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bedellus, bidellus,
bedellus [bəˈdɛləs]
n. The macebearer in most Scottish univsities. In the Universities of Glasgow and Dundee also the chief porter or janitor.
be-bo, bee, beeach, beeachie, bee-achie, bee-bo, bee-heidit, beeoch, beewan, bee-wan, bumbee, bum-bee, bumbie, bumly-bee, clockbee, clockbees, drummie_bee, drummie-bee, erdybee, fishy_bee, foggie_bee, foggiebee, foggie-bee, foggy-bee, fuggy-bee, klockbee, skep-bee, yerdibee, yirdeebee, yirdie_bee, yirdie-bee,
bee [biː]
n. A bee. A whim, a caprice, a fanciful idea. I.Sh. The housefly Musca domestica.
dim. NN.a. beeach(ie)
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bee-bo: I.Sh. A triviality.
bee-eater: S. The great tit Parus major.
bee-heidit: Harebrained, unsettled.
bee-wan: sl. A fast exit.
bumbee: A bumblebee of the genus Bombus.
clockbee: A flying beetle.
dirt bee: SN. MN. The dung beetle Geotrupes stercorarius.
drummie bee: I.Sh. A bumblebee of the genus Bombus.
fishy bee: I.Sh. A bluebottle Calliphora erythrocephala.
foggie-bee, foggie-toddler: The wild or carder bee Bombus muscorum.
gairy-bee: A black and yellow striped wild bee such as Bombus hortorum.
skep-bee: A honey bee, usually Apis mellifera.
yirdie-bee [ˈjɪrde-, S. ˈjɪrθe-, ˈɛrde-]: A miner bee o fthe genus Andrenidae.
beech, beechen, beetch, beich, beitch,
beech [bitʃ]
n. The beech tree Fagus sylvatica.
 
beechen
adj. Made of beech wood.
baef, beef, beif,
beef [bif]
n. Beef. An ox or cow intended for slaughter. Any butcher's meat such as pork, veal, mutton, lamb or beef.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beef brose: Made with the liquid in which beef has been boiled, the principal dish upon the festival of Beef-brose-day (Fasten e'en).
beakin, beek, beekin, beik, beikin, bek, beke, bick,
beek [bik]
n. The act of basking in the sun or at the fire.
v. To warm, bask. Of the sun: shine brightly. To add fuel to a fire.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
beekin: Basking in the sun or at the fire, in such a state.
beelzebub, belzie,
beelzebub [ˈbilzəbʌb]
n. Satan
dim. belzie
beenge, beengin, beinge, bindge,
beenge [bindʒ]
also bindge [bɪndʒ, bɛndʒ]
v. To bow, to fawn, to cringe, to make low obeisance. To bang into anything.
 
beengin
v. adj. Ingratiating.
Beanie, Beannie, Beenie, Beeny, Beinie,
Beenie [ˈbinɪ]
n. Robina
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
auntie beenie: A woman who is rather old-fashioned in dress or manner.
beer, beir,
beer [biːr]
n. Beer.
Airchbeeshop, Beeshop, beshop, bischop, biship, bishop,
Beeshop [ˈbiʃəp]
n. A Bishop. An instrument for ramming down stones and earth. The great northern diver Gavia immer.
v. To use the above instrument.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
Airchbeeshop: Archbishop.

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