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bade, baed, baid, bead, bead-hoose, beadin, beadman, beadman, beadsman, beadwumman, bede, bede-hoose, bede-house, bedeman, bedeman, bedesman, bedewoman, bede-woman, beed, beid, beidman, beidsman, beyd,
bead [bid, bed]
n. A bead, rosary beads. A glass of spirits. Strength of spirits.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bead-hoose: arch. An alms-house.
beadin: Beading.
beadman: arch. A resident in a bead-hoose, or one who is supported from the such funds, a pauper.
beadman, beadsman [ˈbid(z)man]: n. A pauper who received alms from the Kings of Scotland in return for praying for the King and State, a dependent.
beadwumman: arch. A female resident in a bead-hoose, or one who is supported from the such funds, a pauper.
baedle, baidle, beadle, beddle, beddrel, bederel, bedlar, beedle, beidle, beydle,
beadle [ˈbid(ə)l, ˈbɛd(ə)l]
n. A church officer.
baigle, beagle, beegle,
beagle [ˈbigl, ˈbegl]
n. A beagle, a small dog used for hunting hares.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
'ithin a beagle's gowl: Within hearing distance.
baek, baik, bake, bakit, beak, beakit, beck, beikat, beyk, bukat, bykat, chantie-beak, parrot_beak, parrot-beak, paurit_beak,
beak [bik, bek]
n. A beak, col. the mouth.
 
beakit
adj. Having a beak.
n. SN. A male salmon Salmo salar.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
chantie-beak: A prattling child, a chatter-box.
paurit beak: SW. The puffin Fratercula arctica.
bael, baeleen, baelin, bail, bailin, bealdin, bealin, bealt, beel, beeld, beelin, beil, beilin, bellin, beyl, bielan, bielin, bielt, milk-beal, milk-bealin, mulk-bael, mulk-beal, whittle_bealin, whittle-beal, whittle-bealin, whittle-beel, 0 beal,
beal [bil, bel]
n. A festering sore.
v. To fester, to be filled with pain or remorse.
pt. pp. bealt
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bealin [ˈbilɪn, ˈbelɪn]: A boil. Festering. Really angry.
milk-beal(in): A whitlow.
whittle-bealin: A whitlow.
baimer, beamer, beamfill, beamfillt, beamfull, beamfullt, beemer, beimer,
beam [bim, bem]
n. A beam of wood etc. A ray of light.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beamer: A red face.
beamin: Of a smiling face.
beamfill: To fill up spaces in the walls of a house after the beams are placed, all kinds of packing.
beam, beem, been, beene, bem, bemm, oonbemmed, unbeamed, unbeamt,
beam [MN. bɛin, bin, NN.a. bim, NN.b. beim, I. bɛm]
v. To steep barrels or tubs to make them tight. I.Sh. To scald kirns or jars etc. To harden against the cold.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
unbeamt, unbeamed: I.Sh. Unacclimatised.
baen, baen-strae, bain, bain-strae, bane, banes, bean, bean-strae, bean-strow, been, bein, bein-strae, beyn,
bean [bin, ben]
n. Bean.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bean-strae: Bean stalks.
seckfu o sair beans: A good hiding.
baerd, baerdie, baerdie, baerdy, baerdy, baird, bairdie, bairdie, bairdit, bairdy, bairdy, beard, beardie, beardie, beardit, beardoc, beardock, beardy, beardy, beird, berd, berdie, beyrd, grannie_graybeard, granny_greybaird, graybaird, graybeard, greybaerd, greybaird, greybeard, kaitie_beardie, katie_baerdie, katie_bairdie, katie_beirdie, katy_beardy, keetie_bairdie,
beard [biːrd, beːrd]
n. A beard.
dim. beardie [biːrdɪ, beːrdɪ] C. The three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus or sometimes WC. stone loach Barbatula barbatula, beardock SW. The stone loach Barbatula barbatula.
 
beardit
adj. Bearded.
 
beardy [biːrdɪ, beːrdɪ]
adj. Bearded.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
buckbeards: The tall meadow-grass Arrhenatherum avenaceum.
grannie graybeard: U. A hairy caterpillar.
graybeard: A one or two handled jug.
kaitie beardie: S. SEC. The stone loach Barbatula barbatula.
baess, baest, baestie, baesties, baests, bais, baiss, baiss, baist, baistie, baisties, baists, base, baste, bastem, bastes, beas, beas$, bease, beass, beast, beaster, beastie, beasties, beasts, beasty, beece, bees, beese, beesht, beess, beess, beest, bee-st, beestie, behst, beis, beisht, beist, beisties, best, beyst, biece, fur-beast, furr-beast, onbeast, orra_beaster, orrabaister, unbaest, unbaiss, unbaist, unbaste, unbeast, unbeesht, unbeess, unbeest, unbeist,
beast [bist, best]
n. Beast, a living creature of any kind, that is not of the human species.
pl. beasts [bis(ts), bes(ts)]
dim. beastie A small beast, an insect. pl. beasties insects, vermin.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beastly: Resembling a beast, brutish, ignorant, stupid.
furr-beast: A horse for walking in the furrow.
orra beaster: The man who worked with the odd horse on a farm.
unbeast: A monster, a frightening bird or animal.

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