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bult,
bult [I.Sh. bʌlt]
v. To butt with the head or horns.
bum, bumbaleerie,
bum [bʌm]
n. The posterior. An obnoxious, lazy or shiftless person.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bumbaleerie: col. The posterior.
bamlin, bum, bum$le, bumlack, bumlick, bumlock, bumm, bummel, bummer, bummie, bummin, bummle, bummler, bummlie, bummlin, bummy, foggiebumler, foggiebummer, foggie-bummer, foggie-bummie, foggy_bummer, foggybummer, fogiebummer, head_bummer, heed_bummer, heid_bummer, heidbummer, heid-bummer, mire-bummer, mire-bumper, moss-bummer,
bum [bʌm]
v. To drone, to hum, cry, weep, brag, boast.
 
bummin [ˈbʌmɪn]
v. Making a humming noise.
n. A humming noise.
 
bummle [bʌml]
v. To hum, blunder. To bustle about, work busily but noisily and ineffectively.
n. A blunderer. A wild bee.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bummlin [ˈbʌmlɪn] Bumbling: Clumsy, careless.
bumlock [ˈ-lək, ˈ-lɪk]: A small stone etc. Which endangers one's falling, a stumbling-block.
bummer [ˈ-ər]: A humming insect, a humming toy or top, a factory siren, a thing, person or animal which is very large or wonderful of its kind.
bummler [-lər], dim. bummie: A buzzing insect.
foggie-bummer: The wild or carder bee Bombus muscorum.
heid bummer col. A manager, a prominent or important person.
mire-bummer, S. moss-bummer: The bittern Botaurus stellaris.
bum, bummin,
bum [C. bʌm]
n. A knock or blow.
v. To strike or knock. To carelessly or noisily throw something away or to dismiss without ceremony.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bummin: A beating.
bamflie, bamfly, bomf, bumf, bumfelt, bumff, bumfill, bumfle, bumfled, bumflie, bumfly, bump, bumph, bumphelt, bumphle, bumphlie, bumphly, bumple,
bump [bʌmp]
also bumph [bʌmf]
n. A bump, a lump, a bundle. A stupid fellow.
 
bumphle [bʌmfl, ˈbʌmfɪl]
n. An untidy bundle, a pucker, ruffle, in a garment, an untidy mass of clothing.
v. To puff out. To roll up untidily.
pt. pp. bumphelt [bʌmf(ə)lt] adj. Puffed out, bulging, rolled up untitily, rumpled
 
bumphlie [bʌmflɪ]
adj. Bundled up, rumpled, untidily put on.
bun,
bun [bʌn]
n. A bun, the buttocks, a rabit or hare's tail.
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
black bun: A rich fruit cake for Hogmanay.
bonse, bonsh, boonce, boonced, booncit, bounce, bunce, bunce$t, bunced,
bunce [bʌns]
v. To bounce. To push or strike with the head.
pt. pp. bunced, bunce't
bunce, bunch, buns, bunse, bunsh,
bunch [bʌnʃ, WC. SW. bʌns]
n. A bunch. A short thick little girl, a rather stout, tidy little woman.
Buneoch, Bunyeoch,
Buneoch [ˈbʌnjɔx]
pn. Bunzeoch (Aberdeenshire).
bung, bung$t, bunged, bungfou, bungfu, bung-fu, bungfu$, bungin, bungit, bungt,
bung [bʌŋ]
n. A throw, a blow, bang or slap. A violent rush. A booming or twanging sound, ill-humour, huff.
adv. With sudden impetus, with sudden impact.
v. To throw violently. To offend. To take offence, become sulky.
pt. pp. bungt, bunged
 
Compounds and phrases etc.
 
bungfu [-fə S. -fɛ, -fɪ, EC. -fe, WC. -fɑ, N. -fɛ, U. I. -fu]: Completely full, drunk.
bungin: Throwing etc.
in a bung: In a temper.
on the bung: In the huff.
 
See bang also.

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