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bowesplit, bowspleet, bowspleit, bowsplit, bowsprit,
bowesplit [ˈbʌusplɪt]
n. Bowsprit.
n. Bowsprit.
bauf, bouf, bouff, bouffin, boufin, bowf, bowff, bowffie, bowffin, bowffing, bowffy, bowfie, bowfin, bowfing, bowfy, buff,
bowf [bʌuf]
n. A bark, a dog, a loud, dull sound, loud, hard cough.
v. To bark, to cough loud.
n. A bark, a dog, a loud, dull sound, loud, hard cough.
v. To bark, to cough loud.
bowfie
adj. Loudly barking.
adj. Loudly barking.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bark and bowf: A scolding.
bowfin: Barking, smelly.
bowfin: Barking, smelly.
bowfart, bowfart, bowfarts, bowferts,
bowfart [ˈbʌufərts]
n. pl. MN. Usually in the bowfarts: in difficulty, implying inability to rise or to free oneself.
n. pl. MN. Usually in the bowfarts: in difficulty, implying inability to rise or to free oneself.
Perhaps from the Beaufort scale.
boug, bougsy, bouwg, bowg, bowglag, bowgsy,
bowg [NN.b. bʌug]
n. The stomach or belly.
n. The stomach or belly.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bowglag: adj. NN.b. Covered with bladder-like vesicles.
bowgsy: adj. Ill-shaped with distended stomach as a result of wrong feeding.
bowgsy: adj. Ill-shaped with distended stomach as a result of wrong feeding.
Bowhan,
Bowhan [ˈboʍan]
pn. Boquhan (Stirling).
pn. Boquhan (Stirling).
From Gaelic both bhan.
booie, bowie, bowy,
bowie [ˈbʌui]
n. A barrel for holding water or ale etc. A small tub for washing. A broad shallow dish. A bucket.
n. A barrel for holding water or ale etc. A small tub for washing. A broad shallow dish. A bucket.
boac, boacin, boak, boaked, boakin, boakit, boaks, boax, boc, bock, bocked, bocket, bockin, bockit, bohk, bok, boke, boked, bokein, bokes, bokin, bokit, bolk, bolkin, bouk, boukin, boukit, bowk, bowked, bowkin, bowkit, bowks, bowkt, box, byock, byockin,
bowk [bʌuk, bok]
n. A retching, vomit, belch. To gush, spurt, of a stream of water or blood etc.
v. To retch, vomit.
pt. pp. bowkit, bowkt
n. A retching, vomit, belch. To gush, spurt, of a stream of water or blood etc.
v. To retch, vomit.
pt. pp. bowkit, bowkt
Compounds and phrases etc.
bowkin: Retching, vomiting, belching.
dry bowk: Retching, a belching of wind.
reek-bowk: MN. A belch of smoke.
the bowks: A fit of retching or vomiting, disgust.
dry bowk: Retching, a belching of wind.
reek-bowk: MN. A belch of smoke.
the bowks: A fit of retching or vomiting, disgust.
boolt, boul, boulie, boult, bouly, bow$t, bowl, bowlee, bowlie, bowlt, bowly, bowt,
bowl [bʌul]
v. To crook, curve.
pt. pp. bowlt adj. Bent, distorted, crooked.
v. To crook, curve.
pt. pp. bowlt adj. Bent, distorted, crooked.
bowlie
adj. Bending, curving, crooked.
n. A bow-legged person.
adj. Bending, curving, crooked.
n. A bow-legged person.
bool, boul, boulie, bouly, bowel, bowel-crappit, bowl, bowl-crappit, bowle, bowlfae, bowlfoo, bowlfu, bowlie, bowly,
bowl [bʌul]
n. A basin or vessel.
dim. bowlie a small bowl.
pl. bowls
n. A basin or vessel.
dim. bowlie a small bowl.
pl. bowls
Compounds and phrases etc.
bowl-crappit: Hair cut with a bowl.
bowlfu: A bowlful.
bowlfu: A bowlful.
bowlock, bowlocks,
bowlocks [bʌulɔks]
n. SW. The mugwort Artemisia vulgaris or ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.
n. SW. The mugwort Artemisia vulgaris or ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris.