_Backets_, ash-boards, as pieces of backet for
removing
ashes.
Robert Burns
_Aught_, possession, as "in a' my aught," in all my possession.
_Auld_, old.
_Auld-farran'_, auld farrant, sagacious, prudent, cunning.
_Ava_, at all.
_Awa_, away, begone.
_Awfu'_, awful.
_Auld-shoon_, old shoes literally, a discarded lover metaphorically.
_Aumos_, gift to a beggar.
_Aumos-dish_, a beggar's dish in which the aumos is received.
_Awn_, the beard of barley, oats, &c.
_Awnie_, bearded.
_Ayont_, beyond.
B.
_Ba'_, ball.
_Babie-clouts_, child's first clothes.
_Backets_, ash-boards, as pieces of backet for removing ashes.
_Backlins_, comin', coming back, returning.
_Back-yett_, private gate.
_Baide_, endured, did stay.
_Baggie_, the belly.
_Bairn_, a child.
_Bairn-time_, a family of children, a brood.
_Baith_, both.
_Ballets_, _Ballants_, ballads.
_Ban_, to swear.
_Bane_, bone.
_Bang_, to beat, to strive, to excel.
_Bannock_, flat, round, soft cake.
_Bardie_, diminutive of bard.
_Barefit_, barefooted.
_Barley-bree_, barley-broo, blood of barley, malt liquor.
