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Boddam, Boddim,
Boddam [ˈbɔdəm]
pn. Boddam (Aberdeenshire).
boddil, boddle, bodle, brodle,
boddle [bodl, bɔdl]
n. A small coin (2d. Scots).
Boddle, Boddle_Brig, Bodewell, Bottle_Brig, Bottle-brig,
Boddle [ˈbodl]
pn. Bothwell (South Lanarkshire).
 
Boddle Brig Bothwell Bridge.
bid, boad, bod, bode, bodefu, bodefu$, bodement, boden, bodend, bodin, bote, bouden, bud, budd, forboden, forbodin, ill-boden, ill-bodin,
bode [bod, bɔd]
n. A bid or offer at an auction. An omen.
v. To bid or offer a price at a sale, portend, expect, desire, aim at, offer with insistance, press something on someone, to ask. To threaten.
pp. boden [ˈbodən, ˈbodɪn, ˈbɔdɪn] provided, equipped, fitted out. adj. Provided
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bodefu: Ominous.
bodement n. Foreboding.
bodin adj. Full of foreboding.
bud: A gift, usually meant as a bribe.
forbodin adj. Ominous.
forboden adj. Ill-fated, unlucky, unhappy.
ill-boden: Badly provided or equipped.
bawraun, bodhran, bodhrán, bohran, boron, bowran, bowraun,
bodhrán [ˈbɔrɑn]
n. A shallow single headed drum.
a$bdee, a$bdy, a$bidy, a$boady, a$body, a$budy, a_boadie, a_boady, a_bodie, a_body, a_buddy, aab$dy, aabdie, aabdy, aabiddie, aabidy, aabodie, aabody, aabody, aa-body, aabuddie, aabudy, ab$dy, abdie, abdy, abiddie, abiddy, abidy, abodie, abody, abudy, aebody, ainybody, anybdy, anybuddy, anybudy, anyyin, aw$b$dy, awb$dy, awbdy, awb-dy, awbiddie, awbidy, awbodie, awbody, awbuddy, awbudy, awebodie, biddie, biddies, biddy, bidy, boadee, boadie, boadies, boady, bod, boddie, boddies, bodi, bodie, bodies, bodilie, bodily, bodsie, bodsy, body, boedy, bothie, buddie, buddies, buddy, budy, buttie, ehnybudy, eibdy, emb$dy, embdy, emdae, emdie, emdy, evribody, evrybody, gan_buddy, gangin_body, ilka_body$s_body, innybuddy, iverboady, iveryb$dy, iveryboady, iverybody, ivreyboady, ivryboadie, ivryboady, ivverybody, man-body, man-buddie, nabdy, nabody, nae_boady, nae-ane, naeb$die, naeb$dy, naebdie, naebdy, naebiddy, Naebidy, naeboadie, naeboady, naebodie, naebody, naeboody, naebothy, naebuddy, naebudy, naewan, naeyin, naybody, neebody, neebuddy, oaniebuddie, oanybuddie, oanybuddy, oanyin, oanywan, obody, omb$dy, ombdy, ombidie, ombidy, onibdy, onibiddy, onibidy, onibody, onieb$dy, onieboadie, oniebodie, onnybuddy, onyane, onyb$dy, onybdy, onybiddy, onybidy, onyboady, onybody, onybuddy, onybudy, onyeen, onywan, onyyin, puir_body, simboadie, simdy, simyin, slip-bodie, slip-body, somb$dy, Sombdy, someb$dy, somebdy, somebiddy, somebidy, someboady, somebody, somebuddie, somedae, somedy, sumb$dy, sumbdie, sumbdy, sumbidee, sumbidy, sumboadie, sumbodie, sumbuddie, sumbuddy, sumbudy, sumdae, sumdi, sumdie, sumdy, unyboody, wumman-body,
body [ˈbodi, ˈbɔdi, ˈbʌdi]
n. A person, a human being.
pl. bodies A bodice.
pron. One, oneself.
 
bod
n. col. A person of small size.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
a body: Someone, a person.
awbody [ɑːˈbodi, -ˈbɔdi, -ˈbʌdi, ɑːˈbdiː, ɔː-, N. I. aː-]: Everyone.
awbody's body: Someone who is generally a favourite and liked by everyone, also a sycophant or toady.
bodily: Bodily, corporal, corporeal.
bodsie MN.: adj. Dapper.
gangin body: A vagrant, a tramp.
ilka body: Everyone.
ilka body's body: A popular person, a general favourite, especially one of a friendly, obliging disposition.
man-body: A grown man.
nae ither body: No one else.
naebody: No-one, nobody.
onybody: Anyone.
ony ither body: Anyone else.
puir body: A poor soul, a beggar.
sic a body: So-and-so.
slip-body: A camisole, bodice.
some ither body: Someone else.
somebody: Someone.
wumman-body: A grown woman.
bag, boag, boaggly, bog, bogan, boggie, boggil, boggin, bogging, boggle, boggly, boggy, bogil, bogin, bogle, bug, buggle, buggle, habble-bog, hobble-bog, quaukin-bog, shog-bog, shoog-bog,
bog [bog, bɔg]
n. A bog.
dim. boggie A small morass.
v. To mire, work in wet, dirty conditions, work slowly. To get stuck in the mire.
pt. pp. boggit adj. Bamboozled.
 
boggie, boggly
adj. Boggy, marshy.
 
boggle [bɔgl]
v. To shake like a bog. When the eyes bulge with fear or pain.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
boggin: col. adj. Smelly, stinking.
bogmint: The water mint Mentha aquatica or similar.
bull-o-the-bog: S. The bittern Botaurus stellaris.
habble-bog, quaukin-bog: A quagmire.
reid bog: A species of alga that grows under Sphagnum palustre.
shoog-bog: A quaking bog.
bjog, boag, bog, bowg, bug, byoag,
bog [bog, bɔg]
n. A bug, a louse.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
dinna lat bog: To give no sign, to not "let on".
bogan, boggan, boggin, buggin,
bogan [ˈbogən]
n. A boil, a large pimple, a sore or blister.
Boagen, Bogen, Bogend, Bogenn,
Bogend [ˈbogɛn(d)]
pn. Bogend (Ayrshire).

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