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Brunteelan$, Brunteeland, Brunteilan$, Bruntislan, Bruntisland, Burnisland,
Bruntisland [brʌnˈtilən, ˈbrʌntəilən(d)]
pn. Burntisland (Fife).
brushers,
brushers [ˈbrʌʃərz]
n. Bottles of beer.
broostle, broozle, brousle, bruistle, brushel, brushel, brussel, brussle, brustle, bruzzle,
brustle [brʌsl, brʌzl, brusl, brysl]
n. A very bustling state, impetuosity in coming forward. A spell of heated exertion or hard struggle.
v. To be in a great hurry, to be in a bustle about little.
boo, bou, bu,
bu [buː]
n. The shoulder of an animal.
bubbie, bubby, buby,
bubbie [ˈbʌbɪ]
n. col. A breast.
pl. bubbies
babbly, babbly_jock, bibble, bibblie, bibblie-nibbit, bibbly, bibbly-nibbit, bubble, bubbley, bubbley-duke, bubblie, bubbliejock, bubblie-jock, bubbly, bubbly_jock, bubblyjock, bubbly-jock,
bubble [bʌbl, MN. bɪbl]
n. A bubble, mucus from the nose.
v. To cry or blubber.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bubbliness: Bubbliness.
bubblin: Bubbling.
bubbly: Having mucus running from the nose, a paraffin torch used at sea.
bubbly-jock: A turkey.
bubbly-nebbit: Snotty-nosed.
selkie's bubble: N. A jellyfish.
buccar, buckar, bucker, buckkar,
buccar [ˈbʌkər]
n. A fast-sailing vessel used in the smuggling trade.
Buchan, Buchanie,
Buchan [ˈbʌxən]
pn. Buchan (Aberdeenshire).
Compounds and phrases etc.
the Buchanie: The Buchan observer newspaper.
Balchwither, Balquidder, Balwhidder, Bawhidder, Bawidder, Buchfudder,
Buchfudder [bʌxˈfʌdər]
pn. Balquhidder (Stirlingshire).
From Gaelic Both Chuidir or Both Phuidir. The modern spelling pronunciation of the older Scots spelling Balquhidder is [balkˈʍɪdər].
bicht, bichtie, bichty, bocht, bochtie, bochty, boucht, bouchtie, bouchty, bought, boughtie, boughty, bowcht, bowchtie, bowchty, bucht, buchtie, buchtit, buchts, buchty, bught, bughted, bughtie, bughty,
bucht [buxt, bʌxt, bʌuxt]
n. The bend of the arm, the elbow joint. A branch or twig, a fork of a tree.
pl. buchts The roots or stumps of the plants forming a hedge.
dim. buchtie
v. To link arms with someone.
pt. pp. buchtit adj. Full of boughs, leafy.
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