An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language - LightNovelsOnl.com
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2. Pa.s.sionate, choleric. "A _barmy_ quean," a pa.s.sionate woman, S.
From E. _barm_, yeast.
BARMKYN, BERMKYN, _s._ The rampart or outermost fortification of a castle.
_Wallace._
Fr. _barbacane_; or Teut. _barm_, a mound, with the termination _kin_.
BARNAGE, _s._
1. Barons or n.o.blemen, collectively viewed. Old Fr.
_Wallace._
2. A military company; including both chieftains and followers.
_Douglas._
BARNAT, _adj._ Native.
_Our barnat land_, q. the land of our _barnheid_ or nativity.
_Wallace._
BARNE, _s._ The same with _Barnage_.
Old Fr. _barnez_, n.o.bility.
_Wallace._
BARNE, _s._ A child.
V. ~Bairn~.
BARNE, _s._ Apparently for _barme_, bosom.
_Douglas._
BARNS-BREAKING, _s._ Any mischievous or injurious action; in allusion to the act of _breaking_ up a _barn_ for carrying off corn, S.
BARRACE, BARRAS, BARRES, BARROWIS, _s._
1. A barrier, an outwork at the gate of a castle.
_Wyntown._
2. An inclosure made of felled trees for the defence of armed men.
_Wallace._
3. Lists for combatants.
_Douglas._
Old Fr. _barres_, palaestra.
BARRAT, _s._
1. Hostile intercourse, battle.
_Wallace._
2. Contention, of whatever kind.
_Dunbar._
3. Grief, vexation, trouble.
_Gawan and Gol._
Su. G. Isl. _baratta_, praelium.
BARRATRIE, _s._ The crime of clergymen who went abroad to purchase benefices from the see of Rome for money.
_Acts Ja. I._
L. B. _baratria_, from O. Fr. _barat_, deceit.
BARREL-FERRARIS.
V. ~Ferraris~.
BARREL-FEVERS, _s. pl._ A term used by the vulgar, to denote the disorder produced in the body by intemperate drinking, S.
BARRIE, _s._ A swaddling cloth of flannel, in which the legs of an infant are wrapped for defending them from the cold, S.
