An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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BUITING, _s._ Booty.
_Montgomerie._
Fr. _butin_, Ital. _butino_, id.
BUITS, _s. pl._ Matches for firelocks.
_Baillie's Lett._
_To_ BUKK, _v. a._ To incite, to instigate.
_Evergreen._
Germ. _boch-en_, to strike, _bock-en_, to push with the horn; Su. G.
_bock_, a stroke; Isl. _buck-a_, calcitrare.
BUK-HID, BUK-HUD, _s._
V. ~Belly-blind~.
_Henrysone._
This seems to be an old name for some game, probably _Blind man's Buff_.
BU-KOW, _s._ Any thing frightful; hence applied to a hobgoblin, S.
V. ~Bu~.
BULDRIE, _s._ Building, or mode of building.
_Burel._
BULYIEMENT, _s._ Habiliments; properly such as are meant for warfare.
V. ~Abulyiement~.
_Ross._
_Bulyiements_ is still used ludicrously for clothing, S.
_To_ BULL, _v. n._ To take the bull; a term used with respect to a cow.
Both the _v._ and _s._ are p.r.o.n. q. _bill_, S.
_Bill-siller_, S., is a.n.a.logous to Teut. _bolle-gheld_, merces pro admissura tauri.
_To_ BULLER, _v. n._
1. To emit such a sound as water does, when rus.h.i.+ng violently into any cavity, or forced back again, S.
_Douglas._
Su. G. _bullr-a_, tumultuari, strepitum edere.
2. To make a noise with the throat, as one does when gargling it with any liquid, S. _guller_, synon.
_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._
3. To make any rattling noise; as when stones are rolled downhill, or when a quant.i.ty of stones falls together, S. B.
4. To bellow, to roar as a bull or cow does, S.; also p.r.o.n. _bollar_, Ang.
Isl. _baul-a_, mugire, _baul_ mugitus.
5. It is used as _v. a._ to denote the _impetus_ or act productive of such a sound as is described above.
_Douglas._
~Buller~, ~Bulloure~, _s._
1. A loud gurgling noise, S.
_Douglas._
Hence, _the Bullers of Buchan_, the name given to an arch in a rock, on the coast of Aberdeens.h.i.+re.
Su. G. _buller_, strepitus.
2. A bellowing noise; or a loud roar, S. B.
V. the _v._
BULLETSTANE, _s._ A round stone, S.
Isl. _bollut-ur_, round; _bollut_, convexity.
_To_ BULLIRAG, _v. a._ To rally in a contemptuous way, to abuse one in a hectoring manner, S.
Isl. _baul_, _bol_, maledictio, and _raegia_, deferre, to reproach.
