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buck, buckbeard, bucksturdie, bucksturdy, buk, bukk,
buck [bʌk]
n. A mature male deer etc. A dashing fellow.
Compounds and phrases etc.
buckbeard: SW. A whitish lichen which is found growing on rocks.
bucksturdy: Obstinate.
buck, bucker, bucks, bucksan, buckse, bucksen, bucksin, bucksin_weet, buk, bukk, buks, bux, corrybuction, curriebuction,
buck [bʌk]
adv. Vigorously, with force.
v. Of water: to pour or gush out. To push, batter, walk to and fro.
bucks
v. I.Ork. To splash through water or snow etc. To walk noisily and clumsily, to plunge.
bucker [ˈbʌkər]
n. Hurry and awkward bustle about work. One who works in an awkward manner. A bungle, a mess. Vexation, annoyance. WC. The killer whale Orcinus orca or sometimes the porpoise Phocoena phocoena.
v. To fuss, to move or work aimlessly and awkwardly, yet with much fuss. To bungle, make a mess of.
Compounds and phrases etc.
bucksin weet: I.Ork. Soaking wet.
curriebuction: A confused gathering attended with quarrelling or panic.
bucket, buckit, bukket, bukkit,
bucket [ˈbʌkət]
n. A bucket.
Compounds and phrases etc.
tak a fair bucket: Have a large capacity for drink.
Buckhind, Buckhine, Buckhynd, Buckhyne,
Buckhine [ˈbʌkhəin(d)]
pn. Buckhaven (Fife).
Compounds and phrases etc.
Bucker: An inhabitant of Buckhaven.
buckiae, buckie, buckies, bucky, cattie-buckie, groatie-buckie, groaty_buckie, grotti-bukki, grottie_buckie, grottie-buckie, grotty-buckie, horse-buckie, Johnnie_buckie, Johnnie_buckie, Johnny_buckie, Johnny_buckie, rairin-buckie, roarin-buckie, snaikie-buckiae, snaikie-buckie, snakie-buckie, trowie_buckie,
buckie [ˈbʌkɪ]
n. The whelk Buccinum undatum or other spiral shelled mollusc. A trifle of no value.
pl. buckies
Compounds and phrases etc.
black buckie: MN. A winkle of the genus Littorina.
cattie-buckie: I.Ork. The dog whelk Nucella lapillus, common periwinkle Littorina littorea or common whelk Buccinum undatum.
groatie-buckie, Johnnie buckie: The cowrie shell Cypraea Europaea. From John o Groats buckie.
horse-buckie: MN. A large whelk of the genus Buccinum.
lapster buckie: MN. The hermit crab Pagurus pollicaris.
rairin-buckie: The shell of the whelk Buccinum undatum.
snakie-buckie: NN.b. A land mollusc of the genus Limax and such marine molluscs of the genus Helix.
trowie buckie: I.Sh. A snail shell.
buckie, buckie_faalies, buckie_fallie, buckie-breer, buckie-faalie, buckie-faulie, buckies,
buckie [ˈbʌkɪ]
n. A hip, the fruit of the dog-rose Rosa canina.
pl. buckies
buckie-breer: A wild rose bush.
buckie-faulie: NN.b. The fruit or flower of a wild rose. The primrose Primula vulgaris..
Bucker, Buckie,
Buckie [ˈbʌki]
pn. Buckie (Moray).
Compounds and phrases etc.
Buckie blawer: A nickname for a Buckie native after the blawers sold at Peter Fair.
Bucker: An inhabitant of Buckie or Buckhaven.
buckelt, buckle, buckled, bucklet, bucklins, bukilt, bukkil,
buckle [bʌkl]
n. A buckle.
v. To buckle, dress, to wrap up, fasten up. Get married. Ravel or tangle.
pt. pp. buckelt
Compounds and phrases etc.
buckle wi: To marry.
bucklins: The parphernalia of marriage.
bocram, bocrame, bocrum, bokram, buckram, buckrem,
buckram [ˈbʌkrəm]
n. Buckram, a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue, used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing.
bud, buddin, buddin, buds, bunds,
bud [bʌd]
n. A bud.
pl. buds
v. To bud, to break out (of the skin).
Compounds and phrases etc.
buddin: Breaking out of buds. Debudding potatoes.
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