, Calvatia utriformis or Langermannia gigantea.
flotter baw: The butterbur Petasites hybridus.
foostie-baw: MN. The field mushroom Agaricus campestris, I.Sh. feestie-baw.
frushie baw: I.Sh. The puffball Bovista plumbea.
gowfbaw: A golfball.
guttie baw: A rubber ball.
haundbaw: Handball.
heid-the-baw: col. An imbecile, a fool.
hoose-baw: The game of rounders.
kickbaw: Football.
moch-baws: Moth balls.
reid-baw I.Sh.: The yolk of an egg.
snawbaw: A snowball.
Ba$bardie, Bawbairdie,
Bawbairdie [ˈbɑːbeːrdie, ˈbɔː-, N. I. ˈbaː-]
pn. Balbardie (West Lothian).
baabee, baabees, babee, babees, baw$bee, bawbee, bawbees,
bawbee [ˈbɑːˈbi, ˈbɔːˈbi, N. I. ˈbaːˈbi]
n. A half penny, a small coin. NEC. The John Dory Zeus faber.
pl. bawbees Money.
Bawbie,
Bawbie [ˈbɑːbi, ˈbɔːbi, N. I. ˈbaːbi]
pn. Balbie (Fife).

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