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boron,
boron [ˈbɔrən]
n. Boron.
bora, borra, burra, burrow,
borra [I. ˈbɔra, ˈbʌro]
n. The rush Juncus squarrosus.
barra, barrain, barraw, barriet, barrow, borra, borra$in, borra$in_days, borrae, borraed, borraein, borraein_days, borrain, borrat, borri, borrie, borriein, borrit, borro, borrow, borrowed, borrowin, borrowin$, borrowin-days, borrowing, borrowing_days, borrowween, borry, burroo, burrooin,
borrae [ˈbɔrə, ˈbɔrɪ]
v. To borrow.
pt. pp. borrit, borraed
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
borraein: Borrowing.
borraein days: The last three days of March.
barra, borch, borra, borrae, borrie, borro, borrow, burroo,
borro [ˈbɔro, ˈbʌro]
also borch [ˈbɔrx]
n. A surety, pledge, anything borrowed.
v. To stand surety for.
Bosells, Bosels,
Bosells [ˈbozəlz]
pn. St Boswells (Borders).
boosom, bosey, bosiae, bosie, bosim, bosom, bosum, bosy, bowsem, bowsum, bozie, busom, buzzom, buzzum,
bosom [ˈbɔzəm, ˈboːzəm]
n. The bosom, the womb, the fine mesh part of a salmon net.
dim. bosie [ˈboːzi]
n. The bosom.
v. To take to one's bosom.
boas, bos, boss,
boss [bɔs, bos]
n. A bunch or tuft of grass etc. A projection, a round mass.
boas, boss, bossie, bossy,
boss [ˈbɔs]
n. A boss, superior.
 
bossy
adj. Bossy.
boas, boass, boast, boast, boose, boost, bos, bose, boshach, boss, bossoch, bost,
boss [bɔs, bos]
n. The fore-part of the body from the chest to the loins.
adj. Hollow, empty, destitute in means or brains.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bossoch [MN. ˈbɔʃəx]: Ill-shaped with turned out feet.
bassie, boasy, bossie, bossy,
bossie [ˈbɔsɪ]
also bassie [ˈbasɪ ˈbesɪ]
n. A large wooden bowl, or basin.

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