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baise, baiss, base, bast,
baiss [bes, bis]
n. Baste.
v. Baste. To drub. Sew loosely.
baet, baets, bait, baitet, baitit, baits, bate, bates, batet, bayt, bayts, forebait, ootbaits,
bait [bet]
v. To feed, to pasture. To rest or halt for food.
pt. pp. baitit
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
baitin: Feeding, resting.
forebait NN.b.: Limpets crushed in the mouth and spat out on the water to attract fish towards the baited hooks.
ootbaits: A pasture outside enclosed land.
baed, baeth, baid, baith, bathe, beath, beeth, boath,
baith [beθ I.Sh. bed]
pron. adj. conj. Both.
baivee, baivie,
baivee [ˈbeːvi]
n. The pouting Trisopterus luscus.
baivie, baivis, bavie, bevice, bevie,
baivis [ˈbeːvɪs]
n. A term used to denote a great fire.
dim. baivie
baik, baiked, bak, bak-brod, bak-buird, bake, bakeboord, bake-brod, bake-buird, baken, bakes, baket, bakin, bakit, bakken, bakkin, bakkit, baxter, beuk, beukit, bouk, buik, buk, buke, byaak, byaakin,
bak [bak, MN. bjak]
also bake [bek]
n. A biscuit.
pl. bakes
v. To knead bread, bake.
pt. beuk [bjuk] also bakit [ˈbakɪt, ˈbekɪt]
pp. beuk [bjuk] also baken [ˈbakən, ˈbekən, ˈbekn, ˈbekŋ]
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bak-brod, bak-buird: A baking board.
bakkin: Baking.
baxter [ˈbakstər]: A baker.
balance [ˈbaləns]
n. An apparatus for weighing, especially one with a central pivot, beam, and two scales.
v. To put something in a steady position so that it does not fall.
pt. pp. balanced
baldeen, baldi, baldie, baldin, baldung,
baldin [I.Sh. ˈbaldin]
also baldie
n. The halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus.
bale,
bale [bel]
n. A (large) bundle or package.
baal, baal-fire, bail, bale, balefire, bale-fire, beal, beal-fire, bele, bele-fire,
bale [bel]
n. A large fire, a beacon-fire.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bale-fire: A funeral pyre, a beacon fire.

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