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baag, bag, bäg, beeg, beyg, big, bigg,
big [bɪg]
n. A variety of barley.
baag, baager, bag, bäg, bagger, bägger, beeg, big, bïg, bigg, bigg$r, biggen, bigger, bigger, bigglie, biggly, biglie, bigly, bigsey, bigsie, bigsy, byge,
big [bɪg, NN.b. big]
adj. Large, elated, swollen-headed, consequential. Friendly, intimate.
comp. bigger
 
biggen
v. To swell, grow larger, to be pregnant.
 
bigly [ˈbɪgle]
adj. Commodious, habitable, pleasant, handsomely wrought.
adv. Of large proportions. Very much.
 
bigsie [N. ˈbɪgsɪ]
adj. Proud, conceited.
beeg, big, bigg, bigg$d, biggan, biggar, bigged, biggeen, bigger, bigget, biggid, biggin, biggit, bug, buggen, buggie, buggy, inbigget, inbiggit, rebig, re-big, rebigg, upbig, upbigg,
big [bɪg]
v. To build, construct.
pt. biggit [ˈbɪgɪt], bug [bʌg]
pp. biggit [ˈbɪgɪt], buggen [ˈbʌgən] adj. Built, swollen, pregnant.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bigger: A builder.
biggin [ˈbɪgɪn]: Building.
biggit oot: Having abundance of.
buggie I.Ork.: Of the sky: dark and cloudy, lowering.
cley biggin: A humble cottage built of clay and wood.
inbiggit I.Sh.: Obstinate, morose and uncommuncative.
rebig, big ower: Rebuild.
upbig: To build up, construct.
b$iler, beel$t, beyl, beyleen, beyler, beylin, beylt, bi$lt, bil$t, bile, bile$t, biled, bilein, biler, bilet, bilin, bilin$, bilt, biyl$t, biyler, biyul, biyult, byle, byled, byler, bylin, bylt, kettle-biler, kettle-biyler, kettle-byler, tarry-biler, taurey-biler, taurie-byler, taury-biler, taury-byler,
bile [bəil]
v. To boil.
pt. pp. bile't, biled
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
biler [-ər]: A boiler, a kettle.
bilin [bəilɪn]: Boiling. A boiled sweet.
kettle-biler: DD. An unemployed man, or househusband.
taury-biler: A tar boiler.
aert-bile, beyl, bile, biyul, byle, earth-bile, earth-byle, ert-bile, goombile, goombyle, goumbile, goumbyle, guimbile, guimbyle, gumbile, gumbyle,
bile [bəil]
n. A boil. I. A bog with a green mossy surface forming a clump in the shape of a boil.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
earth-bile [I.Sh. ert, ɪrt-]: A quagmire or quaking bog.
guimbile [-bəil]: A gumboil.
belfert, bilf, bilfart, bilfert, bilfie, bulf, bulfert, bulfie,
bilf [bɪlf, bʌlf]
n. MN. Something large and clumsy. A growing, sturdy, young fellow.
dim. bilfie
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bilfart [bɪlfərt, bʌlfərt, bɛlfərt]: MN. Something or someone over the usual size.
 
See belch also.
bilk, bilkie, bylk, bylkie,
bilk [I.Sh. bɪlk]
n. The breast.
dim. bilkie
beel, bill, billie, bull,
bill [bɪl]
n. A bill, a notice.
dim. billie
balax, bill, bill-aix, billheuk, bill-heuk, billhuik, bill-huik, billhuke, bill-huke, bull, bull-aix, bullax, bull-heuk, bull-hook, speenbill, spinbill, spuinbill, spunebill,
bill [bɪl]
n. A chopping tool, usually with a curved blade. The beak of a bird.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bill-aix: A light hatchet for chopping twigs and branches.
bill-heuk: A pruning knife.
spuinbill [ˈspøn-, ˈspyn-, C. U. ˈspɪn-, SN. ˈspen-, MN. ˈspin-]: The spoonbill Platalea leucorodia.
billion, billiont, bullion,
billion [ˈbɪlɪən, ˈbɪlɪən, ˈbɪljən]
n. A billion.
adj. Billion
 
billiont Billionth.

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