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_Ramsay._
2. A pettish humour.
_Philotus._
In Lincolnsh. this word is used for a scarecrow, from _bogill_, or C. B. _bogel-u_, to affright, and _bo_, a hobgoblin, q. "the affrighting goblin."
_To_ BOGG-SCLENT, _v. n._ Apparently, to avoid action, to abscond in the day of battle.
_Colvil._
Perhaps in allusion to him who _sklents_ or strikes off obliquely from the highway, into a _bog_, to avoid being taken prisoner.
BOGSTALKER, _s._ An idle, wandering, and stupid fellow; one who seems to have little to do, and no understanding, S.
V. ~Stalker~.
_Ramsay._
Borrowed perhaps from outlaws, who were seen at a distance hunting in marshy places, where pursuit was more difficult.
BOID, _s._
_Maitland Poems._
Isl. _bode_, a term used to denote a wave agitated by the wind; unda maris c.u.m vadosis scopulis luctans.
BOIN, BOYN, BOYEN, BOWYNE, _s._
1. A was.h.i.+ng-tub, S. B.
2. A flat broad-bottomed vessel, into which milk is emptied from the pail, a _bowyne_, Loth.
Unless from Isl. _boginn_, curvus, or Dan. _bugn-e_, to bend, as respecting its form; I can offer no conjecture as to the origin.
BOYIS, _s._ _In boyis_, in fetters.
_Barbour._
Teut. _boeye_, compes, pedica, vinculum; _boey-en_ compedire.
BOIS, _adj._ Hollow.
V. ~Bos~.
BOISSES.
V. ~Boss~.
_Knox's Hist._
_To_ BOIST, BOAST, _v. a._ To threaten, to endeavour to terrify, S.
_Douglas._
C. B. _bost-io_, to vaunt one's self; _bost_, vaunting.
BOIST, BOST, _s._ Threatening, S.
_Wallace._
BOIT, _s._ A cask or tub used for the purpose of curing butcher-meat, or for holding it after it is cured; sometimes called a _beef-boat_, S.
_Ruddiman._
Germ. _b.u.t.te_; Ital. _botte_, id., whence E. _b.u.t.t_. Su. G.
_byttia_, situla, cupa; Teut. _botte_, id. dolium, orca, cupa.
_To_ BOK, BOCK, _v. a._
1. To vomit, S.
_Gawan and Gol._
2. To reach, to incline to puke, S.
3. To belch, (eructare) S.
A. Bor. _boke_, _bowk_, to nauseate, to be ready to vomit; _booac_, to reach, to keck, ibid. Perhaps from A. S. _bealc-an_, eructare. It however has greater resemblance of _puke_, to which no etymon has been a.s.signed.
BOK, BOCK, _s._ The act of reaching, S.
_Cleland._
BOKEIK, _s._ Bopeep, a game.
