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bonteth, bonteth-hose, boontith, bountath, bountath-hose, bounteth, bounteth-hose, bountith, bountith-hose,
bountith [ˈbuntɪθ]
n. A bounty, gratuity.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bountith-hose: A bounty, gratuity, payment in a stocking.
booer, booerie, boor, bouer, bouerie, bour, bourie, bourie, bow$r, bower, bowrie, bowry,
bour [buːr]
n. A bower, dwelling, a lodging-place, an inn. A tenant who hires cattle and grazing rights, a dairy contractor.
dim. bourie [ˈbuːri, ˈbʌuəri] A rabbit's burrow, an animal's lair, a house made of sand.
beerach, boorach, bourach, bourrach, bowrach,
bourach [ˈbuːrəx, NN.b. ˈbiːrəx]
n. A band put round a cow's hinder legs at milking.
v. To fetter.
boorag, bourag, bowarag, bowrock,
bourag [NN.b. ˈbuːrəg]
n. Rough unshapen piece of turf used as peat.
boorbee, bourbee,
bourbee [ˈbuːrbi]
n. The burbot Lota lota,
boord, bourd,
bourd [buːrd]
n. A jest.
v. To jest, joke.
boorick, boorik, bourock, burek,
bourock [I.Sh. ˈburək]
n. A fishermen's tabu-name for a cow.
boose, boosin, booze, boozin, bous$t, bouse, boused, bousin, bouze, bouzin, bowsan, bowse, bowsin, bowsing,
bouse [buːz]
n. Liquor.
v. To drink heavily.
pt. pp. boused
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bousin: Drinking heavily.
booce, boocin, boos, boose, boossan, boucin, bouse, bousin, bus, busin,
bouse [bus]
n. N. I. Excessive haste, a rush. A turmoil.
v. To bustle about, to rush.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bousin: A bustling about. Bustling, energetic.
boost, boust, buist,
boust [bust]
v. To drive off, shoo away.

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